Tag: Work

ISLAMABAD - Senator Raza Rabbani-led Implementation Commission on the 18th Amendment is bent upon wiping out all the good work done by the previous government vis-a-vis higher education.
Talking to a private TV channel, HEC Chairman Dr Javaid Leghari said in the wake of the proposed devolution plan, the US had halted funding to the tune of $250 million that it had promised for foreign studies and research work for HEC scholars. Leghari said a US embassy official had informed him

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Sindh leaders continued their rhetoric against the judges to put pressure on the judiciary ahead of a contempt of court case against them being taken up by the Supreme Court, but changed their tone after the court allowed them 15 days on Friday to file a response. Taj Haider and Sharjeel Memon expressed respect for the apex court while Sindh Home Minister Zulfiqar Mirza, who is a close aide of President Asif Ali Zardari, used the "Sindh card",

SYDNEY - Record company EMI on Thursday lost their appeal against a ruling that Australian band Men at Work's iconic 1980s smash hit "Down Under" ripped off "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree". Last year, Australia's Federal Court found the famous flute riff on 'Down Under' was lifted from the folk tune 'Kookaburra,' penned by Melbourne teacher Marion Sinclair more than 75 years ago for a Girl Guides competition.
The result left Kookaburra's copyright owners, Larrikin Music,

SAHIWAL - Sahiwal Divisional Commissioner Qazi Muhammad Ashfaq Qureshi has directed nation-building departments to accelerate the pace of development carrying out under the city package and ensure quality so that people can benefit from these projects for a long time.
He said this while chairing a meeting to review the projects of the city package. He said the beautification of the city should also be ensured after the completion of this package and the citizens should also be

MUMBAI - Work across India and Pakistan came to a grinding halt on Wednesday as bureaucrats, factory workers, farmers and millions of other cricket fans gathered to watch the World Cup semi-final.
The clash between the two rival nations in Mohali, northwest India, took precedence over almost all business. Telephones rung unanswered in government ministries, share trading slowed and roads were eerily empty of traffic. People calling in sick may have struggled to convince their

LAHORE - Imperial College of Business Studies has launched a programme 'Reverse the Surroundings' in which a group of students have initiated the challenging task of spreading awareness about cleanliness in the society. The leader
of the group is Abdullah Arshad and included four other members Abdur Rehman Arshad, Ahmad Jahanzaib, Abid Mehmood and Fahad Shehzad. They have worked tirelessly on beautification of Main Saddar Market Sarwar Road through a practical approach, with

LAHORE - The release of US national Raymond Davis and arrest of PCS officers dominated the Punjab Assembly (PA) proceedings on Monday, which restrained the treasury benches from carrying out its routine work.
The opposition alleged that the Punjab government played its role for the release of Davis saying that the House should be allowed to hold a debate on the topic that how Davis was released. The PA speaker started the question hour session but point of orders did not allow

ISLAMABAD - Emaar Pakistan, the country subsidiary of Emaar Properties PJSC - developer of the world's tallest building Burj Khalifa, has achieved another milestone at its ongoing Crescent Bay Project in Karachi by completing the foundation works and launching the construction of the residential towers. The under-construction towers and others being built as part of the 108-acre Crescent Bay development constitute a key feature of the seafront community, with a cluster of high-rise

LAHORE - Women have to be encouraged to participate and work for the progress and prosperity of the nation, Punjab Finance Minister Kamran Michael said on Monday. He was talking to a women delegation which called on him at his office. The minister said that for the past few decades, social and political awareness had increased among women and there was a visible urge in women to strive for a better life. Michael said that women are also very keen to contribute towards the development

ISLAMABAD - The Capital Development Authority has started the construction work of Kashmir Highway without sending its fresh PC-1 worth over Rs 3 billion to National Economic Council (NEC).
"The old PC-1 of Kashmir Highway project is Rs 2.2 billion, which was approved by the NEC in 2007 but the CDA has not sent the new PC-1 of Kashmir Highway project of over Rs 3 billion under which they tendered and started the project," a source in CDA finance wing told Pakistan Today.