Rs93.72 billion for public order and safety
LAHORE, June 17: The Punjab government has set aside Rs93,718.858 million (Rs93.72 billion) for public order and safety measures in budget 2013-14 which is 11,854.594 million or 12.6 per cent more than...
View ArticleRs22.4bn for irrigation system
LAHORE, June 17: Of all sub-sectors of the agriculture, the biggest chunk (Rs22.40 billion) went to the irrigation system, which is 108 per cent higher than the Annual Development Programme 2012-13 and...
View ArticleRs7.5bn to subsidise biogas, solar tubewells
LAHORE, June 17: The Punjab government on Tuesday allocated Rs7.5 billion to subsidise biogas and solar tubewells for small farmers in the province.The continued power crises have caught farmers and...
View ArticleOver Rs97bn for health
LAHORE, June 17: The Punjab government has added some new schemes in the budget proposals for the 2013-14 fiscal, with a total allocation of Rs97.37 billion for the province’s health sector, focusing...
View ArticleRs20bn to energise power production
LAHORE, June 17: The PML-N government in Punjab also allocated Rs20.43 billion for energy production, which is more than double the amount it specified -- Rs10 billion -- for the sector last year.Under...
View ArticleMBS finds space in three more cities
LAHORE, June 17: The Punjab government has announced launching the Metro Bus System (MBS) in three more big cities of the province.“Since the experience of the MBS is quite successful in Lahore, we...
View ArticlePunjab eyes more than 40pc increase in tax revenue
LAHORE, June 17: The Punjab government is eying more than 40 per cent increase in the provincial tax revenue in the next financial year.Against Rs90,475 million revised estimates for the year 2012-13,...
View ArticleGovt fails to legislate on private schools: Education to get Rs9.29bn more
LAHORE, June 17: The Punjab government has earmarked Rs40.597 billion current and development budget for education sector for 2013-14 raising it by 29.67 per cent against outgoing fiscal year’s current...
View ArticleKey transfers in CAA; Afsar Malik appointed Karachi airport manager
ISLAMABAD: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Tuesday ordered a number of key transfers on Tuesday, with Afsar Malik being appointed manager of the Jinnah International Airport and his predecessor...
View ArticleNA session: Mazari calls out govt on drone attacks
ISLAMABAD: During Tuesday’s session of the National Assembly, Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) leader Dr Shireen Mazari drew the speaker’s attention to the issue of US drone attacks on Pakistani...
View ArticleKerry's Pakistan visit delayed because of Syria: officials
ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State John Kerry has been forced to delay a visit to Pakistan because of the worsening crisis in Syria, Pakistani officials said Tuesday.The Pakistani foreign ministry said...
View ArticleFive killed in incidents of violence in Karachi
KARACHI: Five people were killed in incidents of violence in different areas of Karachi, DawnNews reported on Tuesday.A body bearing marks of torture was found near Park Towers in Clifton. In a...
View ArticleSuicide blast at Mardan funeral kills 28, including PTI lawmaker
PESHAWAR: At least 28 people, including a provincial lawmaker of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), were killed Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives during a funeral procession in...
View ArticlePresident signs privileges, allowances orders for superior judges
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari, on the advice of the prime minister, has approved and signed the Supreme Court judges (leave, pension and privileges) (amendment) Order, 2013 entitling the judges...
View ArticleUK police launch searches over Dr Imran Farooq’s murder
LONDON: British counter-terror police on Tuesday searched two residential properties in London as part of an investigation into the murder of Pakistani politician Dr Imran Farooq almost three years...
View ArticleFO expresses concerns over Karzai's criticism at Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday expressed concern on remarks by Afghan President Karzai against state institutions saying Pakistan was keenly interested in promoting peace and stability in...
View ArticlePakistan seeks talks over damaging effects of drone strikes
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has called for steps to protect children in situations of armed conflict, while stressing the need for negotiations to address the issue of damaging effects unleashed by drone...
View ArticleIndia border firing injures Pakistani woman: military
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani woman was injured Tuesday when Indian troops fired across the disputed border in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, Pakistan's military said.The incident took place in the Karela...
View ArticleDesperate search for missing girl injured in Quetta attacks
QUETTA: Zara Ahmed, a student of Sardar Bhadur Khan Women University, has been missing since the deadly June 15 bombing on a university bus.Maternal Uncle of Zara Ahmad, Abdul Manan told Dawn.com that...
View ArticlePakistan welcomes opening of Taliban office in Doha
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday welcomed the Taliban's decision to open an office in Qatar and the subsequent announcement by the US that it will launch talks with the insurgents this week.The Islamic...
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