Tag: National

President approves nominations for NEC

President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday, on the advice of Prime Minister, has nominated four members of the Federal Government on the National Economic...

Shazia Marri takes oath as MNA

Shazia Marri of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) took oath as Member of the National Assembly when the house began its session here on Friday. Speaker...

Tanwal to be given district status next week: Afrasiyab

President Awami National Party (ANP) Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, Afrasiyab Khattak said on Thursday that Tanwal would be given status of a district during the next...

Lodhi top National Chess standings

Defending champion Mahmood Ahmed Lodhi has made to the top of the National Chess Championships standings with six points at the end of the...

NATO supply restored on basis of reconciliation: FO

Pakistan on Thursday again made it clear that restoration of NATO supplies had been made possible on the basis of reconciliation, however, no formal...

Tick tock?

Musical chairs for PMs The Supreme Court continues to follow relentlessly the course it has chosen regarding the NRO implementation case. The law abiding citizens...

PPP mulling a bill to scrap bar on dual national MPs

Badly hit by the law barring dual nationals from becoming a parliamentarian, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and its major coalition partners have decided...

NHA awards contracts in violation of rules

The National Highway Authority (NHA), violating the public procurement rules, awarded contracts amounting to Rs 674.415 million to various contractors, including FWO, without open...

NBP organises training on quality lending in agriculture

National Bank of Pakistan organized training for over 25 General Managers (Credit) of the Bank from all over the country in a local hotel...

Time to move on to the next base, sweetie

SBP reminds its sweetheart PBS to rebase national income accounts and issue quarterly GDP estimates. And it also reminded mankind that contrary to popular...

Sindh ministers, MPAs donate blood

Sindh ministers, MPAs and PPP leaders and workers on Thursday donated blood in the national Blood Donation Campaign, to commemorate the sacrifices of Shaheed...

Afridi’s ODI retirement talk surprises Pak cricket circles

All rounder Shahid Afridi's sudden announcement that he is contemplating one-day retirement to focus on Twenty20s has caught Pakistan's cricket fraternity by surprise and...

Federal budget has constitutional status: FBR

Mumtaz Haider Rizvi, Chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), setting aside the doubts being cast over the constitutional status of federal budget...

NA to select new PM today

Major political stakeholders are flexing their muscles vigorously to launch their candidates as a short term Prime Minister in political arena as the selection...

SC cites two Indian SC verdicts to sack Gilani

The Supreme Court of Pakistan referred to two judicial verdicts by the Indian apex court in its ruling that disqualified Yousaf Raza Gilani as...

SC likely to judge speaker’s ruling on PM today

As the Supreme Court is likely to announce its verdict on the petitions challenging the ruling of the National Assembly speaker on the disqualification...

Cultural activities promote national solidarity: Ghurki

Federal Minister for National Heritage Samina Khalid Ghurki on Sunday said that cultural activities promote national solidarity and love among people. She was addressing an...