Tag: Consensus

Ogra fails to reach consensus with CNG Association

Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) Chairman Saeed Ahmed on Wednesday said that they have failed to reach a consensus over the new CNG...

Consensus in Pak for strengthening relations with Russian Federation: PM

Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russian Federation along with his delegation called on Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf at the PM’s House this...

“They’ve sinned”

I couldn’t find the rationale behind Sept 09 editorial ‘They’ve sinned’ with reference to PPP and MQM reaching out a consensus on local government...

A CEC at last

The nation is going to have a consensus Chief Election Commissioner soon, if consensus is taken to mean agreement between the prime minister and...

Consensus on Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim as CEC

The Committee on the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) reached on Monday a consensus on Justice (retd) Fakhruddin Ibrahim for the position of...

20-20 is hindsight; G-20’s is blindsight

World leaders extended by one year their vow not to put up new trade barriers at the Group of 20 summit on Tuesday in...

Cut out the dilly-dallying!

Perturbed by the consistent dilly dallying in implementing the agreed energy sector reforms, the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FODP) have asked the government to...

President crosses out ‘economic consensus speech’ from his to-do list for...

President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday called for broad-based political consensus on national economic policies, owned by the business community, for their continuity regardless...

Pakistan, India fail to develop consensus on opening trade gate

Both India and Pakistan could not develop consensus on opening dedicated trade gate at Wahga border. Neither Pakistani authorities, nor the Indian government issued...

All’s well that ends well

Agreeing to agree The PPP and the PML(N) have reportedly reached an agreement on the 20th Amendment and on measures to ensure fair and free...

The firefighting government

No time yet for a hundred indecisions While the ruling coalition fights for its survival, urgent governance issues have taken a backseat. The present government...

A grand alliance?

A united opposition can pull its weight The decisions taken at a meeting of the opposition leaders on Friday would increase pressure on the government...

Ishrat stresses policy making consensus

There is no short-term solution to economic ills. All political parties have to develop complete consensus on economic policies. Public financing and energy crisis...

Win-win situation

The Water Accord was specifically entered into to develop consensus on Kalabagh dam. It could not have allotted 37 and 14 percent shares to...

Sindh govt to implement SC verdict under ‘consensus strategy’

The two major coalition partners in the Sindh government – the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) – on Saturday...

‘PML-N, PPP have last chance to form consensus on Accountability Bill’

Warning that the forthcoming meeting of the National Standing Committee on Law and Justice would be the last chance for Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N)...

‘Poor governance weakening consensus on democracy’

The Democracy Assessment Group (DAG), convened by Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT), on Thursday cautioned that poor governance and economic disarray...