Tag: National

Philippines national convicted in narcotics case

Additional District and Session Judge Khizar Hayyat Sial on Monday convicted Seti Tamanag, a Philippines national, for one year and fined her Rs 10,000...

Sherpao for national anti-terror initiative

Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, the chief of his own faction of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP-Sherpao), has urged the government to lead a national policy...

Financial indiscipline cost Rs 32b to national kitty

As different quarters constantly are raising questions on internal haemorrhages in public sector enterprises (PSEs) and propose structural reforms or the privatisation of sick...

Bureaucratic lifestyle dearly costs national kitty

Signs of the lavish lifestyle of the civil bureaucracy and judiciary are manifested in the provincial budget, as the Punjab government has spent Rs...

Budget debate continues in NA

National Assembly (NA) on Saturday morning resumed debate on the next federal budget. Taking part in the debate Tasneem Ahmed Qureshi said that despite...

US national held in Islamabad

The Islamabad Police on Friday arrested a US national from Sector E-11, for illegally living in the area for the last one week. The...

VCs, deans want national board for medical education

Vice-chancellors (VC) and deans of various medical universities from across the country are deliberating to establish a National Board for Medical Education to apply...

PAF hammer WAPDA to become National Basketball champions

Pakistan Air Force (PAF) thrashed WAPDA 64-47 to lift the title of the 50th Men’s National Basketball Championship 2011 here at the Hamidi Hall,...

‘Parliament, media and civilians should decide national interests’

Mian Ehtasham Waheed, while conducting a two-day workshop for journalists on Wednesday, said that the media’s responsibility was to present a complete and unbiased...

New 390MW IPPs added to national grid

Two new Independent Power Producers (IPPs) with a net capacity of 390MW have been added to the national grid in the last 30 days....

KPK stun Navy in National Basketball C’ship

Khyber PK registered a major upset in the 50th National Basketball Championship after outplaying Navy 71-69 in a thrilling encounter here at Pakistan Sports...

SC dismisses appeal by British national ASI

A division bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by a British nationality holder Punjab Police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI)...

25 teams to participate in National Rowing

As many as 25 teams will be competing in the Quaid-e-Azam Rowing Championships which will begin from today here at Rawal Lake under the...

NBP National Junior Age Group Squash C’ship begins

Qualifier Ahmad Bilal off to flying start after recording victory against Osama Jehangir in the Under-11 category of the NBP National Junior Age Group...

Kuwait bans five countries including Pakistan from entering over security issues

Kuwait has banned nationals from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan from entering the country, Gulf News reported Sunday. The ban includes suspending all tourism,...

Govt takes political parties along on national issues: PM

The PPP-led coalition government has always consulted all political forces on major national issues and succeeded in building a consensus national policy, Prime Minister...

FMC International Squash pre-qualifiers begin

The pre-qualification round of the FMC International Squash Pakistan circuit–II started here on Sunday. On the opening day of the pre-qualification round, two rounds...