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Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa has ordered PU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Mujahid Kamran to reverse the dismissal over sexual harassment charges of...

ISLAMABAD - As the energy crisis in the country continues to worsen, the government finally decided on Sunday to revamp the oil and gas sector by sacking all managing directors of various companies operating under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources.
This, among a number of other decisions, was taken at a meeting between Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and Senator Dr Asim Hussain, who was appointed Adviser to the Prime Minister on Petroleum earlier on Sunday night.

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD - The Punjab government late on Monday sacked 13 more young doctors for participating in the ongoing strike, while the Health Department recruited 465 doctors to restore medical care to patients in a majority of teaching hospitals across the province.
The Punjab government has decided not to bow to the demands of the Young Doctors' Association. The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has called an emergency convention of their office-bearers at the district level

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court dismissed on Tuesday various petitions challenging removal of more than 100 assistance prosecutors general and deputy prosecutors general. Justice Sheikh Azmat Saaed ruled that their appointment was made on a temporary basis. The court further ruled that matter was taken up in the Supreme Court which decided they would remain as APG and DPG until new recruitment was made by Punjab Public Service Commission (PSC).
The court observed that all

LAHORE - In an unprecedented development, nearly 100 Provincial Management Service (PMS) officers have been arrested after they started protesting for their demands in the Punjab Civil Secretariat on Friday.
Things flared up when two PMS officers, Rana Ziaullah and Imran Sial, were arrested by police while they were distributing pamphlets carrying demands of provincial service officers and a call for strike starting from March 21. The additional chief secretary took notice of the

KARACHI - The sacked lower grade employees of the Sindh Education Department, on a hunger strike outside the Karachi Press Club, will march to the Sindh Assembly building today to record their protest.
All Sindh Education Department Lower Staff Association (ASEDLSA) President Darya Khan Jamali told Pakistan Today that the Arbab Rahim-led government had appointed them by allowing a relaxation in age limit on the premise that no appointments were made in the Education Department

KARACHI - The primary teachers removed from their service in 1995-96 by then PML-N government on Thursday warned of self-immolation if they are not reinstated to their jobs.
The protesting teachers - hailing from the Sindh chief minister's native town Khairpur - were carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans and chanted slogans against the government's authorities.
Talking to newsmen, the teachers said that they were appointed as primary teachers in 1995-96 but

LAHORE - After the Punjab government's seven favourite officers had to leave owing to the Supreme Court's (SC) ruling against reemployment of retired officials, the Punjab University Academic Staff Association (PUASA) has demanded removal of retired officials reemployed by the PU VC, Pakistan Today has learnt.
PUASA officials said that PU VC Dr Mujahid Kamran also falls in this category, as he retired last month and they would discuss status of the VC in their executive council

LAHORE - A number of University of Education (UoE) students held a demonstration on Thursday seeking the reinstatement of Dr Anwar Rehman Pasha and his wife Dr Shireen Pasha, who were sacked by the university's vice chancellor Dr Farhat Cheema on corruption allegations a few days ago.
The students demanded that the Punjab governor and UoE Chancellor Latif Khosa terminate the VC, claiming that she had sacked the professors due to personal grudge. They claimed that 38 students

LAHORE - Lahore High Court Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of a petition against the removal of four additional judges by the Parliamentary Committee after the petitioner counsel sought time to argue on maintainability of the petition.
The court raised the question if the parliamentary committee's matter could be taken up under writ jurisdiction of the court. The court prima facie was of the view that taking up an issue related to the parliament could

KARACHI - Over a week-long row between PIA and the Pakistan Airline Pilots Association (PALPA) deepened on Monday when the Ministry of Defence suspended six pilots, including PALPA President Sohail Baloch.
Following the orders, several PIA crew members went on leave to show their resentment against the suspensions and the proposed agreement between PIA and Turkish Airlines. The protesting pilots had threatened to go on strike from today (Tuesday). Those who went on leave included

ISLAMABAD - The government's financial team, headed by Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, will on Tuesday present to the PML-N a list of corrupt officials that have been sacked by the government, Pakistan Today learnt on Sunday. A source in the PML-N said apart from the list of sacked corrupt government officials, the ministerial committee would also hand over a list of persons and companies whose loans were written-off since 1985.
"After receiving the two lists, the PML-N

LAHORE - The Academic Staff Association of the University of Education (UoE) held a meeting at its Township Campus. The meeting was chaired by ASA President Khalid Mehmood. The main objective of the meeting was to communicate the UoE's statement regarding the current issue and to condemn the illegal acts which are being committed by the terminated professors for presenting the bad image of the university to the media and other stakeholders.
Almost three weeks ago, University of

KARACHI - The Sindh government on Monday discharged from their services 12 of the 17 advisers to Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah. Adviser on Information and Archives Sharmila Farooqi and Adviser on Tourism Imtiaz Sheikh and Shah's close aide Muhammad Siddique alias Abu Bhai were also among those dismissed.
The others included Jehangir Dilawar Khilji, Dinshaw Ankel Saria, Ghulam Qadir Malkani, Babar Leghari, Muhammad Kamran Behan, Mufti Ferozdin Hazarvi, Sardar Aamir Khan Bhutto,

ISLAMABAD - Cabinet's Sub-Committee on Friday asked the Defence, Education, Industries and Housing ministries to give the implementation status of the Presidential Act, 2010 that restored the sacked employees of the said ministries.
Labour and Manpower Minister Khursheed Ahmed Shah chaired the meeting on Friday, also attended by Industries and Production Minister Mir Hazar Khan Bijrani, to review the reinstatement cases of various ministries' sacked employees.
The

LAHORE - Six sacked judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC), who were denied extension by the judicial commission on Saturday, visited the LHC on Monday and received a warm welcome. Judges including Abdul Rehman Ansari, Shahid Iqbal, Shaukat Umar Pirzada, Tariq Javed, Waqar Hasan Mir and Anwar Bhaur visited the bar where members showered flowers on them and chanted slogans in their favour.
They remained in the bar for around one hour. Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President

KARACHI - In its second meeting on Sunday, the committee constituted by the Sindh government for the reinstatement of sacked employees of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) asked the company management to immediately reinstate the sacked employees.
The meeting was held at the Sindh Chief Minister's House with Shazia Marri in the chair. Besides KESC Managing Director Tabish Gohar and other officials, the meeting was attended by committee members Amir Nawab, Rafiq Engineer,