Tag: Office

FAISALABAD - Dozens of women recipients of government aid under Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) gathered outside Kanjwani Post Office Samundary to protest against the embezzlement of funds by the post office staff.
Reportedly, they said that they had been coming to the post office daily for many days but the authorities were turning them away on lame excuses to force them to offer bribes to get their money. They added that the post office staff had started deducting Rs

PESHAWAR - Despite expiry of tenure as Bank of Khyber's (BoK) Board of Directors member Muhammad Asif, a nominee of successive Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), is still occupying his office. The high ups in the BoK when contacted by Pakistan Today confirmed the expiry of Muhammad Asif's tenure and said that a letter had already been addressed to the board for replacement. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Habib Bank former provincial head Muhammad Asif became the BoK Board of Directors member in

LAHORE - As result of a meeting held with the IGP Punjab, the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Punjab and the CCPO have agreed on Tuesday to establish the Industry Police Liaison Committee (IPLC) office to control growing incidents of industrial crimes. The meeting was held at APTMA premises and chaired jointly by APTMA Senior Vice Chairman Wisal A Monnoo and Lahore CCPO Aslam Tareen.
The joint office was agreed upon for effective communication, control and

ISLAMABAD - Microsoft, under its project Language Interface Pack (LIP) Tuesday published Urdu version of their most wanted operating system Windows 7 and Office 2010.
This is the first time that any Microsoft operating system has been translated and released (all versions) in Urdu. Previously, Microsoft has released 64-bit Urdu version of Windows XP, Office 2003, Office 2007 and Windows Vista, said a press release issued here today.
Microsoft and their partner lauds

LOS ANGELES - Moviegoers would rather hear Russell Brand than see him.
The brash English comic claimed the top two spots at the North American box office -- as the voice in the live-action/animated family film "Hop," which led the field for a second weekend, and as the star of the "Arthur" remake, which opened poorly at No. 2, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.
"Hop" earned $21.7 million during the three days beginning Friday, taking its 10-day total to $68.2

KARACHI - Two people were injured when reportedly a hand grenade was thrown at the Lyari Zonal Office in early hours of Saturday. Town Police Officer Saqib Sultan told Pakistan Today that two men riding a motorcycle threw a hand grenade at the office and escaped.
As a result, two office bearers sitting inside the office were injured and were taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi, where their condition was stated to be stable. He said the team of Bomb Disposal Squad had examined the

ISLAMABAD - The Met Office has forecasted on Saturday that a fresh spell of rains will start in several parts of the country during the next 24 hours.
According to a private news channel, a thunder storm was followed by rains in Peshawar on Saturday early morning.
The Meteorological Department has predicted of rain in the next 24 hours in Islamabad and Rawalpindi along with several other parts of the country.
"Strong winds and thunder storms followed by rain is expected

Moviegoers finally embraced the world's most under-appreciated superhero, the Easter Bunny, as Hop surpassed industry expectations and grossed $11.4 million on Friday, according to early estimates. Universal's $63 million family comedy, about the Easter Bunny's rebellious teenage son, is on pace for a $38 million opening weekend, which would give it the fifth best April debut ever.
The PG movie was produced by Illumination Entertainment, whose first film, last summer's Despicable

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's first gay-themed movie has been a hit at the box office but an official from the conservative party on Thursday called for it to be banned despite its anti-homosexual ending.
'Dalam Botol' ('Inside a Bottle') raked in one million Ringgits ($330,000) in the first five days, making it a local hit despite Malaysia's conservative views on homosexuality. The movie, which opened on March 24, features a gay male character who has a sex-change operation to

ISLAMABAD - As many as eighteen tainted officers of Grade 16 and above are working at Model Customs Collectorate Office in Karachi, the Senate was told on Tuesday. The startling revelation was made by Finance Minister Hafeez Sheikh in his written reply to the Senate.
Responding to a question raised by Senator Talha Mehmood in which he asked the finance minister to share the details with the House regarding corruption cases surfaced during the last five years, Sheikh said 18

ISLAMABAD - Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Chairperson Farzana Raja Tuesday asked the Pakistan Postal Services to resolve the problems faced by the beneficiaries of the programme because of the postmen and other lower staff.
Talking to a delegation headed by Sardar Muhammad Umer Gorgaje, Federal Minister for Pakistan Postal Services, at the BISP Secretariat in Islamabad, she said the BISP was striving hard to ensure timely provision of monthly cash grants and other

ISLAMABAD - Foreign Office on Monday clarified that Hussain Haqqani will continue to work as Pakistani ambassador at Washington. In response to media reports regarding possible replacement of Haqqani with another senior politician, the Foreign Office spokesperson termed these as 'untrue'.
A section of press quoting sources had published that the government had decided to replace Hussain Haqqani with a politician who was also a former foreign minister. However, the Foreign Office

LAHORE - An accountability court on Monday extended the physical remand of seven people nominated in a case of fraudulent withdrawal of money from Punjab accountant general office until April 11. The seven people are Shaukat Ali, Muhammad Ali, Shoaib Sardar, Kashif Iqbal, Imran Shah, Sajawal Ashraf and Gulfam Rasool Khan. Among the accused, Muhammad Ahmad, Ghulam Rasool Khan, Muhammad Shakeel and Muhammad Waseem were illegally shown as sub-inspector, assistant sub-inspector and

KARACHI - Five people were wounded when an unidentified culprit attacked the office of a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader in Saddar, police and witnesses said on Saturday.
Napier police station's SHO Nawaz Gondal said that an unidentified man hurled a hand grenade at PPP leader Habib Baloch's office in Kumharwara around 2:30pm. The SHO said that five people, including Baloch's brother, were hurt in the attack. Mujahid, Rafique, Asif, Arif and Pir Muhammad were shifted to the

QUETTA - Balochistan Advocate General Salahuddin Mengal resigned on Friday citing personal reasons. Mengal, a senior lawyer, had been working as the provincial AG for the last eight years.
He called on Balochistan Chief Minister Aslam Raisani at the CM Secretariat to tender his resignation. The chief minister accepted his resignation while praising his services as the representative of the province in high and apex courts.
Sources close to the provincial government said

ISLAMABAD - Foreign Office is preparing its reply to be submitted to the court in the case of American Raymond Davis involved in the killing of two Pakistanis in Lahore.
The Foreign Office official while briefing a group of journalists here on Saturday said the issue of immunity to Davis was very complicated and complex matter that required comprehensive consultations. He added it was very complex issue especially the matter of immunity as claimed by Davis, therefore, it was

LOS ANGELES - An alien invasion will likely descend on the weekend's box office, with Sony's 'Battle: Los Angeles' set to debut at the top of the chart in the high $20m range. Feeling more like a summer-style blockbuster than a mid-March offering, the film stars Aaron Eckhart as the leader of a Marine platoon with the unenviable task of fending off a massive offensive by super angry aliens hell-bent on colonising earth.
Harkening back to the sci-fi earth invasion movies of the