Tag: Concerned

ISLAMABAD - Majority of the members of the National Assembly on Thursday expressed concerns on the massive foreign content being telecast by the country's television channels which, according to them, was against the cultural values of the country.
Responding to different questions, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Syed Sumsam Ali Bukhari agreed to the notion of the members and said that some dramas telecast by some TV channels were of Indian content and

ISLAMABAD - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concern over the slow pace of economic reforms, saying they were halting further investment in the country and severely impacting poor communities.
An official source said the IMF has recently suggested to the government to expedite work on the economic reforms, otherwise poor segments of the society would become poorer. The IMF stressed that the chances of investment in the country were picking up, but it was

QUETTA - Provincial ministers in Balochistan Assembly on Tuesday expressed their concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in the province, particularly the growing incidents of abductions for ransom, including that of Hindus.
They suggested equipping Levies Force and police force by giving them a free hand to bust kidnapping gangs. Balochistan Inspector General of Police Malik Mohammad Iqbal, Chief Secretary Ahmed Bakhsh Lehri and Home Secretary Akbar Hussain

LOS ANGELES - CBS television said on Friday it was highly concerned about the personal life of 'Two and a Half Men' star Charlie Sheen but gave no indication it planned to yank the top-rated U.S. comedy off the air. "We have a high level of concern. How could we not?" CBS entertainment President Nina Tassler told television journalists, responding to questions about persistent reports of drinking and partying by Sheen.
"On a basic human level, there is concern that this man is a

ISLAMABAD - Expressing serious concern over unabated spate of killings of innocent people and political workers in Karachi, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz central spokesperson Ahsan Iqbal has demanded the government take the National Assembly into confidence and apprise lawmakers of the details of the tragic incidents.
In a statement on Friday, Ahsan Iqbal demanded a comprehensive briefing on killings that, he said, have shaken the entire nation.
"It is a matter of grave

NEW YORK - The Committee to Protect Journalists is greatly concerned over public threats made to journalists and National Assembly member Sherry Rehman. The government has stepped up security for Sherry after she supported a bill in the National Assembly to amend the blasphemy law. The changes include the repeal of the law's mandatory death penalty.
"Sherry Rehman's life straddles the worlds of journalism and politics like few others in Pakistan.
Even with the government's

ISLAMABAD - The current political crisis in the country following the departure of MQM from the ruling coalition has left American and other foreign diplomats based in Islamabad deeply concerned. They fear it would distract the PPP government from the ongoing anti-terrorism efforts and also diminish further the chances of a military operation in North Waziristan.
"The diplomatic missions in Islamabad, especially those from the western nations including the US, are not only

LAHORE: Higher Education Commission (HEC) officials and some Punjab University (PU) faculty members have expressed concerns over protests against PU Vice Chancellor (VC) Dr Mujahid Kamran by pro-Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) teachers and the Academic Group members on the issue of delegating Punjab Employees Efficiency, Discipline and Accountability (PEEDA) Act 2006 powers to the VC, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The officials and teachers said that they relied on the VC and his efforts for

KARACHI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concern over slow implementation in Pakistan of energy sector reforms and a revised general sales tax, officials said on Tuesday.
Pakistani and IMF officials are meeting to discuss the release of the sixth tranche of an $11 billion emergency loan agreed in November, 2008, which has kept the economy afloat. "Though things are not very good, it is still too early to say whether the sixth tranche is in danger," said a