KARACHI: The Rana Azeem faction of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has warned the government against any move to withdraw notification of Sept 16, 2013 regarding constitution of the 8th Wage Board or to delay the award...
LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to enforce a complete lockdown in the province from May 8 to 15 in line with the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) decision to restrict movement of people during the Eid holidays...
These decisions were taken at a meeting presided over by health minister Dr Yasmin Rashid at the Punjab Civil Secretariat here on Wednesday...
MULTAN: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has sought across the board accountability of all those who looted national wealth, while reiterating that his party will accept whatever verdict is given in Panamagate case by the Supreme Court...
He said across the board accountability should be done, so that the people could understand who spent the resources on nation and who looted the national resources...
KARACHI: The mourning procession of the 8th of Muharram with a large number of participants culminated at Hussainian Iranian Imambargah in Kharadar under tight security on Friday...
But for the much improved sales tax collection by Sindh and Punjab compared to that of the Federal Board of Revenue, the provinces have yet to demonstrate they have vigorously upgraded or engaged in any worthwhile capacity building exercise to fully carry out their new responsibilities...
The core issue in the 8th award is to incorporate measures that would make devolution more meaningful in raising the living standards of the common...
LAHORE: Tanzeem-i-Asatiza Pakistan, a teachers’ body decided on Sunday to join the Muttahida Mahaz Asatiza Punjab’s “Taleem Bachao” drive...
The meeting also agreed with most of the demands made in a letter written by Mahaz chairman Tariq Mahmood to Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, said Prof Ahmed...
KARACHI: The eighth death anniversary of the former prime minister and PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto is being observed on Sunday...
People are travelling from different parts of the country to Larkana and Garhi Khuda Baksh, where she is buried at the family mausoleum
RAWALPINDI: PPP activists and supporters observed the eighth death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto in three separate events held at Liaquat Bagh...
The events which started on Saturday evening and ended the next night on Sunday, were attended by hundreds of party workers and activists
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Major General Asghar Nawaz said on Monday that Pakistan was prone to earthquakes and floods and faced enormous challenges in view of climate change...
Speaking at the inaugural session of a media workshop on reporting disasters organised by the NDMA, he said, Pakistan stood eighth among 10 high- risk countries with respect to climate change
But in Karachi, writers and book readers totally eclipsed the planetary spectacle as soon as festivities of the 8th Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) began on a temperate Friday evening...
Should he embellish it with the Ganga-Jamuna tradition or should he put the waters flowing in Punjab and Sindh to creative use? What culture should a Pakistani creative individual adopt? “It’s not in my capacity to follow and write the traditional...
Author Mohammad Hanif, meanwhile, read out a heartfelt piece that he wrote after visiting his friend’s grave in Multan...
The friend had died in Kraachi but is buried in Multan...
Reducing adjudication tiers, discouraging unnecessary adjournment requests and utilising forensic sciences for the expeditious disposal of backlog of cases were among several key recommendations made at the 8th Judicial Conference that concluded at the Supreme Court of Pakistan Building in Islamabad on Saturday...
ISLAMABAD: A grand opposition alliance with the name of “Pakistan Alliance for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFE)” finally emerged on Friday to confront the new coalition government led by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) as the action committee formed by the leaders of major political parties finalised a protest plan against alleged rigging in the July 25 general election...
Talking to Dawn, a member of the action committee and Pakistan...
KARACHI: The main procession of Muharram 8th was taken out from Nishtar Park on Wednesday noon, which passed through various traditional routes and culminated at Husanian Iranian Imambargah in Kharadar amid tight security...
The provincial government has written a letter to the federal interior ministry and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), urging them to place a ban on mobile services/internet in major cities of Sindh...
Mobile services were suspended in Nawabshah on Sunday, the 8th of Muharram, as part of measures taken to ensure security of major processions that are to be taken out today...
Deputy Inspector General of Shaheed Benazirabad division Mazhar Nawaz Shaikh, told Dawn that cellular services will remain suspended Nawabshah, as well as Sanghar and Naushahro Feroze districts until evening on the 8th, 9th and 10th of Muharram...