ISLAMABAD, DEC 27: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said Tuesday that the establishment’s decision to remain apolitical has “politically orphaned selected” Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and the likes of him. “This is the reason why there is a hue and cry in Bani Gala, this is the reason why they have resorted to the politics of violence, and this is the reason why he [Imran] hides and addresses workers via video link,” Bilawal said while addressing a gathering in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh held to mark the 15th death anniversaryRead More

RAWALPINDI: /DNA/ – RCCI inked an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) on the Establishment of Job Centre in Punjab Province. Job Center in PunjabProvince’, a collaborative effort of PITB, Labor & Human Resource Department (L&HRD) and the Government of Punjab, is being deployed at divisional and district levels across Punjab. The initiative, though in its initial stage, has already registered 20,000 workers. President RCCI Saqib Rafiq, Senior Vice President Muhammad Hamza Sarosh and Vice President Faisal Shahzad along with Senior Programme Manager Shams ul Islam,Read More

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said Tuesday that deposed prime minister Imran Khan should return to parliament — whose party quit the National Assembly in April. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Inaf’s (PTI) parliamentarians resigned en masse after Imran was voted out through a vote of no-confidence, and since then, have not returned to the lower house of parliament despite the Supreme Court asking it to do so. “The people, who elected and sent them to parliament, are observing their actions,” Shujaat said while talking to senior journalists at an event in the federalRead More

PML MNA arrested on corruption charges LAHORE, DEC 27 /DNA/  – The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) of Punjab Tuesday arrested Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Member National Assembly Chauhdry Mohammad Ashraf for illegally occupying state land. In a statement today, the ACE said that Ashraf is a PML-N lawmaker elected from NA-148. Ashraf faces accusations of encroaching on state-owned land by forging the land documents and records in connivance with the revenue officer (Patwari). The anti-corruption department has registered a case against the lawmaker. Sources revealed that Ashraf fraudulently faked ownership ofRead More

Staff Report ISLAMABAD, DEC 27 /DNA/  – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday postponed the local government elections scheduled for December 31 in Islamabad following a change in the union councils of the federal capital. A five-member bench had reserved the verdict earlier in the day after arguments were concluded in the case. During today’s hearing, former attorney general Ashtar Ausaf, who is representing the federal government in the case, told the bench that the union councils were increased in Islamabad based on the increase in population. AtRead More

Islamabad, Dec 27: /DNA/ – Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Pakistan Office extends its support to the flood affected districts of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Provinces by providing in total 9000 mosquito nets, 80,000 ORS and 400,000 water purification tablets. On the request of Government of Punjab and KP, the Government of Japan and JICA Pakistan Office decided to extend its support to the worst affected districts of both the provinces. In Punjab the target districts are Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur. In KP, the target districts are Kohistan,Read More