Tag: #FederalGovernment
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Federal govt seeks to extend NAB Chairman’s Tenure
The federal government has proposed amendments to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Act, according to which the government seeks to extend the tenure of the Chairman NAB, Deputy Chairman and Prosecutor General. According to the details, under the present NAB Act, the term of office of the Chairman is 4 years and non-extensible while the…
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Work on setting up 50,000 more utility stores starts: NA told
ISLAMABAD, July 24 (APP):Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed on Friday informed the National Assembly that the government had started the work on setting up 50,000 more utility stores aimed at ensuring provision of quality food items at controlled rates across the country. “As per the government announcement about establishing 50,000 more utilities…
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Barrister Farogh Nasim takes oath as Federal Minister
ISLAMABAD, July 24 (Online): Barrister Farogh Nasim has taken oath as a Federal Minister . President Dr. Arif Alvi administered the oath to Farogh Nasim at a ceremony at Aiwan-e-Sadr Islamabad Friday. MQM Pakistan’s Senator Farogh Naseem has taken oath as the country’s Federal Law Minister for the third time . Farogh Naseem had resigned…
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Department of Provincial Treasury approves Rs 1.5 billion budget for South Punjab
LAHORE, July 22 (Online): Department of Provincial Treasury while approving Rs 1.5 billion budget for South Punjab has also approved 57 posts for officers of Police Department in South Punjab. According to media reports the notification has been issued in this regard. The posts approved for Police Department in South Punjab include 1 post of…
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Govt decides to summon joint session of parliament before Eid
ISLAMABAD, July 21 (Online): Federal Government has decided to summon joint session of parliament before Eid-ul-Azha. Seven bills refused from Senate will be presented in the meeting. According to media reports National Assembly (NA) has passed seven bills which could not make it through senate, where ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is not in the majority. So,…
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Matriculation results announced, girls hit the field
ISLAMABAD: In the matriculation examinations conducted under the Federal Board of Education, female students took the field and got first position with 1097 marks of 2 female students of APS and Model College. According to the details, a statement issued by the Federal Board of Education said that the girls won the positions of science…
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Business community resents lack of development in markets, industrial areas
ISLAMABAD, July 20 (Online):: Tahir Abbasi, Senior Vice President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that being the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad should be the ideal city of the country in terms of development but no development work has been done in the city for the last four years. Due to this situation, markets…
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PTV approves plan to lay off 2400 employees
ISLAMABAD: The government has approved a plan to lay off 2,400 employees from Pakistan Television (PTV). According to Baaghi TV, it is also learned that those who joined on political recommendation will be expelled. It is also learned that a list of ghost employees has been prepared in this regard. On the other hand, employees…
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Govt starts work on 13 special economic zones
Lahore, July 19 (Online): Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that there were only three Special Economic Zones when PTI government came into power. Government has started work on 13 Special Economic Zones in a short span of time under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The federal government has issued notifications…
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Federal govt extends contract of CEO PIA
The federal government has issued a notification to extend the contract of Air Marshal Arshad Malik as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). According to the details, federal government has approved the extension of Air Marshal Arshad Malik’s PIA contract as CEO till April 25, 2022. It may be recalled that…