Islamabad: Federal Minister for State and Frontier Regions, Engineer Shaukatullah has assured his full support for the resolution of FATA Minorities problems and said that this is the policy of present Government to provide full protection to them. He expressed these feeling in a meeting here at his office in Islamabad with a delegation of all FATA Social Welfare Minorities Organization. The delegation was headed by its president Mr. Wilson Wazir. Mr. Wilson Wazir briefed the Federal Minister about various [...]

Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that the Council of Common Interests (CCI) meeting has been called on a short notice to deliberate and decide upon proposals pertaining to distribution of water resources and some non- tax revenue proposals in the Council of Common Interests before announcement of the Budget for the next financial year. In his opening remarks, the Prime Minister welcomed the Chief Ministers and Members of the Council in the CCI meeting held at [...]

Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that the Government is cognizant of the presence of Polio disease in Pakistan and sought cooperation of the provinces, National and International agencies for this national as well as international cause. Welcoming all participants in the inaugural meeting of the National Task Force on Polio Eradication at Prime Minister’s Secretariat this morning and the Prime Minister mentioned that Polio Eradication has been one of the top priorities of the Government in [...]

Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said that devolution of power after the 18th Amendment has posed greater responsibility on the provincial governments to minimize the difficulties of the people. It is heartening to note, he added, that the Federal and all the Provincial Governments including AJ and K as well as Gilgit-Baltistan are on the same page for according priority to the social sector particularly Education and Health. He expressed confidence that appropriate allocations will be made in [...]

Rawalpindi: H.E. Mr. Liu Jain, Ambassador of China in Pakistan called on General Khalid Shameem Wynne, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) and discussed matters of bilateral interest. For more information, contact: Inter Services Public R...

Karachi: On completion of conversion process of Non-Voting Preference Shares into Ordinary Shares as confirmed by the company supported with Auditors Certificate thereof, the trading in the Preference Shares of Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited will be...

AsiaNet 44835 KORTRIJK, Belgium, June 1 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ — Lapauw International, the Kortrijk-based company that was taken over by Philippe D’heygere in the summer of 2010, has scooped a mega-contract in Saudi Arabia. The counterparty is the renowned BinLadin Group, a construction company based in Jeddah, with subsidiaries and outstanding references …