Islamabad: Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) Imtiaz Inayat Elahi has said that the prime responsibility of CDA officers is to work with dedication and enthusiasm in line with their professional abilities to maintain the image of the Authority high among the public. He said this on the occasion of oath-taking ceremony of CDA Officers Welfare Association here at Pak-China Centre. Chairman CDA said that officers of the Authority had been playing their pivotal role in the construction, development and maintenance [...]

Islamabad: Chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), Imtiaz Inayat Elahi said that Park Enclave is the best residential option by all aspects particularly by its unique location as compared with other housing schemes. The Chairman CDA expressed these views during a review meeting of recently launched Park Enclave Project here at CDA Headquarters on Monday. Member Finance, Saeed-ur-Rehman, Member Planning and Design, Tahir Shamshad, Member Estate, Khalid Mirza, Director General Services, Saleh Muhammad and other senior officers were also [...]

Islamabad: Faisal Karim Kundi, Deputy Speaker, National Assembly chaired a meeting of the House Business Advisory Committee in Parliament House to discuss the Business of the House for 33rd Session of the National Assembly. After thorough discussion, it was decided that the 33rd Session of the National Assembly would continue till 12th August, 2011 and the sessions will be held in morning due to Ramzan. It was decided that the National Assembly will take up various laws pending for legislation [...]

Islamabad: The federal government, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 24 of the 1980 Modaraba Companies and Modaraba (Floatation and Control) Ordinance, has constituted another Modaraba tribunal for Sindh. Earlier, only one Modaraba tribunal, consisting of the Judge Banking Court-1, Karachi, was trying all classes of cases in the entire Sindh. Apart from Modaraba cases, it also adjudicates on the civil and criminal cases filed by other financial institutions such as banks, NBFCs and DFIs etc. In both [...]

Islamabad: The SECP held the first roundtable meeting with external stakeholders to proceed with finalizing amendments to the Code of Corporate Governance in Karachi. The roundtable was attended by around 60 participants from various sectors representing prominent market associations and institutions like the Mutual Fund Association of Pakistan, Pakistan Sugar Mill Associations, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan, Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan, Insurance Association of Pakistan, Pakistan Banking Association, American Business Council, Central Depository Company, Karachi [...]

Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and former Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, President PML (Q) called on President Asif Ali Zardari at the Aiwan-e-Sadr Monday night. Issues relating to the meeting of the coalition parties in the Parliament today, current political situation, coalition matters and law and order situation in Karachi were discussed during the meeting. For more information, contact: Haji Ahmed Malik Principal Information Officer Press Information Department (PID) Tel: +9251 925 2323 and +9251 925 2324 [...]

Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that it is our collective responsibility to strengthen the democratic institutions. He maintained that government believes in trichotomy of power and respects the mandate of all the institutions as envisaged in the Constitution. The Prime Minister expressed these views while chairing combined Parliamentary Party meeting of PPP MNAs and allies (ANP, PML-Q, FATA, BNP-A, PML-F, NPP and independents) at Parliament House this afternoon. The Prime Minister observed that Parliament, Executive and [...]