Tag: Demand

KARACHI - Importers of used clothes, on Tuesday, demanded withdrawal of the recently imposed sales tax which, they said, had taken even the secondhand clothes beyond reach of the poor. "We wish to draw attention of our government to withdraw sales tax, on this item, by issuance of a fresh SRO," Pakistan Secondhand Clothing Merchant Association (PSCMA) President Salim Vakani told a briefing at Karachi Press Club.
He said the used clothes were presently being imported into the

LAHORE - The Aman Ittehad, a group of more than 200 non-governmental organisations (NGO), organised a media briefing at the Lahore Press Club on Monday. The briefing highlighted the main and basic objectives of the New Social Contract in Pakistan. Presenting the details and need for a new social contract, Irfan Mufti, convener, Aman Ittehad Punjab, said that the economic, political and social problems and growing insecurity needs a serious redefinition of state's role and its

RIYADH - Dozens of Saudi men gathered outside the Interior Ministry in the capital Riyadh on Sunday to demand the release of jailed relatives, amid a heavy police presence.
Some were seen arguing with police but were not shouting slogans or holding protest signs. At least 50 police cars surrounded the ministry, and three men were seen by a Reuters witness being put into police cars.
"We have seen at least three or four police vehicles taking people away," said an activist

QUETTA - The members of 'Joint Committee on Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)' have stressed the need of immediate reforms, which also include the economic packages.
They said the political parties agreed that the people of FATA deserved equal opportunities of freedom, safety and economic progress like the citizens living in other parts of Pakistan.
The demands were repeated during a joint press conference at the Quetta Press Club on Saturday by Hashim Babar of

LAHORE - A large number of patients and their relatives protested against the negative attitude of doctors who refused to treat them on Friday and they demanded Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Health Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad take stern action against the doctors. The patients from all over the province especially Sheikhpura, Gujranwala, Narowal, Kasoor and Sialkot faced a lot of problems because of the young doctors' strike. A retired teacher, Arshad Khokhar, who had come

LAHORE - Railway Workshop Workers' Union condemned the recent lack of diesel that had interrupted railway traffic especially from Quetta, Multan, and Rawalpindi and demanded government save the sector from a collapse by immediate transfer of funds to the railway sector in a meeting chaired by Jafar Khan on Thursday. The union said that Pakistan government had established a sixteen member board to represent thousands of workers. They said the board was unclear regarding the processes

KARACHI - Interior Minister Rehman Malik said in a joint press conference at the Governor's House here that the People's Amn Committee (PAC) would be banned and all offices of the organisation would be sealed off, while action will be taken against all criminals hiding within the folds of various political parties.
The decision was taken earlier during a meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and a MQM delegation headed by Dr Farooq Sattar. A committee, comprising two

MUSCAT - Protesters pressed for political and labour demands on Tuesday across the Gulf state of Oman, where a string of concessions from veteran ruler Sultan Qaboos bin Said have failed to bring unrest to an end.
Qaboos, in power for 40 years, decided earlier this week to cede some legislative powers to the partially elected Oman Council, which is so far only an advisory body.
At present, only the sultan and his cabinet can legislate. The government also said it would

LAHORE - Gender Mainstreaming Units of the Education, Home, and Services and General Administration (S&GAD) departments conducted a training workshop on "Women's Participation in Public Sector Employment and Challenges" on Monday. A large number of female employees of these departments participated and expressed their views on gender equality issues in the country.
The speakers said male-dominated family systems, culture and norms of the society were becoming an obstacle in

HYDERABAD - Police fired tear gas on Thursday at protesters demanding a separate state in southern India, a campaign that could potentially hurt the stability of the governing coalition already struggling with graft scandals. Businesses were shut in Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh state and where global firms including Microsoft and Google have their main India offices, as thousands of protesters, including lawmakers, students and local govt officials, took to the streets.

DUBAI - Population and economic growth will help Pakistan's motor gasoline consumption triple in the next fifteen years, the head of Attock Refinery (ARL) said on Tuesday. "There is huge demand for motor gasoline," Adil Khattak, chief executive officer of the 45,000 barrels per day (bpd) refinery told a conference organised by Argus. Pakistan's gasoline demand is around two million tonnes, Khattak's figures showed, and set to double to four million tonnes by 2020.
He also said