Tag: Releases

Court releases detailed judgement in Davis case

LAHORE - A local court on Saturday released the detailed judgement of the Raymond Davis case. The text of detailed judgement stated that the case was fixed for framing of charge as copies of all documents stand delivered to the accused on February 25, 2011 and remaining copies of the documents at the request of the accused were delivered to him on March 8, 2011 both in English and Urdu.
It has been argued by the learned defence counsel that honourable Lahore High Court has

CM releases Rs 30 million for Faisalabad blast victims

FAISALABAD - District Coordination Officer (DCO) Nasim Sadiq has said that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has provided Rs 30 million for the Faisalabad blast victims. He said this while giving cheques to MPAs Chaudhry Shafiq Gujjar, Chaudhry Zafar Iqbal Nagra and Begum Rana Muhammad Afzal on behalf of the CM who visited the district headquarters hospital to distribute cheques among the injured. The heirs of those killed received the cheques at their residences.
The

Centre assures NFC releases

ISLAMABAD - The Centre has assured the provinces of releasing funds under the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award per the agreed formula despite financial constraints. The assurance was provided by Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh in a meeting that took stock of the implementation of the NFC Award on Monday.
An official source said the minister asked the provincial governments to look into taxing the agriculture and real estate sectors. He sought presentation from the

PAL conference releases books

Lahore - The Punjab Chapter of the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) has published two books comprising the papers read by eminent scholars at two different seminars. Present Global Colonial situation and the poetry of Faiz The first book comprises of the conference papers read on Faiz's centenary seminar in Lahore on 11th Feb, published by the University Of Gujrat.
The book "Present Global Colonial situation and the poetry of Faiz" contains articles by IA Rehman, Syed Shabbir

ICC releases investigation findings

LAHORE - Cricket's governing body released its findings from a corruption investigation which resulted in three Pakistan players being banned at the weekend for five years. When handing down the verdict, the tribunal expressed the view that the full written judgment should be published widely so that the interested parties can read and fully understand the reasons behind the bans.
Haroon Lorgat, the ICC Chief Executive, said: "It is the ICC's intention to be as transparent an

PCB releases Nepal women’s series itinerary

LAHORE - The PCB Women Wing has confirmed the Nepalese cricket team tour dates here on Tuesday for the four-match series as part of the national team's preparation for the World Cup qualifying round.
The Nepal women cricket team will be touring Pakistan to play a friendly series comprising four T20 matches against the Pakistan women team. The Nepal team will arrive in Lahore on Feb 9 with the first T20 set to be played on Feb 11.
The Nepal women team's tour is in line with

PRU releases rugby calendar for 2011

LAHORE - The Pakistan Rugby Union on Wednesday announced the calendar for the year 2011.
Addressing a press conference here, PRU secretary Arif Saeed said that Pakistan was placed in Division-III and in the coming years they would drive their way into the second and first divisions. PRU President Fawzi Khawaja was also present on the occasion.
Arif Saeed explained how the PRU has increased the number and type of rugby events taking place this year and will cover all aspects

Motorola releases its iPad rival

We've seen a lot of tablets since IFA, but most Android tablets have been, shall we say poor, lumbered with a slow OS and poor app choice. Even the best - the Samsung Galaxy Tab - seems like a phone trying to be a tablet. Because Honeycomb has been built from the ground up for tablets, we're expecting a much more streamlined experience from the Xoom. First impressions are impressive.
Thanks to a magnesium chassis and aluminium casing, the Xoom feels really substantial. The front

Germany releases Rs 405m for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa schools

PESHAWAR - The Government of Germany, as a result of sincere and tireless efforts of Sardar Hussain Babak, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Education, has released Rs 405 million to the education department for the early reconstruction and repair of the schools devastated during the floods and terrorism in the province.
The provincial government is making every possible effort for the reconstruction and repair of the schools badly affected as a result of the devastating floods and

White House condemns latest releases

WASHINGTON: The White House condemned on Sunday WikiLeaks' "reckless and dangerous action" in releasing classified US diplomatic cables, saying it could endanger lives and risk hurting relations with friendly
countries.
US State Department documents released by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks provided candid views of foreign leaders and sensitive information on terrorism and nuclear proliferation, The New York Times reported.
The documents show Saudi donors remain

Punjab, Sindh agree on enhanced water releases

ISLAMABAD: To limit the hydel power shortage to 1500MW from the estimated 3500MW, Punjab and Sindh on Tuesday agreed to increase water releases during the forthcoming canal closure period - December-January.
According to official sources, the agreement was reached during an inter-provincial meeting chaired by Minister for Water and Power Pervez Ashraf to review the current water availability, forthcoming annual canal closures and its impact on hydropower generation.
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