Tag: Plan

KARACHI - The technical proposal of the National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK) has been rejected as the firm has refused to carry out drilling work in the Thar coalfields under the water master plan, Coal and Energy Development Department Secretary Ejaz Ali Khan informed the Project Steering Committee on Thar Coal and Power Technical Assistance Project (TC&PTAP) in a recent meeting. The scheme titled 'Water Master Plan for Thar Coal Fields including Hydro geological, Water

Lahore - The Punjab Health Department and UNICEF signed a two-year work plan 2011-12 worth $17.72 million on Saturday. The work plan is based on the agreement between the federal government and UNICEF while its main focus is to address the key issues related to timely achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) particularly those related to child and maternal health and nutrition.
Punjab Health Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad said that the main objectives of the work plan

ISLAMABAD - The government is unable to take measures for minimizing chances of flood damages in the future owing to financial constraints and would reconstruct only the lost infrastructures, said National Flood Reconstruction Plan, a report by the Planning Commission of Pakistan.
The government's reconstruction plan, based on the estimates of the Damages and Needs Assessments (DNA) Report, prepared by the World Bank and the Asian Development (ADB), said the government had

Lahore - Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning Agency (TEPA) of Lahore Development Authority (LDA) will execute project of widening and improvement of Main Boulevard, New Garden Town from Kalma Chowk to the canal bridge through Y-junction, within three months, at a cost of Rs 309 million. This was decided in the governing body meeting of the LDA on Saturday.
The meeting was chaired by Lahore District Co-ordination Officer (DCO) and LDA Chairman Ahad Khan Cheema, and was

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture Mir Israrullah Zehri has directed to facilitate exporters, who are crucially important for the national economy. "Criteria to meet the international standards must be fulfilled in compliance with the international standards," Zehri said after a briefing on Agriculture and Livestock Products Marketing and Grading Department (ALPMGD) here on Saturday.
"Stringent measures must be implemented to ensure export of produces that

ISLAMABAD - The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Salman Siddique on Wednesday said the FBR had proposed a revenue generation plan of Rs 25 billion that included 15 percent flood surcharge on withholding and advance taxes and increasing 1.5 percent Special Excise Duty.
At a presentation to the Senate's Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue on revenue shortfall for the fiscal year 2010-11, Siddique said the proposed revenue measures would be brought through legislation

LAHORE - In a dramatic development, the Punjab government has abolished the project of a new district jail and decided to revive the mega project of a sports city, renaming it as Lahore Stadium, which was dumped by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif despite the fact that former chief minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi had inked a deal in 2004 with UAE sports icon Abdul Rehman Bukhatir, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The political rivalry cost derailment of the project worth around Rs

FAISALABAD - Following two cases of daylight bank robberies in Faisalabad in 10 days, SSP (Operations) Dr Usman Anwar has laid down a special strategy by assigning the security responsibility of the banks to the respective SHOs who will be held responsible for any robbery.
The police officers were directed to visit the banks and take action against the bank managers who would fail to implement the security parameters such as burglary alaram system, sniper point, closed-circuit TV

ISLAMABAD - Not a single hospital in government sector across the country provides complete treatment for any kind of cancer one major reason for which is the failure of the health ministry to devise a comprehensive national plan to counter the deadly disease.
Cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide and, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), it accounted for 7.9 million deaths (around 13 percent of all deaths) in 2007. Lung, stomach, liver, colon and

ISLAMABAD - Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar has declared to the National Assembly that there is no plan to sell off PIA's profitable routes to other country or airlines. Responding to a point of order raised by PML-N lawmaker Hanif Abbasi, he said no direct flights and profitable routes would be sold out to any other country and added that direct flights would continue for London and US.
"We intend to extend more facilities to the passengers and conduct further efforts to make the

MADRID - Spain's government said Friday it had agreed to raise the retirement age to 67 from 65, a bitterly fought reform aimed at repairing public finances and soothing markets. Closely watched by markets as a sign of Madrid's determination to keep long-term spending on track, the outline deal was reached after one-and-a-half months of talks with unions and business chiefs.
An agreement with the country's two major unions was reached in the early hours of the morning ahead of

KARACHI - Qubee has planned to introduce advanced internet technology to reach millions of customers in new cities with a planned investment of $150 million by the end of 2011, Augere Holdings Chief Marketing Officer Alistair Johnston has claimed.
Briefing a group of journalists, he revealed the future plans of Qubee, a 100 percent shareholder subsidiary of Augere, to be executed during the year. In January 2008, Augere raised $125 million in the first round of investment from

ISLAMABAD - Quashing rumours, State Minister for Railways Mohammad Afzal Sindhu on Wednesday said no plans to privatise Pakistan Railways were under consideration and the railway is still the 'cheapest and safest' mode of travel in the country. Responding to different queries put forth by lawmakers during the Question Hour, Sindhu said Pakistan Railways had workshops for maintenance of faulty engines and coaches.
He said the Ministry of Railways signed two loan agreements with

LAHORE - Amid deep controversies, the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has finalised arrangements to shift the Fruit and Vegetable Market, Kot Lakhpat, Model Town Extension Scheme, Ferozepure Road, Pakistan Today has learnt.
According to sources, Lahore District Coordination Officer (DCO) Ahad Cheema was architect of the proposed shifting, as he wants to please some of his friends. "Some close friends of the DCO, big shareholders in IT Tower located near the market complained

NEW YORK - When borrowing money it's always good to have a Plan B in case a big creditor pulls the plug. That should be true whether the sum is a few thousand dollars or about a trillion, the size of the United States government's debt to China. With Chinese President Hu Jintao due to arrive in Washington on Tuesday, it is worth asking US officials' Plan B just in case one day relations take a surprise turn for the worse and Beijing dumps its holdings of US treasuries.
China is

LAHORE - Lahore Police on Thursday chalked out a comprehensive security plan to maintain law and order on Imam Hussain's Chelum and Data Sahab's Urs.
Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Muhammad Aslam Tareen, while chairing a meeting of senior police officials at his office on Thursday, mapped out a security plan. More than 12,000 police and armed personnel would provide security to people. The CCPO was told t hat police, Rangers and Elite Force commandos would be deployed at

LAHORE - The Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) has adopted another technical way of fleecing customers by sending deflated bills for January, Pakistan Today has learnt. According to sources, LESCO sent inflated bills in December to increase its collections and in January sent bills with fewer readings so that it could charge more units in next month's bills and earn good collections. A large number of customers have received bills amounting less than 50 units or less than Rs 150