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Rawalpindi: Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani interacted with the Army / Formation Subedar Majors during the 5th Annual Conference of Subedar Majors held at General Headquarters today. For more information, contact: Inter Services Publi...

Karachi: Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Dr. Farooq Sattar said under a scientific method garbage will be sent and dispose off at landfill site during the 15 day clean and green Karachi campaign that has already begun in the metropolis. Cleanliness drive was aimed at mobilizing various organizations and this would continue throughout the year on these lines and with same spirit. MQM has started making Pakistan clean and green in Karachi. With the involvement of all political parties and [...]

Karachi: The core committees of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and its coalition partners, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Awami National Party (ANP} on Wednesday condemned targeted killings in the city and resolved to coordinate their efforts to weed out “Taliban/terrorists and other banned organisations and criminals”. The committees held a meeting at the Governor’s House to discuss the targeted killings that have claimed many lives over the past three days. None of the party leaders made [...]

Karachi: The office-bearers of KCCI have congratulated Governor Sindh Dr Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan for his extra ordinary efforts for the release of hostages under captivity of pirates. Muhammad Saeed Shafiq, President KCCI along with Siraj Kassam Teli, Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG) and former President of KCCI, Tahir Khaliq, M. Zubair Motiwala, Haroon Farooki, Anjum Nisar, Vice Chairmen BMG and former presidents of KCCI, Talat Mahmood, Senior Vice President-KCCI, Junaid Esmail Makda, Vice President-KCCI and Members Managing Committee-KCCI also congratulated [...]

Karachi: The two partners in the PPP-led coalition government Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the Awami National Party on Tuesday condemned the renewed wave of killings in the city and agreed to work together to prevent such incidents and weed out criminals who were causing a breakdown of law and order. The meeting was organised by Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan after a new spate of blood-letting that claimed many lives in two days of violence. A three-member MQM [...]

Islamabad: UN Women is the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, established under a resolution on 2nd July 2010. The establishment of UN Women is a result of years of negotiations between UN Member States and advocacy by the global women’s movement. It is part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. UNWOMEN became operational on 1st January 2011 and officially launched on24th Feb 2011. UN Women Pakistan is [...]

Islamabad: DG, Radio Pakistan Murtaza Solangi has approved the promotion of seven Assistant news Editors as news Editors. They include Abid Hussain Aajiz, Muhammad Amjad Farooq, Naseerullah Najam, Shahzad ul Hassan Farooqi, Ghazanfar Aziz, Javed Ahmed ...