Islamabad: The Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan has authorized the District Returning Officer, Returning Officer and Assistant Returning Officers appointed for Bye-Election in Constituency No. PB-26 Jaffarabad-II (Old Nasirabad-II) and the Presiding Officers appointed for each Polling Station of the said Constituency, to exercise the powers of a Magistrate of the First Class under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898) on the 24th May, 2011, the day appointed for polling for Bye-Election, in respect of the [...]

Lahore: PCB confirms receipt of a response from Zulqarnain Haider to the letter of explanation of PCB dated 6th December 2010. In accordance with the PCB (Conduct of Disciplinary Proceedings) Policy 2007, PCB has formed a Disciplinary Committee comprising of the following: 1. Mr. Sultan Rana – Director Domestic Cricket [Chairman] 2. Col (R) Wasim Ahmed – Security Manager [Member] 3. Kh. Mohammad Awais – Manager Estates [Member] The Committee will be assisted by Legal Advisor PCB Mr. Taffazul Rizvi. [...]

Lahore: Pakistan Cricket Board announces the list of Women Cricketers who got the PCB Central Contract for the calendar year 2011. Women Cricket over the years has transformed into a professional sport, which requires full time commitment and a professional approach to the game. With professionalism, there arises a need of compensation. Over the past couple of years, Pakistan Women Cricket Team has shown a gradual but positive progress and on the basis of their recent historic achievement of winning [...]

Islamabad: Honourable Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Chief Justice of Pakistan administered the oath of the office to Honourable Mr. Justice Javed Iqbal, Judge Supreme Court of Pakistan, as Acting Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan in a simple but dignified ceremony. Honourable Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Attorney General for Pakistan, Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan, Prominent Lawyers and Law Officers also attended the ceremony. Dr. Faqir Hussain, Registrar Supreme Court of Pakistan conducted the proceedings of oath [...]

Islamabad: Federal Minister for Water and Power, Syed Naveed Qamar has asked all the power distribution companies (DISCOs) to start recoveries campaign and disconnect the electricity connection of the defaulters. He also asked the DISCOs to compile the consumer’s classification data and submit it to the Ministry within two days. He made these directions while presiding over meeting of the CEOs of DISCOs held here today in the ministry. The Minister imposed immediate ban on transfers’ postings of all categories [...]

Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari today on the advice of the Prime Minister has reconstituted the National Economic Council (NEC) under Article 156(1) of the Constitution. The reconstituted NEC would now consist of Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan, Federal Minister for Communication, Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar, Federal Minister for Defense, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue Planning and Development, Economic Affairs and Statistics, and Mir Changez Khan Jamali, Federal Minister for Science and Technology as the members representing the [...]

Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday administered oath to Senator Dr. Asim Hussain as Federal Minister at a ceremony held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. The oath-taking ceremony was attended among others by Senator A. Rehman Malik, Federal Minister for Interior, Sardar Latif Khan Khosa, Governor Punjab, Mr. M. Salman Faruqui, Secretary General, Chaudhry Imtiaz Safdar Waraich, Senator Syeda Sughra Imam, Senator Faisal Raza Abadi, MNAs Ms Fouzia Habib and Ms Farhnaz Ispahani and other high officials. For more information, contact: [...]