London, UK: PTI UK strongly condemns the ban put on GEO in Pakistan. This is a cowardly & an undemocratic act and a repeat of events that took place under the Musharraf dictatorship in 2007 where media was one of the main targets of the military government. This is another example of the [...]
Long March: Outcome of agitation may take many aback – PEW
Islamabad: The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Saturday said the outcome of long march could be against the expectations of government, lawyers and opposition. The movement supposed to strengthen the democratic institutions could prove a blow for whatever democracy we are left with.
“Undemocratic forces can take advantage of the situation if the movement goes out [...]
N.A Finance Committee decides continue
Islamabad: Meeting of the Finance Committee of the National Assembly was held under the chairpersonship of Madam Speaker Dr. Fehmida Mirza, in the Parliament House, today. The Committee approved minutes of the previous meeting of the finance committee. The committee also approved the figures of the revised budget of the National Assembly for the year [...]
US Investors to participate in Pakistan's PPP privatisation program
Islamabad: The US investors will take part in the Privatisation Program of Pakistan under new Privatisation Policy of Public Private Partnership (PPP). Ms. Anne Paterson US envoy to Pakistan expressed these views during a meeting with Syed Naveed Qamar Federal Minister for Privatisation here today. Syed Naveed Qamar Federal Minister for Privatisation said that the [...]
Mobilink encourages others to follow its lead in m-commerce
Lahore: Having pioneered m-commerce in Pakistan, Mobilink, the country’s market leader in cellular communications and a subsidiary of Orascom Telecom, shared its learnings at the 2nd International Conference on Mobile Banking to encourage other players in the banking and telecom to follow its lead.
Addressing the gathering Aniqa Afzal Sandhu, Head of M-Commerce, Mobilink shared, “With [...]
Bhatti urges lawyers' community to come to dialogue table
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti Thursday urged the lawyers’ community to adopt the course of dialogue to resolve all outstanding issues instead of resorting to long march or sit-in. “I call upon all those political parties who are aiming to join the lawyers’ Long March to remain calm and let the government [...]
Productive discussion at 2-days Pak-ASEAN Workshop pointed out opportunities in the Global Halal Market for Pakistan
Karachi: The two-day workshop turned out to be a grand success. On the first day, Mr. Humayun Aziz Kurd, Federal Minister for Livestock and Dairy Development inaugurated the workshop along with Mr. Muhammad Ali Afridi, Secretary Livestock & Dairy Development.
Dignitaries like Dr. Muhammad Afzal, Chief Executive, Livestock & Dairy Development Board, Dr. R.H. Usmani, Animal [...]
Kaira emphasizes students to explore new horizons of education
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs & Northern Areas, Mr. Qamar Zaman Kaira has emphasized upon the students to explore new horizons of education so that they could steer the country out of confronting challenges in a befitting manner. He was addressing at the 6th convocation of Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad here today.
The Minister [...]
Philips to help Pakistan to overcome energy crisis
KARACHI, MARCH 12 – Philips Pakistan will not promote any lighting products in Pakistan which are not energy efficient or do not comply with our global sustainability standards. This was stated by the new chairman and CEO of Philips Pakistan Asad Jaffer while speaking at a press briefing on “energy efficient lighting” at a local [...]
