President’s House denies new provinces were discussed in Zardari-Naqvi Nawabshah meeting
ISLAMABAD: The President’s House on Friday denied that the creation of new provinces was discussed when Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi made an unannounced trip to Nawabshah to see President Asif Ali Zardari.
Islamabad’s long-delayed local elections put on hold again by High Court over disputed constituency boundaries
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Islamabad’s long-awaited local government elections, due on 20 December, have been suspended by the High Court after a petitioner argued that
Army Chief Munir pledges to protect miners in push for foreign capital
ISLAMABAD: Field Marshal Asim Munir, who commands Pakistan’s army and its combined armed forces, pledged on Friday to protect miners and investors as the government courts foreign capital for an industry beset by militant violence in Balochistan.
BITES
- Mobile broadband services restored
- LPG prices rise by 29.2pc for February
- Cabinet swells to 75 members
- Govt allows TCP to import wheat via all ports
- World Bank approves $200 million in loan for Punjab’s farm development project
- PM Sharif’s party decides to get tough on hecklers
- Apex court overturns PHC ban on poultry exports
- Shahbaz Gill declined bail
- IHC disposes of PTI employees petition against FIA notices
- Rupee plumbs new lows against dollar
- Punjab gets new policy chief
- Loans under Mera Ghar scheme to continue
- Senior army official shot dead in Balochistan rescue operation
- Bani Gala Firing: Man shot, wounded by PTI leader’s gunman
- Turkish commander calls on CJCSC
- Inquiry commission to probe reasons of energy crisis
- ANP set to fly Sharif’s coop
- Member Communist Party of China calls on COAS
- CHE to be renamed, HQ shifted to Karachi
- Pakistan to import high-quality Afghan coal in rupees
- IHC chucks plea to interfere with legislation
- Saudi Arabia confers King Abdulaziz medal on General Bajwa
- Interior Minister no-show at drugs case hearing
- Pakistan hopes early, successful visit by FATF team
- Pakistan commiserates with Afghanistan over quake, flood destruction
Mari, NRL report new copper-gold finds in Chagai district
ISLAMABAD: National Resources Ltd., a Pakistani explorer owned by Fatima Fertilizer Co., Liberty Mills Ltd. and Lucky Cement Ltd., said it has found copper-gold mineralization at eight sites in Balochistan’s Chagai district after drilling almost 25,000 meters.
Pakistan sets Dec. 31 deadline for first fully cashless capital
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: The government has set Dec. 31 as the deadline for making Islamabad the country’s first fully cashless city, an effort to