Tag: Crisis
Political crisis in Balochistan continues as speaker refuses to preside over...
Balochistan Assembly Speaker Mohammad Aslam Bhootani on Saturday announced he would not preside over the forthcoming session to be held on Monday on grounds...
Power crisis to continue until year 2020: NEPRA
Power crisis in Pakistan may continue until year 2020 whereas there is no short-term solution to the issue.
This was revealed in a report of...
NA body gives December 5 deadline to resolve CNG crisis
The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources on Wednesday directed the Petroleum Ministry to intervene and mediate between the Oil and...
Passport & Immigration Dept facing financial crisis: DG
Director General Passport and Immigration Department of Pakistan, Wajid Bukhari has said that they are facing severe financial crisis and have a backlog of...
Crisis inevitable if judges’ strength not increased in IHC, says bar...
Islamabad High Court Bar Association (IHCBA) President Nayyab Gardaizi said that a judicial crisis was inevitable in January if the strength of judges was...
Morsi ‘very optimistic’ over deal to resolve Egypt crisis
Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi on Monday began negotiations with the country’s senior judges in a bid to defuse the stand-off, publicly expressing his confidence...
Norway can help lessen Pakistan’s energy crisis, says Nawaz Sharif
The Ambassador of Norway in Pakistan Cecile Landsverk on Friday called on Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) president, Nawaz Sharif, in Raiwind and discussed...
Oil mafia pushing country towards energy crisis
The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW), Thursday, said that country was being pushed towards an energy crisis as top officials of the Oil and Gas...
Syria crisis: Refugee children ‘face winter risks’
International charity Save the Children has warned 200,000 Syrian refugee children are at serious risk from freezing temperatures, as winter sets in the Middle...
A nation in crisis
I wanted John Kerry to win in 2004, but I also remember hoping, at one point, that whatever the outcome, the election would be...
Asian markets hit by US ‘fiscal cliff’ fears
Fears the US economy is facing another huge economic crisis spurred a sell-off in Asian markets Thursday as Barack Obama’s re-election raised the spectre...
Russia urges Syrian opposition to solve crisis through dialogue
Russia does not support those calling for overthrowing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and believes dialogue is the way to end the Syrian crisis between...
Crisis calling as CNG station owners continue closure
With the government machinery looking helpless after failing to get the CNG stations opened, a crisis has emerged with most of the CNG station...
New York City faces post-storm housing crisis
New York is facing a growing housing crisis with tens of thousands left homeless by super storm Sandy, as temperatures plunge, long queues continue...
Dressing down for Pakistan’s power crisis
Faced with an energy crisis of crippling dimensions, the government has rolled out a new strategy to curb consumption: telling civil servants to dress...
IMF calls for action as euro zone crisis festers
The IMF prodded the world’s rich countries for swifter action on Thursday as Europe’s debt crisis drags on while the United States and Japan...
IMF says debt-hit Europe must ‘restore confidence’
Europe must do more to tackle its fiscal crisis, which is heaping extra pressure on an already-strained global financial system, the International Monetary Fund...
