Tag: Demand

LAHORE - Family members of the three men, who were killed by Raymond Davis, along with hundreds of activists of Insaf Students Federation (ISF) on Thursday rallied against Davis and demanded that he should be charged under terrorist offences. The protesters threatened the federal and provincial governments for a mass movement if their demands were not fulfilled.
The protesters rallied from Qartaba Chowk Mozang to Shimla Hill, a few yards away from the American Consulate building.

ISLAMABAD - Refuting the impression that the parliamentarians were aware of the state of the economy, the lawmakers demanded on Wednesday of the government to increase their privileges and also allot them residential plots in the capital.
Speaking on a point of order, MNA Kashmala Tariq expressed resentment over cancellation of entitlement to the parliamentarians in hospital for provision of medical facility to their parents. She said parliamentarians were being asked to pay Rs

LAHORE - Students seeking admissions in the MPhil programs in the social sciences and humanities have complained about the paper pattern of the entry test conducted by National Testing Service (NTS). Students claimed that most part of the paper comprised of English language, whereas there was no weight given to subjects like General Knowledge and Current Affairs.
According to the Higher Education Commission, students who sought admission in the MPhil programme had to clear

LAHORE - The funeral of the three young men, two of whom were shot and one run over by American 'officials' on Thursday noon was held in their respective localities on Friday. The families of Faizan Haider and Faheem Shamshad, who were gunned down by American official Raymond Davis in Qartaba Chowk, lodged protests on Friday claiming police officials were pressing them to withdraw the cases.
On Friday, Lahore Police handed Faizan and Faheem's bodies to their heirs after

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif recently did not comply with the advice by his party workers for staging a long march to Islamabad in case the government failed to implement the reforms agenda within 45 days, Pakistan Today learnt on Monday.
Relaxing by a campfire at a recreational park in Cholistan with his friends, Nawaz was advised by PML-N workers to stage a long march to the capital. A source in the PML-N who accompanied Nawaz during his trip said

KARACHI - Members of the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) have back-pedalled from their previous demand for a member-chairman at KSE following appointment of a former broker at the apex regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan.
The KSE members on Monday rejected the resolution, demanding the apex regulator to appoint a member chairman at KSE in the most-awaited extraordinary general meeting, held under the chairmanship of Director Abid Ali Habib. "A heated debate

WAZIRABAD - The local traders demanded of the government to complete legal formalities for the early completion of the industrial estate project in the city.
The city has no match in the field of cutlery items, but is suffering a business decline these days. On the request of the late provincial law and education minister Raja Khaleeq Ullah Khan, a site for an industrial estate was selected and a small industrial estate inaugurated in 1993 in Wazirabad. But the provincial

TUNIS - Thousands of protesters demanded the immediate departure of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in marches across the country Friday, emboldened by his pledge to step down in 2014 after weeks of unrest.
"No to Ben Ali, the uprising continues," hundreds shouted in a march down the main boulevard in central Tunis, Avenue Bourguiba, while thousands more protesters took to the streets in other towns shouting "Ben Ali out". The crowd in the capital, which included lawyers in

PESHAWAR - Lawyers boycotted courts on the call of Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa Bar Council and Peshawar High Court Bar Association to protest the abduction of Zain Khan Khalil advocate and demanded his safe recovery.
The KP Bar Council and Peshawar Bar Council came down hard on the government and the law-enforcement agencies for not taking solid steps for Zain's recovery. All the lawyers wore black bands round their arms and locked their offices.
Addressing the lawyers, Latif Afridi,

LAHORE - The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) staged a protest on Tuesday at the Multan Road against Pope Benedict XVI's demands to repeal the blasphemy laws and the Holy Prophet's (PBUH) finality law. JI Secretary General Liaqat Baloch, who led the rally, termed the pontiff's demand as insane and a plot to threaten the Christian minority's security in the country and to plunge Pakistan into chaos and disorder. Baloch noted that the Pope's bias attitude did not allow him to see Zionists'

KARACHI - Analysts have viewed that the current year cement price surge, along with the fragile economic outlook, has dented the overall cement demand. Cement manufacturers, however, have still slashed prices in the northern part of the country, which may support cement offtake during the winter season at the cost of lower margins.
In addition, during the second half, export dispatches and local dispatches are likely to improve, hence better returns for cement manufacturers in

QUETTA - Political parties from Balochistan formed a coordination committee on Saturday to bring an end to the role of the establishment, particularly intelligence agencies, in political affairs.
An all-parties conference arranged by the Balochistan National Party on Saturday decided to jointly struggle for the survival of the political culture in the country, saying a new social contract was inevitable for strengthening democracy.
BNP Acting President Jahanzain Jamalidini,

LAHORE - The Virtual University for the first time in the history of television broadcast presents a unique segment "Lecture on Demand". Now, viewers can select and enjoy the lectures of their own choice.
This exclusive lecture broadcast will be on every Saturday at 12:00 noon, 3:00 pm and 6:00 pm starting from the 1st of January, 2011. Viewers can avail the opportunity by simply voting through email and sms. For details visit www.vu.edu.pk

Sonakshi Sinha is the flavour of the season. 2011 looks like a terrific year for this star kid as she has started to shoot Joker with Akshay Kumar early in the year. She joins the unit of Race-2 in July with Saif Ali Khan and then goes into Kick with Salman Khan.
Rumours say that she is also kicked about the fact that she is being considered for Kunal Kohli's film with Shahid Kapoor, Prabhu Devaa's film with the Khiladi Kumar and wait there is more.
She may be seen in

PESHAWAR: The Christians and Hindus in Lower Dir have demanded a community center at Timergara so they could arrange their functions there. The demand was made during a Christmas ceremony held at a local hotel. An NGO, the Rural Development Organisation (RDO) had arranged the ceremony. Local Christians and Hindus participated at the event. Mr Shamoon Masih was chief guest on the occasion.
Musicians and local artists presented religious songs, dances and tablues on the occasion.

LAHORE - A large number of activists from the rebel group of the PPP on Thursday took out a rally against the failure of Zardari's government in solving the case of Benazir Bhutto's assassination.
Activists, led by Sardar Hur Bokhari, Dr Zahid Akram and Nisar Safdar at the Regal Chowk, staged a sit-in before the Punjab Assembly. Holding banners, placards and party flags, the PPP workers condemned the way present government was treating the case and chanted slogans against the

KABUL: A group of about 100 Afghan lawmakers demanded on Monday President Hamid Karzai inaugurate a new parliament by Dec. 19, almost three weeks after final results of a fraud-marred parliamentary election were declared.
Afghanistan has effectively been without a parliament since the Sept. 18 vote, a worrying sign of political instability as Washington finalises a review of its Afghanistan war strategy.
There have been reports of the attorney general's office asking the