Tag: pakistani news

  • Almost 10,000 people infected with dengue fever in Pakistan

    A team of World Health Organization (WHO) is arriving on Sunday in Pakistan to help cope with dengue fever that has affected almost 10,000 people in the country, the Pakistani news agency INN reported, referring to official sources. In recent weeks, dengue fever has rapidly spread across Pakistan but the country’s north-eastern Punjab province has…

  • Pakistan, US Agree To Step Up Efforts Against Terrorism

    Pakistan and the United States (US) officials discussed ways to increase law enforcement cooperation and combat terrorism at the final sectoral group meeting of the United States-Pakistan strategic dialogue. This is the first time, this group has met since Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi animated the US-Pakistan strategic…

  • Gilani To Curtail Finance Ministry Role For Issuing Development Funds

    Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said that the government has decided to curtail the role of Finance Ministry to issue funds for development projects. He said that foreign unnecessary visits would be ended from today to implement austerity measures. Talking to media in Islamabad, the PM said that steps are being taken for restructuring of…

  • Fake Degree Issue Creeps Up, PML-N Leading The Race

    The count of politicians having fake degrees is growing, as five more cases of fake degrees have been unveiled. The five latest case of a parliamentarians being found to be in possession of a fake degrees is among many cases of fake degrees in the recent past. Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) is leading the race…

  • PEPCO Withdraws New Power Tariff

    The Pakistan Electric Power Company Limited (PEPCO) has withdrawn its policy of spliting the tariff into two different rates for morning and evening. MD Pepco Tahir Basharat Cheema denied reports regarding power tariff hike and said there was no change in day and night tariff. Earlier during the evening PEPCO DG announced split power tariff…

  • SC : Rejects PCO Judges’ Review Petition

    The Supreme Court dismissed a review petition of five PCO judges on Thursday. A five-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk, announced the verdict. Speaking to newsmen outside the court, counsel of the judges, Abdul Basit said he would again review the Constitution in this regard. The appeals were filed by…