Rawalpindi: ISPR has said that Complying with the orders of Supreme Court of Pakistan, a detailed court of inquiry, was undertaken by Pakistan Army, to ascertain correctness of complaints in Top City Case made against Lt Gen Faiz Hameed (Retd). Consequently, appropriate disciplinary action has been initiated against Lt Gen Faiz Hameed (Retd), under provisions…
Aftab Ahmed Islamabad: The government has delegated authority to issue Prohibited Bore (PB)/Non-Prohibited Bore (NPB) Arms Licences’ in Pakistan to the minister and secretary Interior division. The Cabinet has taken a decision keeping in view the workload on the cabinet. The cabinet has approved the delegation of authority to issue Prohibited Bore licenses to Minister…
Aftab Ahmed Unaccounted for Gas (UFG) means losses on account of gas theft and leakages. Cabinet finally approves the splitting of two public sector gas utilities to control UFG. Pakistan has a monopoly of two public sector gas utilities-Sui the Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL). UFG The UFG…
Aftab Ahmed Islamabad: Amid controversy over Roosevelt Hotel‘s shutdown in New York, the PTI government has considered an option to take over directly Roosevelt and Scribe Hotels. The Roosevelt Hotel management had advertised and announced on its Twitter account to shut down the hotel on October 13, leading to strong criticism in the country. READ…
Aftab Ahmed Islamabad: Amid protest from Sindh province, the PTI government has decided to seek local and international firms for Islands City projects to be executed by Island Development Authority Karachi. President Dr. Arif Alivi had promulgated Ordinance to set up Pakistan Islands Development Authority, which led to voicing strong concerns by the PPP government…
Atif Abbas The PTI government has removed Muhammad Ali Tabba is the Chief Executive of Lucky Cement Limited from the board of directors of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for his non-serious and irresponsible behavior. Tabba has been on the board of directors of PIACL. However, he has been often absent from the board’s meetings and…
Aftab Ahmed The PTI government has approved Rs 42.791 million grant to run a newly created ‘Digital Media Wing’ in Information Ministry to counter fake news and project policies of the government on social media. Out of total funds, an amount of Rs 18 million would be spent on 27 employees for the remaining six…
Aftab Ahmed The board of directors of Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) formed by the PTI government has recommended names of controversial candidates to appoint the head of public sector oil and gas exploration company. This move is contrary to the campaign launched by PTI government Prime Minister Imran Khan to bring transparency…
Aftab Ahmed The PTI government has approved Rs 1.14 billion supplementary grant for payment to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on account of the privatization of Jinnah Convention Center, Islamabad. The previous government of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had mulled over a plan of auctioning the convention center in 2014-15 in a bid to generate…
Aftab Ahmed Islamabad: The consumers have faced the highest increase in prices of 23 items up to 315 per cent during the PTI government. According to a report, the prices of those items like tomatoes and Chillies green which are in use of common man have witnessed the highest increase. The prices of different items…