Tag: Closure

Faisalabad textile workers protest against gas closure

Hundreds of textile workers took to the streets on Wednesday and protested against severe gas load shedding at the Khurrianwala Industrial Estate. Demanding...

EU to pursue Iran sanctions despite threat of strait closure

The European Union is pressing ahead with plans to impose new sanctions on Iran, an EU spokesman said Wednesday after Tehran threatened to close...

CNG owners lose case against gas closure

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday dismissed a petition filed by compressed natural gas (CNG) owners against the three day gas closure. Around 47...

Owners keep CNG stations open despite 3-day closure

Most owners of the CNG stations in Potohar region declined to accept the three-day closure of their pumping stations. According to the reports, several CNG...

Zeenat Laboratories owner challenges lab’s closure

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday sought replies from the Punjab health secretary and the Lahore district coordination officer (DCO) on a petition...

Closure of edu institutions: Health experts term CM’s decision bizarre

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has set an unprecedented and bizarre example of its kind in the epidemiological disease control amongst about 110 countries...

Unnecessary closure of streets irks residents of I-10

Unnecessary closures of streets by police in Sector I-10/2 has not only inconvenienced common citizens but also multiplied women’s and school-going children’s problems. The...

Three-day CNG stations closure challenged

A petition was filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday against the three-day closure of compressed natural gas (CNG) stations in Punjab...

Market closure costs billions

With complete closure of markets in Karachi on the “mourning call of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)” the city’s traders who are already going through...

TDWA protests closure of CNG stations

The Taxi Drivers Welfare Association (TDWA) on Wednesday staged a protest against the three-days-a-week CNG closure policy, and demanded the government ensure uninterrupted provision...

Consumers, CNG station owners slam four-day closure

Consumers and owners of CNG stations have severely criticised the Petroleum and Natural Resources Ministry for planning a four-day closure every week for CNG...

Murdoch rival closure lifts Trinity Mirror

Trinity Mirror said it benefited from the closure of the News of the World last month and was satisfied none of its senior executives...

Transport fares rise on CNG closure

Fares of rickshaws and public transport run on CNG have increased owing to non-availability of CNG in the city. Commuters complained that rickshaw drivers are...

Youth protest against closure of Thall-Parachinar Road

Scores of youngsters from Parachinar on Werdnesday staged a demonstration against the closure of Thall-Parachinar Road. Youths of Parachinar (YoP) organised a demonstration on the...

CNG stations’ closure irks citizens

The government’s decision to keep the CNG supply suspended for three days a week has irked common citizens and transporters alike, as they are...

Myth of Geo Super’s closure

This is apropos to the continuous fictitious, false and fabricated media campaign launched by a large media house against PEMRA for alleged closure of...

Traders refuse to observe 8pm closure rule

LAHORE - The traders of the city declared that they would not follow any decision of closing shops at 8pm and would launch protests if the government tried to threaten or force them on Tuesday. The traders said though no decision had been taken as yet but there were rumours that the government would try to order closing down of the markets at 8pm in order to save power. "Our businesses have already collapsed due to continuous load shedding and this decision would prove as the final