Tag: Provincial

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday issued notices to the federal and provincial governments on a constitutional petition seeking deployment of army in...

Provincial Autonomy Day would be celebrated today (Friday) across the country to mark the implementation of the 18th constitutional amendment. The parliamentary commission, constituted...

Pakistan Peoples Party Punjab is celebrating Provincial Autonomy Day today (Friday), said PPP Punjab President Imtiaz Safdar Warraich here on Thursday. He was speaking...

Abolition of concurrent list of the Constitution has ensured provincial autonomy to provinces, said Information Secretary Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Women Wing Sindh, Ms....

The Punjab Cabinet which met at Civil Secretariat on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif unanimously rejected the proposal for enhancing...

The Punjab Cabinet which met at Civil Secretariat on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif unanimously rejected the proposal for enhancing...

The Punjab Budget 2011-12 will be development-oriented and the government will also increase salaries of government employees, Punjab Health Parliamentary Secretary Saeed Elahi said...

Similar to the cash-strapped federal government, provinces are also catering to their budgetary needs through heavy bank borrowings. Though the provincial governments of Punjab,...

meeting between representatives from Sindh High Court (SHC) and the provincial government on Saturday regarding the appointment of judges in anti-terrorism courts (ATCs)...

The Sindh High Court (SHC) issued notices on Monday to federal and provincial Health secretaries among other respondents for August 10 on a petition...

Provincial Finance Minister Asim Kurd escaped an assassination attempt here in Mastung, Balochistan on Monday. According to a private television channel, some armed men...

Punjab overpowered Islamabad in the final of the PSB Inter Provincial U-14 Boys Tennis Championship on Saturday at Karachi. In the set, Mudassar of...

The commission conducting Pakistan football elections announced the list of successful candidates of all the four provincial associations after scrutiny of the nomination papers...

KARACHI - In order to eradicate the menace of drugs and save innocent people from this anti-social habit, the provincial departments should join hands with the Anti-Narcotics Force, Sindh Chief Secretary Subhan Memon said on Monday. The chief secretary was presiding over a meeting to discuss the under-preparation Drug Control Master Plan Sindh in accordance with the Drug Control Master Plan 2010-14.
The meeting focused on controlling trafficking and distribution of narcotic

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday again issued notice to the federal and Punjab governments for April 26 on a petition challenging removal of US national Raymond Davis' name from the Exit Control List (ECL) without obtaining consent of the LHC.
Barrister Javed Iqbal Jaffrey filed the petition requesting the court to seek explanation from former federal law minister Senator Dr Babar Awan, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Additional District and Sessions Judge

KARACHI - The first phase of the sixth census kicked off on Tuesday across the province, with as many as 8,500 officials having been engaged by the Karachi district government to complete formalities. The census has begun without a provincial census commissioner, even though the Federal government was supposed to appoint one and it did so for the other three provinces.
The first house to be marked in Sindh was Governor's House, with Karachi Administrator Fazlur Rehman painting

KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has called for full provincial autonomy in light of the "true spirit" of the Pakistan Resolution signed in Lahore on March 23, 1940.
In his message on the eve of Pakistan Day, Hussain said Pakistan was created after innumerable sacrifices and keeping it from harm requires national unity and solidarity. He said it was the need of the hour for all citizens to work towards ending provincialism that has sharply divided the