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ISLAMABAD : The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet (ECC) here on Thursday decided that Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) would determine the price of LNG on monthly basis without going through the process of public hearing and OGRA rules would be accordingly amended. The ECC in its meeting chaired...

A meeting at Bannu Press club with Selab Mehsud (Founder of Tribal Union Journalist) in chair and well attend by South,North Waziristan, FR Tank and Bannu Journalists held here on Monday. The meeting was convened regarding the arrest of  Nasru Minallah, an Express media Group Reporter from FATA North Waziristan...

ISLAMABAD: As many as 143,368 people will go to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year and applications for the purpose would be received from April 15 to 23, according to the Hajj Policy 2015. Officials from Ministry of Religious Affairs told the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Religious Affairs...

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif left for Turkey on a day long visit this morning to discuss the emerging situation in the Middle East with the Turkish leadership He would hold talks with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu and President Recept Tayyip Erdogan on the new developments in Yemen. In...

A PIA plane A-310 has air-lifted 176 strandard Pakistanis in Yemen from Jaboti. The flight is expected to arrive at Islamabad Airport this afternoon. Special Advisor to Prime Minister on Aviation, Shujjat Azim will receive the passengers at the airport. These stranded Pakistanis were brought to Djibouti through a Chinese...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday sent an advice to the President Mamnoon Hussain to delay the execution of Saulat Mirza who was convicted in triple murder including MD KESC for 30 days According to details, the 30-day postponement of death row convict will begin from April 1. Earlier...

A comprehensive plan has been prepared to overcome energy crisis and provide relief to people. Official sources said several hydel, solar and wind energy projects have been launched to eliminate load-shedding. Steps are also being taken to control power theft and replace old and obsolete power transmission lines to avoid...

A local court has issued a bailable arrest warrant against former military ruler General (retd.) Pervez Musharraf regarding murder trial of Lal Masjid cleric Ghazi Abdul Rasheed. Islamabad’s Additional Sessions Judge Wajid Ali Khan presided over the hearing and rejected four requests issued by Musharraf’s counsel and adjourned the hearing...

SAD NEWS for Pakistan - With the oil prices increasing in the international market, Petroleum price in Pakistan are also likely to climb up by 4.50 rupees per liter, from 1st March. According to reports, petrol, high octane, kerosene oil and diesel will rise by Rs 3.97, 4.50, 2.67, and...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information, Pervez Rashid on Saturday said the recounting of votes has not only confirmed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief’s defeat in NA-122 but also proved the latter’s allegations wrong. “We reopened the constituencies (for audit) and none of Imran Khan’s allegations proved correct,” Pervez Rashid said while...

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani government prosecutor said Wednesday he would file a petition next week challenging an order granting bail to the alleged mastermind of the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai. A judge in an Islamabad anti-terror court last week granted bail to Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, accused over the siege in India’s...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is expected to finalize the anti-terrorism national action plan during a meeting summoned by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of parliamentary leaders scheduled for Wednesday. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had formed a committee tasked with formulating a plan to counter terrorism following the December 16 attack at the Army...