Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has asked the new Secretary of the Ministry of Water and Power to ensure that the early warning system to monitor the floods is in place and functional before the start of the next rainy season. He also directed the Secretary to finalize arrangements for holding energy conference at the earliest. The Prime Minister was talking to new secretary of the Ministry of Water and Power, Mr. Imtiaz Hussain Qazi who called on [...]

Islamabad: Friendship and Deep Relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan are the way forward for regional stability and Peace, said Mr. Hamid Karzai while what he termed as ‘very warm welcome’ to Pakistani Parliamentarians who called on him today upon the conclusion of the 5th round of Pak-Afghan Parliamentarians Dialogue in Kabul, facilitated by PILDAT. Please take a message of deepest love from Afghanistan to Pakistan, said Mr. Karzai, says a press release received here today from Kabul, Afghanistan. Parliamentarians of [...]

Karachi: Sindh Governor Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan on Monday summoned the management of KESC to Governor House and expressed his deep concern over growing problem of load shedding in the metropolis. He observed that due to the on-going dispute between the KESC management and employees, the customers were facing hardships and continue to face power crisis. “Efforts should be made to resolve the disputes and overcome power crisis,” he asked the KESC management. He said that the provincial government will [...]

Governor Sindh, Dr Ishrat Ul Ebad, Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah discuss upcoming budget Karachi: Governor Sindh, Dr Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan, met with Chief Minister, Syed Qaim Ali Shah at the CM House on Sunday night. The Chief Minister apprised the Governor regarding the preparation of the budget for the fiscal year 2011-12 and the schemes of the Annual Development Programme (ADP). Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan and Syed Qaim Ali Shah reiterated to continue to serve the [...]

Benazir Income Support Programme has employed multi-pronged strategy to combat poverty Islamabad: Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), Ms. Farzana Raja has said that to curb the poverty and uplift the living standard of the downtrodden segments of society, BISP has applied a multi-pronged strategy based on best international practices. She said that technical/vocational training is one of the crucial aspects of BISP as it aims at creating income generation opportunities for the poorest of the poor of the society. [...]

Islamabad: The UK International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell is in Pakistan this week to see innovative new approaches to help get more poor children in to school, widen access to banking services, and improve the health and avert deaths of women and children. The Secretary of State today met with the Pakistan Prime Minister Gilani, President Zardari, Chief Ministers, plus a range of senior government officials, politicians, and business people. This morning he visited Bhara Kahu Rural Health Centre near [...]

Karachi: The Karachi Electric Supply Company continued to repair local faults against continuing attacks by miscreants at its offices, employees, assets and network for about one month now. At Fleet Management head offices, miscreants stopped employees from entering into the office. The miscreants also forced into the offices of Management officers and threatened and harassed them out. At the Civic Centre head offices of Energy Conservation and Revenue Protection Department, the miscreants blocked entry and locked the stair entrance. At [...]