LAHORE: An accountability court on Wednesday rejected the exoneration plea of Jang Group Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and two others in an illegal land allotment reference. Accountability Court Judge Asad Ali conducted the case proceedings wherein Mir Shakil, former Lahore Development Authority (LDA) director general Humayun Faiz, former Director Land Development Mian Bashir Ahmed also appeared […]
Read MoreLAHORE: Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani and Opposition Senators Mushahid Hussain Syed (PML-N) and Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri (JUI-F) called on Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar at Governor House here on Wednesday. They had a discussion on political and parliamentary matters. Governor Punjab, Chairman Senate and opposition Senators strongly condemned the Indian oppression on Kashmiris and […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has increased the number of Umrah pilgrims to 70, 000 per day from today (Wednesday), state media said. With a daily capacity of up to 70, 000 Umrah performers, the overall number of pilgrims has been increased to 2.1 million per month, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi on Wednesday said that the stranded ship in Karachi would not be allowed to leave without recovering out standing dues and inspection expenditures. Addressing a press conference, he said that the ship was stranded and taken off the shores of Karachi. “It is a law in the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Qazi Jamil ur Rehman Wednesday directed to shift impounded vehicles out of police stations creating parking and other issues for citizens. He directed DIG and SSP (Operations) to ensure shifting of such vehicles at safe place, parked in police stations since long time and creating parking and other […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday said the digitization and cadastral mapping of lands would ensure transparency in the land record and transactions besides, eliminating the besetting issue of land grabbing. He was addressing the launching ceremony of the digitization of land record and cadastral mapping of the Federal Capital Territory. The prime minister said […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The Central Director of National Savings (CDNS) has received a fresh deposit of Rs 160 billion in the last two months from July 1 to August 31, in the current fiscal year 2020-21. The CDNS has set an annual gross receipt target of Rs 980 billion from July 1 to June 30th of the […]
Read MoreKARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday presiding over a joint meeting of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) and K-Electric decided to evolve a mechanism to collect two of the KMC taxes through electricity bills so that recovery could be ensured. Administrator KMC Murtaza Wahab proposed that the KE may collect Rs 100 […]
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