Tag: Office

ISLAMABAD - Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha has secured a year's extension in his service, as President Asif Ali Zardari signed Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani's proposal on the matter on Thursday. Sources said the president had signed Gilani's summary wherein he recommended a year's extension in Pasha's service. Chief of Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani had extended Pasha's service for a year until March 18, 2011.
Under the

LOS ANGELES - Johnny Depp's "Rango," an animated tale about a chameleon who becomes sheriff to clean up the town of Dirt, earned $38 million to top North America's weekend box office, industry data showed Monday.
"Rango," hailed by critics as clever and eccentric, proved in its debut weekend to be another successful pairing of Depp with director Gore Verbinski, who helmed the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise.
Matt Damon's thriller "The Adjustment Bureau" debuted at

KARACHI - While government departments concerned claim to maintain lists of immigrants - illegal or otherwise - from Afghanistan and Bangladesh, nothing of the sort is done for immigrants from India, Pakistan Today has learned. Not only do many young men from India overstay their visas while visiting families in Karachi, some also decide to stay for good, and get 'fake' identification papers made with the help of officials. This process, an investigation at the Passport Office in

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday reissued notices to the federal government and the Attorney General (AG) seeking their explanations on a constitutional petition regarding dual offices held by the president of the country.
A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Maqbool Baqir issued the notices again to the respondents for the next hearing, as no representative on behalf of the federal government appeared before

KARACHI - Appreciating the role of the United Nations' Children Fund (UNICEF), Sindh Ombudsman Asad Ashraf Malik said that the fund is playing an important role in protecting the rights of children.
Talking to UNICEF Child Protection Specialist Dr Jabeen Fatima Abbas and Child Protection Officer in Sindh Suhail Ahmed at his office, the ombudsman expressed confidence that the Child Complaint Office set up at the Sindh Ombudsman Secretariat,in cooperation with UNICEF, would play an

LAHORE - Government College University (GCU) Vice Chancellor (VC) Dr Khalid Aftab's 18-year tenure officially ends today and Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has ruled out the chance of any extension in his tenure. University officials and educationists are wondering who will be given the charge of GCU's additional VC, in Dr Aftab's absence.
GCU sources said Dr Aftab was reluctant to hand over the charge to anybody till the formal appointment of a VC, for which the

LOS ANGELES - The race is on between Paramount's Justin Bieber: Never Say Never and Sony's Adam Sandler-Jennifer Aniston romantic comedy Just Go With It. In an impressive start, Never Say Never opened to an estimated $12.4 million from 3,105 theaters on Friday to beat Just Go With It, which grossed an estimated $9.7 million from 3,548 theaters.
Both movies should crack the $30 million mark for the full weekend. Heading into the frame, most box office observers expected Just Go

FAISALABAD: Faisalabad Passport Office is the only place in the city where money is demanded openly by agents for getting passports issued. These agents are not afraid of police or the passport-issuing authorities because they are their godfathers. So clash with an agent invites anger and fury of the passport officials who raise unreasonable objections to applications.
Muhammad Ismail, a resident of Shahbaz Town, Jhang Road, went to the passport office along with his family and

LAHORE - A full bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday adjourned proceedings to several petitions challenging dual office held by President Asif Ali Zardari. The four-member bench headed by Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry deferred hearing till February 14 for hearing detailed arguments by petitioner counsel, AK Dogar on questions threatening Zardari's eligibility.
During proceedings on Wednesday Dogar was arguing that Asif Ali Zardari faced pre-election

LAHORE - A full bench of Lahore High Court adjourned proceedings on petitions challenging President Asif Ali Zardari's dual offices for one day. The bench was hearing detailed arguments of the petitioner counsel AK Dogar who will continue arguing his case on Tuesday against Zardari as court time ended on Monday.
A K Dogar may take few more days to complete constitutional deliberations on the President's dual offices. The petitions against President Zardari were filed by Pakistan

CAIRO - Tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square for an 11th day of protest on Friday calling for an immediate end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. On what they called the "Day of Departure", the crowd bowed in prayer and listened to a cleric declare: "We want the head of the regime removed". "Leave! Leave! Leave!" they chanted.
The mood was buoyant in the square, the epicentre of the protests, thronged by people from all walks of life, young

LOS ANGELES - If there's one guy who can play a worse boss than Steve Carell, it's Will Ferrell -- and the movie star is set to do just that. Ferrell, a long-time friend and co-star of Carell -- the two featured together in 'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy' -- will join the workplace comedy for a four episode arc near the end of this season.
Carell's Emmy-winning time on 'The Office' is winding down, and the show has been waiting to reveal his replacement at Dunder Mifflin.

LAHORE - Friction between newly formed FBR's Federal Revenue Alliance Employees Union and senior management of the Regional Tax Office (RTO), Lahore has boiled over after the display of banners against corruption in the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
The episode began in the afternoon, when some office-bearers of the Federal Revenue Alliance Employees Union put some banners up in the premises of the RTO, Lahore inscribed with slogans against corruption, abuse of powers and

LAHORE - Amicus Curie Abid Hassan Manto informed a Lahore High Court (LHC) full bench on Thursday that rules applying to a government servant do not apply to the president and the constitution does not bar the head of state from being a member of a political party. He told the bench that the president, being a symbol of the federation, should not indulge in political activities.
After hearing arguments, the full bench headed by LHC Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry and

LAHORE - A Lahore High Court (LHC) full bench on Wednesday heard arguments of amicus curie in identical petitions challenging dual office of President Asif Ali Zardari and adjourned its hearing until today (Thursday). Abid Hassan Manto, the amicus curie, in his arguments submitted that there is no constitutional clause that might bar the president from being member of a political party. "But, president being symbol of the federation should not let the Presidency be used for political

LAHORE - Sardar Latif Khan Khosa was sworn in as the 27th Governor of Punjab on Thursday in an impressive ceremony that signalled the easing of tension between political allies in Punjab and the advent of reconciliatory politics in the province.
The ceremony was attended by top leaders of both the PPP and the PML-N, including Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Sardar Zulfiqar Khan Khosa, Rana Sana Ullah, Pervaiz Rashid and Pervaiz Malik.
The presence of PML-N

karachi - All Pakistan Newspaper Society expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for accepting its requests in a meeting in Islamabad. Hameed Haroon, President APNS had told the PM that APNS was going to establish an office in Karachi and needed Rs 50 million from the government, also requesting the PM to lay the foundation stone of the building. PM agreed to both these requests and said the amount will be paid in two installments. The APNS delegation also asked the