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LAHORE - Punjab Health Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad is responsible for "mishandling" the young doctors' issue through "bureaucratic control", as the matter could have been amicably resolved by negotiations on various levels, sources in the civil bureaucracy told Pakistan Today on Wednesday.
Sources privy to recent developments said various channels could have been used to engage the doctors on strike and bring one of the worst strikes in the health sector's history to an amicable

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court on Friday issued notices to the advocate general (AG) and the chief secretary (CS), seeking explanation on a constitutional petition regarding targeted killings in Karachi.
A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Syed Azhar Rizvi, were hearing a petition filed by Rana Faizul Hassan who said that the government had failed to provide security to the citizens and violated Article No 9 of the Constitution of Pakistan. Hassan

ISLAMABAD - In a blatant violation of Establishment Division (ED) directives, federal education secretary appointed a blue-eyed professor as the deputy director general of the National Institute of Science and Technical Education (NISTE). Education Secretary Athar Tahir appointed a professor of MehranUniversity, Dr Rafiq Ahmed Jhatial, against the seat of deputy DG of BPS-20 on a deputation basis for two years at NISTE Islamabad. The influential secretary made the move at a time when

ISLAMABAD - A contempt petition was filed with the Supreme Court on Monday seeking punishment to Masood Chishti, the law secretary, for not implementing the apex court's order over recommendations of the Judicial Commission for the appointment of high court judges. Munir Hussain Bhatti and Kamran Murtaza filed the petition under Articles 187, 190 and 204 of the constitution read with Order XXVII of the Supreme Court Rules 1980 and all other enabling constitutional and statutory

ISLAMABAD - Interior Secretary Chaudhry Qamar Zaman on Saturday took Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani into confidence on his forthcoming meeting with the Indian counterpart. He called Gilani at Prime Minister's House to seek guidance in connection with his meeting with the Indian counterpart. Proposed agenda of the scheduled meeting between interior secretaries of the two countries was also discussed during the meeting.

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani told Information Technology Secretary Saeed Ahmed Khan in a high-level meeting at PM House on Thursday to immediately develop a project to educate students throughout the country in information technology, with particular focus on the flood-affected and underdeveloped areas.
Gilani said the project would bring in employment opportunities for the youth and help alleviate poverty in the country. He told the secretary to work out

LAHORE - Punjab LHC Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Wednesday issued notice to the Punjab secretary finance on a petition of LHC's additional registrar Riaz Ali Zaidi that assailed non- provision of 50 percent increase in basic pay of the high court employees.
The judge directed a provincial law officer to ensure submission of a reply from secretary finance by March 31. Zaidi had submitted that government employees' basic salaries were increased by 50 percent in federal budget

ISLAMABAD French Embassy Secretary Domnique Delavigne's house was looted by four robbers within the precincts of Aabpara Police Station on Friday. Delavigne informed the police that the men entered his house and holding the residents at gunpoint snatched 30 Euros, Rs 3000, 3 laptops, 2 hard disks and 2 USBs, police said.

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday issued notices to Sindh Excise and Taxation (E&T) Minister Mukesh Kumar Chawla and E&T secretary on a constitutional petition moved by two wine shop owners for not issuing them a permit despite Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah's orders. An SHC division bench, headed by Chief Justice Mushir Alam, issued the notices to the respondents after hearing the preliminary arguments made by the petitioners.
The petition was filed by Harish

ATHENS - Greek police clashed with protesters on Wednesday as around 100,000 workers, pensioners and students marched to parliament in protest at austerity policies aimed at helping Greece cope with a huge debt crisis. Riot police fired scores of rounds of teargas and flash bombs at protesters hurling petrol bombs, choking the main Syndagma square with smoke and sending crowds of striking protesters running for cover.
Public and private sector employees' 24-hour strike grounded

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan People's Party on Monday appointed Mian Shams as party's Deputy Secretary Information. He has replaced Haider Zaman Qureshi who earlier in the day tendered resignation from the position saying that he was resigning for "his own reasons and principles."
The PPP workers from across the country have lauded party decision of bringing dedicated activist like Mian Shams to its mainstream. Mian Shams remained spokesperson of President Asif Ali Zardari till his

ISLAMABAD - PPP information secretary Fauzia Wahab resigned on Saturday days after backing the claims of diplomatic immunity by Raymond Davis. On Monday Fauzia said diplomats have immunity and that Davis had an official visa, in comments swiftly dismissed as personal views by a presidential spokesman.
"I have resigned because I gave that statement in my personal capacity," Fauzia said. "I do not want to appear before the Lahore High Court as an office-bearer of the Pakistan

LAHORE - WAPDA Secretary Imtiaz Tajwar, a District Management Group (DMG) officer, was promoted to BPS-21 on Thursday. According to a notification issued by the Establishment Division, Tajwar has been directed to continue working on the above-mentioned post.
He has previously served as deputy commissioner (DC), district coordination officer (DCO) and provincial secretary.

LAHORE - The Punjab Health Department 'tried' to overcome the financial constraint by reducing non-development expenditure, and despite financial crunch, services delivery system was not affected and special attention was being paid to provide medical facilities to the people, Punjab Health Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad said on Tuesday.
He expressed these views while talking to a delegation of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Review Mission at the Civil Secretariat. Yasim Elahan

KARACHI - Sindh Chief Secretary Ghulam Ali Shah Pasha assured the Sindh Education Sector Reform Programme (SERP) Joint Review Mission of World Bank on Monday that the Sindh government would achieve its targets during the third year of the SERP.
"But there are certain challenges that the Sindh government confronts due to the recent floods," he said during a meeting with the SERP Joint Review Mission at the Sindh Secretariat. Pasha briefed the Mission about the progress of the

LAHORE - Tourism and Development Corporation of Punjab (TDCP) has nosedived in deep crisis as Tourism Secretary Aamir Ashraf Khawaja is at loose to violate administrative and financial rules, giving no regards to the orders of Lahore High Court.
According to sources in TDCP, Aamir, also the acting TDCP managing director, 'never bothered sanctity of rules' and terminated Senior Tourism Officer Muhammad Arif from his service, setting aside procedural requirement laid down in TDCP

LAHORE - Former information minister Muhammad Ali Durrani called on the Jamiat Ulema Pakistan (JUP) Secretary General Qari Zawar Bahadur in his office and asked to support the Bahawalpur's movement as a separate province.
Zawar announced to support the movement for the establishment of further provinces in order to improve administrative matters and to facilitate people. He said that the restoration of Bahawalpur's status as a province was a part of their manifesto.
He also