Islamabad: Mr. Ishtiak Ahmad Khan, Secretary, Election Commission of Pakistan has said that oath-taking ceremony of the newly appointed Honourable Members of ECP will be held on Monday, the 13th June 2011 in the ECP Secretariat, Islamabad. The Honourable Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan, Mr. Justice (R) Hamid Ali Mirza will administer the oath of office to Justice (R) Muhammad Roshan Ali Essani, Honourable Member from Sindh Province; Justice (R) Riaz Kayani, Honourable Member from Punjab Province; Justice (R) Shezad [...]

Islamabad: The National Assembly met for two hours and 51 minutes during the 7th sitting of the ongoing budget session. The sitting witnessed low attendance of Members, with only 32 Members present at the outset of the sitting, while 24 were present when the sitting was adjourned. The quorum was visibly lacking at various stages of the sitting, but it was not pointed out by any the Members. The Members continued to debate on the budgetary proposals, and 90% of [...]

Islamabad: Islamabad Police on Saturday arrested nine suspects including a female from different areas of the city and recovered stolen property worth Rs 80,000, 90 wine bottles, 1.80 kilogram hashish and illicit from their possession, a police spokesman said. Following directions from SSP Islamabad Tahir Alam Khan, Ijaz Ahmad and Imtiaz ASIs of Bhara Kahu Police arrested four accused namely Ishmael , Akbar , Faizan Ahmad Sheikh and Sajid and recovered stolen property amounting rupees 80,000 , one liquor bottles [...]

Lahore: Following is the text of press release issued by Punjab University A delegation of Punjab University Housing Management Committee visited Punjab University Town-I and Town-II here on Saturday and showed his satisfaction on the pace of construction work there. The members of the delegation included Prof Dr Abdul Ghaffar, Prof Dr Muhammad Amin Athar, Resident Officer-I Javed Sami, Dr Zahoor and Dr Amir Ijaz. All the construction work in Town-I has been completed while two roads in Town-II will [...]

Islamabad: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan registered 21 companies having foreign investment during May. These 21 companies have investment by foreign nationals from the U.K., China, Canada, Denmark, South Korea, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Jordan, Norway, the Netherlands, Singapore and Afghanistan. Among these, 8 companies were registered in Lahore, 7 in Islamabad and 6 in Karachi. The sector-wise breakdown of the new incorporations shows that 5 companies each are in trading, followed by 2 companies each in services, mining, [...]

Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Company LTD (PTCL) has enhanced an exciting VSAT “Skylink” satellite communication service for its corporate customers. PTCL being the largest, integrated telecommunications service provider in Pakistan, has offered SKYLINK – a very small aperture terminal satellite communication service for domestic and international communication applications. This features leased line SCPC services for domestic and international connectivity, (TDMA/DVB-S2) Enterprise applications. Skylink services are based on advanced satellite technology providing dedicated point-to-point and point-to-multipoint connectivity, high-quality satellite solutions for bandwidth [...]

Economic stability hidden in proper education Islamabad: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Saturday said standard of education needs to be improved so that economy can get a boost. Good educational institutions are imperative to develop country, economy and society in these times of rapid changes and slowing momentum of higher education, said Raza Khan, Chairman Coordination, FPCCI. Speaking as Chief Guest at the opening ceremony of 6th Sales Gala, organised National University of Modern Languages [...]