Tag: Danger

LAHORE - NGO's expressed their concern on Punjab Governor Salman Taseer's assassination and fear that Asiya's blasphemy case, which had instigated certain groups against the governor, had also provoked the condemnation of human rights organizations that stood up against the blasphemy law.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) was first to condemn the assassination of Taseer, expressing grief and alarm at his murder and calling it a manifestation of growing intolerance in

ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has agreed to stay in the coalition government after President Asif Ali Zardari assured the party that its grievances would be addressed.
"President Zardari is like a fatherly figure for the government and the PPP. We hope he will resolve the matter sooner than expected. We have left the matter with the president and now it is up to him to resolve the issue," Sattar said on Monday after leading an MQM delegation in a meeting with the

LAHORE: Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) linemen still await the promised danger allowance worth Rs 5,000 per month, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Former LESCO chief executive officer (CEO) Azhar Iqbal had promised to pay Rs 5,000 per month as danger allowance to each lineman. The promise was made in April and Iqbal at Bakhtiar Labour Hall announced, "Linemen work under dangerous conditions and it is their right to get danger allowance and it has been approved at Rs 5,000 per

KARACHI: Shipping activity at the country's second largest seaport, Port Qasim, is going to stumble in the next couple of days, Pakistan Today reliably learnt Saturday.
Fears of a fresh setback arose after the funds-starved Port Qasim Authority's (PQA) failed to make any payment to the international tugging and piloting firms since July this year.
However, while talking to Pakistan Today, Chairman of PQA Vice Admiral (Retd), Muhammad Shafi entirely denied the claim and said