Tag: Criticism
JI slates Ahmed Mukhtar’s statement favouring US
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Syed Munawar Hasan has criticised Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar’s statement on NATO supplies and said the minister was proving himself more loyal...
Criticism on judicial commission ends up in personal clash between Nisar,...
Criticism by National Assembly opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on the composition of the judicial commission, constituted by the Prime Minister Yusuf Raza...
Taiwan protest over criticism of foreign wives
Foreign wives of Taiwanese men joined local women to protest outside the island’s parliament Friday against a lawmaker who had criticised overseas spouses for...
On judicial activism
More power to the judiciary’s elbow
I have always considered that the success of lawyers’ movement in Pakistan in 2008 was its first war of...
Arab ministers mull Syria mission’s criticism
Arab ministers gathered on Sunday to review the record of a widely criticised observer mission to Syria, amid growing calls for the bloc to...
Clinton criticism sparks Israeli anger
Israeli ministers reacted angrily on Sunday after local media quoted US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as saying she feared for the future of...
New Americas summit aims criticism at US
Leaders of Latin American and Caribbean nations worked Saturday to finalise an action plan for a new Americas bloc, which excludes the United States...
Cabinet avoids direct criticism of US
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) sources claimed on Tuesday that in spite of condemning the NATO air strike on Pakistan Army’s checkposts that killed 24...
Sana urges PPP to stop criticism, support govt
Punjab Law Minister Rana Sananullah has said that the government of Punjab is taking every possible step to contain the dengue outbreak.
Interacting with journalist...
Enver Baig’s criticism irks PCB
A senior official of the Pakistan Cricket Board believes that former Senator Enver Baig, who was sacked by his political party, is now trying...
Afridi disappointed by Butt’s criticism
Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi said Saturday he was disappointed by criticism of his captaincy from the country's cricket chief Ijaz Butt, who accused...
England unfazed by criticism
England spinner Graeme Swann on Tuesday shrugged off criticism of his team’s faltering one-day form, insisting the squad were capable of bouncing back to...
Ahl-e-Hadith chief backs AJK polls criticism
Jamiat-e-Ahl-e-Hadith Chief Ibtasam Ilaahi Zaheer has called the criticism on federal government ‘natural’ after alleged rigging in AJK polls. Ibtasam considered it a result...
US ambassador warns Karzai over criticism of West
The US ambassador to Kabul has issued a thinly veiled warning to Afghan President Hamid Karzai that harsh criticisms of the West could jeopardise...
Ghurki condemns criticism of Army
Federal minister and Pakistan People’s Party;s (PPP) Lahore Chapter President Samina Khalid Ghurki, condemning the criticism of Pakistan Army, said that some political actors...
China rejects US criticism over Tibet monastery
BEIJING - China hit back Tuesday at US criticism of its handling of unrest at a major Tibetan Buddhist monastery that prompted the Dalai Lama to warn of "catastrophic consequences" if the situation worsened. The United States last week criticised the use of force by Chinese authorities to put down demonstrations by monks at Kirti monastery in a Tibetan region of the southwestern province of Sichuan. The unrest at the monastery was triggered by the self-immolation of a monk last month,
Bahrain releases ‘Blogfather’ after US criticism
MANAMA - Bahraini authorities on Friday freed Internet blogger Mahmood al-Yousif, also known as the "Blogfather", whose arrest drew criticism from the US State Department, the official news agency BNA said.A government spokesman cited by BNA said Yousif was questioned on Thursday but gave no further details.
The United States has criticised the arrest, while also renewing its condemnation of violence in the Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom where Shiite-led protests broke out in
The United States has criticised the arrest, while also renewing its condemnation of violence in the Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom where Shiite-led protests broke out in