Tag: Service

Advanced field trials of biotech crops in Pakistan In the early 1970s, Pakistan was the first country to adopt and popularise the semi-dwarf high-yielding wheat...

PESHAWAR - After the government's success in improving law and order situation, mobile telephone service was restored in Dera Ismail Khan (DI Khan) on Friday, the region bordering Waziristan and located in south Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The government had suspended mobile phone services and banned pillion riding in and around the city 18 months back.
The move caused great hardships to the common people but it helped in the efforts to counter terrorism and sectarian violence in the

KARACHI - The appointment of over two dozen officers in the Sindh government on high-ranking posts due to their political affiliation was declared illegal by the Sindh High Court on Thursday.
At least four secretaries of different departments, three additional secretaries, three district coordination officers (DCOs), Lyari Development Authority managing director and directors are among the list.
A division bench comprising Justices Shahid Anwer Bajwa and Tufail H Ibrahim

LAHORE - Thousands of intra-city commuters reeled with traveling hardships after all the buses running on the city routes were taken off the roads and their operation was suspended for an indefinite period by Daewoo Express Bus Service after the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) demolished the company's main workshop near Kalma Chowk along Ferozepur Road on Tuesday.
Though the inter-city buses remained unaffected and Daewoo Express Bus Service announced to continue inter-city

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said the new service structure package for the doctors was aimed at providing them better facilities so that they can serve the masses. The prime minister made a policy statement on floor of the national assembly, saying that the package would provide them job security and ensure regular progress in their career.
He said a committee has been constituted to improve the service structure and it would submit its report in next

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has formally approved the new service structure of medical practitioners and para-medical staff, a spokesman of Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.
The spokesman said that the doctors and para-medical staff will now work in hospitals according to the new service structure and a notification in this regard will be issued soon.
He said that according to the new service structure, new Grades 1-8 have been allocated to

LAHORE - Main Boulevard Defence, a thoroughfare leading to the Defence Housing Authority (DHA), continues to irk people because of a dilapidated condition of its service lanes over the last four years. The situation worsened after the service lanes were dug up to lay a new drainage system and this project has been in the doldrums for more than six months now.
The service roads, stretching over more than 1.5 km with width between 25 feet and 30 feet, are splattered with heaps of

ISLAMABAD - The government has directed Pakistan Railways (PR) to conduct a proper feasibility study and to evolve a concrete marketing plan, so that benefits from the monthly Pakistan Turkey freight train service could be acquired.
The direction was given at a meeting, chaired by Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, on the operation of Pakistan-Turkey freight train. Existing transport agreements of Pakistan with Iran and Turkey, under bilateral or international arrangements,

KARACHI - Despite the closure of dozens of trains for promoting freight earnings, the Pakistan Railways, which is facing losses of over Rs 50 billion, has yet to develop its cargo service sector that could be one of the most beneficial sources of revenue, sources have informed Pakistan Today.
The railway authorities have instead handed over the lucrative sector to private companies that have monopoly over the inter- and intra-city transportation of goods through various

HONG KONG - The world's highest hotel opened its doors in Hong Kong on Tuesday, housed in the city's tallest skyscraper and offering unrivalled panoramic views of the world famous Victoria Harbour.
Towering some 490 metres (1,600 feet) above the bustling, chaotic streets of the Southern Chinese city, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel is making a grand comeback after temporarily closing in 2008.
Visitors peered out of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the 118th floor of the International

KARACHI - The Sindh Madressahtul Islam (SMI) bid farewell to one of its beloved teachers, Ramesh P Jethmalani, who retired on Saturday after having served the institution for 30 years.
A farewell party for Jethmalani was organised on Saturday by the institution at its Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto Auditorium, where the SMI principal and other senior teachers led the tributes for the selfless services of the in charge of SMI College Section.
Born on March 26, 1951 in Karachi,

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor was given a small private funeral service attended by family and close friends in the Los Angeles area on Thursday, a day after she died of congestive heart failure.
The Oscar-winning actress, 79, was laid to rest at the Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, outside Los Angeles -- the same place where her close friend, singer Michael Jackson, was buried in 2009.
Taylor's service was scheduled to begin at 2 p.m., but started 15

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has taken note of the fact that a number of retired officers are using official vehicles without authorisation while a large number of employees i.e. gardeners, drivers and police constables are also serving them. Similarly, the serving officers are using vehicles and services of such employees beyond their entitlement.
Punjab CM has directed that all administrative secretaries, heads of attached departments; autonomous,

LAHORE - The National Commission for inter-religious Dialogue and Ecumenism, NCIDE and All Pakistan Ulema & Mushaikh Council organised an interfaith memorial service the other day at St. Mary's Church for Mr. Shahbaz Bhatti, former federal minister for minority affairs. Representatives from Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Baha'i and Sikh communities were invited to recite prayers for Mr. Bhatti and his mission to promote interfaith peace and coexistence. His Lordship Bishop Dr. Andrew

KARACHI - Khurshid Ahmed, founder and managing director of La Rosh Caterers, died on Monday after protracted illness. He was 73. He left behind two sons and as many daughters to mourn his death.
Khurshid Ahmed achieved a degree in textiles from Germany in the 60s but launched his catering company in early 80. He provided catering services for the cricket teams during international and domestic cricket matches. He was buried at Sakhi Hassan Graveyard.
The Soyem for the

ISLAMABAD - A petition was filed in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) by Chaudhry Attaur Rehman on Wednesday against the diplomatic shuttle bus service, which he claimed was charging too much (Rs 500) to transport visitors to foreign missions inside the Diplomatic Enclave.
A single bench of the IHC comprising Chief Justice Iqbal Hameed-ur-Rehman heard the case against the administration of the shuttle service and the Capital Development Authority (CDA). The petitioner's counsel told

ISLAMABAD - Awami National Party MNA Bushra Gohar Tuesday urged the government to cancel the extension given to the Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and called for a cut in the defence budget similar to that in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) because of the financial crunch.
Speaking on a point of order in the National Assembly, Bushra said the apex court's decision for cancellation of extension given to all the government employees was a good