Joint session of parliament postponed till Monday
ISLAMABAD: A joint session of the parliament summoned by President Dr Arif Alvi for Thursday has been postponed till Monday. The president had on Wednesday summoned a joint session of both the…
PIA indefinitely Air Safari suspends days before commercial launch
KARACHI: In yet another blow to the tourism in the country, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) suspended its Air Safari service, days after it was officially announced. The Air Safari, which was being launched…
ECP postpones polls in NA-60 after Hanif Abbasi’s disqualification
–Sheikh Rasheed, PPP’s NA-60 candidate protest decision, dub it ‘unconstitutional’ ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday postponed polls in Rawalpindi’s NA-60 after Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi was disqualified from…
PUASA postpones association’s elections
LAHORE: The executive body of the Punjab University Academic Staff Association (PUASA) in a meeting on Tuesday decided to postpone the coming elections of the association. The association cited the appointment of teachers on…
Annual PAS elections postponed in wake of Ahad Cheema’s arrest: report
LAHORE: The annual elections of Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS), which were scheduled to be held on Sunday, were postponed due to the ongoing tussle between the National Accountability Bureau and the government, regarding…
Postponed men’s downhill to be raced Thursday
PYEONGCHANG: The blue riband men’s downhill, scheduled to open the Olympic alpine skiing programme, will be raced Thursday after high winds forced its postponement Sunday. “Due to the strong wind and unfavourable forecast…
MQM-P postpones rally in Karachi
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has postponed its protest rally scheduled in Karachi for September 16. Party sources said that the rally was scheduled in front of Quaid’s mausoleum to raise voice regarding…
Gymkhana Club politics heats up
Another postponement The long overdue Gymkhana Club Lahore Committee of Management (COM) elections have been postponed for the second time this year. The first postponement came after the resignation of one of…
100 surgeries postponed due to 18-hour power outage at JPMC
As many as 100 scheduled surgeries were postponed at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC) on Tuesday due to an 18-hour-long power breakdown, causing inconvenience for many visiting and in-house patients. Jinnah Postgraduate…
Census to be held this year: Senate told
Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada on Tuesday informed the Senate that national census would be held this year and that it was delayed because the army was engaged…
PEMRA chief postpones DTH licence auction to make process ‘more transparent’
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA)’s new Chairman Absar Alam on Wednesday directed to immediately postpone the bidding process of Direct to Home (DTH) licences scheduled to be held on December 7.…
Execution of paralysed death row convict postponed
The execution of paraplegic death row convict Abdul Basit was postponed following appeals by human rights groups, officials said Tuesday. The man’s family welcomed the development with relief and urged the government…
15 flights postponed due to bad weather
Around 15 flights scheduled for national and international routes have been postponed, due to bad weather and zero visibility level at Benazir Bhutto International Airport. According to flights inquiry, flights schedule have…
Senate committee meeting postponed
Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting has postponed its meeting under protest on non participation of secretary and additional secretary information and national heritage therein. Committee met Tuesday under its Chairman…
Hearing in judges’ detention case postponed
The hearing of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf’s bail plea in the judges’ detention case which was scheduled to take place on Wednesday was postponed, local media reported. The postponement took place…
Bilour’s assassination
Mourning Senior Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bashir Ahmed Bilour’s assassination on Saturday, the Punjab government has postponed the laptops’ distribution ceremony which was supposed to be held in Punjab University on December 24.…
Elections will not be postponed due to law and order: Gilani
Former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said elections would not be postponed on the behest of a law and order problem in the country. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Gilani said…