Tag: Starts
Ramadan starts
Ramadan 2011 started on Monday night, as the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee announced sighting of the moon in Karachi. Hot and humid weather coupled with...
CDA starts work on Park Enclave project without EIA
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has started development work on the Park Enclave housing project in Zone-IV without conducting environmental impact assessment (EIA).
“The environmental...
Lal Shahbaz Qalandar’s Urs starts today
Sindh Culture Minister Sassui Palijo on Wednesday chaired a meeting to finalise arrangements for the 759th annual Urs celebrations of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Qalandar starting...
Voters’ registeration starts today
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is starting a door-to-door campaign from Monday to register voters, while the drive will complete by August 16,...
Saudi low-fare airlines starts operations
The Saudi low fare airlines, Nasair, has started its operations from the capital’s Benazir International Airport as the first flight of Airbus A320 landed...
National Immunisation Campaign starts on 18th
Like other provinces of the country, a three-day National Immunisation Campaign against polio will start in Punjab from July 18 during which more than...
Third spell of monsoon rains starts today
Eight millimeters of rain in the provincial metropolis turned the weather pleasant after hot and muggy conditions on Wednesday. The Met office announced that...
Second spell of monsoon starts today
The Met Office predicted the second spell of monsoon rains from today (Thursday), likely to produce scatter rains and thundershowers in the country for...
Arbitration on Kishanganga project starts this month
Pakistan’s plea against the construction of the Kishanganga hydroelectric project in the Indian-occupied Kashmir would be taken up for hearing by the Court of...
Jockeying starts for posts in new Thai government
Thailand’s prime minister elect, Yingluck Shinawatra, said on Tuesday it was too early to decide on her cabinet as jockeying for posts started and...
GRAP internal audit starts to unearth scam
Taking stern action on the UNICEF-funded GRAP corruption scam, the Punjab Social Welfare and Women’s Development Department and Baitul Maal have begun an internal...
Wimbledon starts today
The third Grand Slam of the year, Wimbledon, will be staged from June 20 to July 3. The current year’s event is the 125th...
NHMP starts recruitment of constables
The National Highways & Motorway Police (NHMP) on Tuesday started the recruitment process for 211 posts of constables/JPSs for which physical tests will be...
‘All stats but no facts’: SA starts budget discussion
The Sindh Assembly (SA) on Monday started general discussion on the provincial budget for fiscal year 2011-12, with most of the Pakistan Peoples Party...
Federer, Nadal greatest ever debate starts
Rafael Nadal's win over Roger Federer in the French Open final on Sunday will reignite the age-old debate about who is the greatest player...
Nawaz Sharif starts netting disgruntled PML-Q leaders
Following the formation of the PPP-PML-Q alliance, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has sped up efforts to rake in disgruntled PML-Q members by holding meetings...
Federer and Djokovic off to winning starts
Djokovic took his unbeaten record in 2011 to 38 wins Monday before Grand Slam king Roger Federer demonstrated to the unstoppable Serb that...