Chairman Executive Board Merck to visit Quetta

QUETTA: Dr Karl Ludwig e Chairman of Executive Board o Merck KGaA Darmstadt, Germany will be visiting Quetta on Dec 5. Dr Kley is the highest ranking authority in the German Merck Group and is visiting Pakistan for the first time. He is member of Executive Board since September 2006. From 1998 to 2006 he was a member of the Executive Board and Chief Financial Officer of Lufthansa AG. Prior to this he held various executive positions at Bayer AG in sales and finance as of 1982. Merck is the oldest …

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BA meets

QUETTA: Balochistan Assembly met here Monday under the chairmanship of Deputy Speaker Syed Matiullah Agha. Forty members attended the session. After few minutes session was adjourned till Tuesday. Interior Minister Rehman Malik had to brief the members on law and order situation at incamera session. He could not come today owing to his engagements at the federal capital. Speaking to media men after the session ANP parliamentary leader in Balochistan Assembly and provincial minister Engineer Zamrak Achakzai said that there is no constitutional crisis in the province. Supreme Court order is …

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Kala Bagh dam is disputed issue, CM

Peshawar: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Amir Haider Khan Hoti has said that Kalabagh Dam was a disputed project and ANP and provincial government stance on the issue was water clear. He said that information minister has made detailed briefing on the issue in this connection. He said that the nation and country need unity in their ranks while discussing disputed projects will harm national unity. He said that Kala Bagh Dam was not in favour of our province on technical grounds. Regarding affiliation with JUI, he said that not even ANP but …

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CM launched KP Mechanized Farming Project

Peshawar: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Amir Haider Khan Hoti has formally launched Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mechanized Farming Project/Agriculture Policy at Tarnab Farm on Monday. He said that project of mechanized farming and agriculture policy will prove harbinger of progress in active government functionaries, financial improvement of farmers and progress in agriculture production. He said that the project will make available modern technology, environment and facilities to enable farmers to yield more production from their limited areas. Provincial Agriculture Minister Arbab Muhammad Ayub Jan, Provincial Minister For Animal Husbandry Haji Hidayat Ullah, MPA Saqib Chamkani, …

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During the last three years PA of PU has a tough time, Mian Iftikhar

Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said that during the last three years Pashto Academy of Peshawar University had a tough time and efforts were being made to close it in order to damage the Pashto language. However, we frustrated all such efforts. The elements behind this nefarious plan were unfortunately the very Pakhtun, he added. These views he expressed while addressing as chief guest at the inaugural ceremony of Seminar Hall in Pashto Academy, Peshawar University on Monday. Vice chancellor Peshawar University Dr. Qibla Ayaz, …

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Renovation of beach parks ordered

Karachi: Karachi Metropolitan Corporation KMC Administrator Muhammad Hussain Syed has said that Clifton Beach Park and Baghe-Ibne-Qasim were unique and directed to renovate them with seasonal plants and flowers and light up at nights and finalize the maintenance plan of Clifton Beach Park and Baghe-Ibne-Qasim as soon as possible so that maintenance work of these two parks would be done on constant basis. He said this during a detailed visit of Clifton Beach Park and Baghe-Ibne-Qasim where he was accompanied by Director General Parks & Horticulture Niaz Ahmed Soomro and other …

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Projects under Lyari Development Package reviewed

Karachi: Karachi Metropolitan Corporation KMC Chief Officer Matanat Ali Khan has directed to complete the development projects under Lyari Development Package according to given designs and standard. He expressed unpleasantness on bad quality of construction works of schools and strictly warned concerned engineers to enhance the standard and present the complete report during next week. He said that along with toilets, availability of water and other necessary works should be done according to high standard and if construction work found on low standard, disciplinary action against concerned officers would be taken. He said …

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