Tag: Demands

ISLAMABAD - Condemning the drone attack in Datta Khel that killed more then 40 people, Muttahida Qabaili Party (MQP) President Habib Malik on Saturday demanded the government compensate the families of victims of the drone attack.
Addressing a news conference at the National Press Club (NPC), Habib said the killing of innocent people in Datta Khel would not have taken place had the government alerted Pakistan Air Force before such drone attacks. Malik said the air force should

NEW YORK - A nuclear power plant about 40 miles north of New York City must review the earthquake threat and other risks if it wants to operate for another 20 years, New York state's attorney general said on Friday. "While the possibility of an intense earthquake is relatively low, the potential for harm is so catastrophic that it has to be taken into account," New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman told a news conference. The Indian Point plant, owned by Entergy Corp, is in

LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly (PA) unanimously demanded an apology from the US over the drone attack on a peace jirga in tehsil Ditta Khail of North Waziristan in which over 40 innocent citizens died, through a resolution on Friday. The legislators collectively demanded Pakistani government raise the issue of innocent citizens' killing at international level. The resolution, expressing grief over the killing of 40 civilians in Thursday's attack, demanded the government adopt a clear

LAHORE - The All Deaf Group demanded a one percent quota from the two percent quota for the disabled in the government jobs. They complained that whenever an advertisement for a government job appeared in newspapers, it signified that the disabled people had the quota, and on that quota, when a deaf or dumb person applied for the job, he was rejected and discriminated against in the interview.
They termed this treatment as 'cruel, humiliating and highly unjust'. They said that

ISLAMABAD - Christian Progressive Movement (CPM) Chairperson Naila Joseph Dayal on Monday strongly condemned the assassination of slain minority affairs minister Shahbaz Bhatti and demanded the promulgation of "Islamic Jurisprudence" in the country to stop 'cruelties towards the minorities'. Addressing a news conference here at National Press Club (NPC), Naila dispelled the impression that some Islamist elements were behind the murder of Shahbaz Bhatti. "Islam preaches peace and love,

NEW YORK - Moamer Gaddafi regime has demanded that the UN Security Council suspend sanctions taken against the Libyan leader over his crackdown on opposition protests. Only "a modicum" of force has been used against opposition demonstrators and the government was "taken aback" by the sanctions, Libyan Foreign Minister Mussa Kussa said in a letter sent to the UN Security Council on Friday. The regime called for the travel ban and assets freeze ordered against Kadhafi and his entourage

LAHORE - The Judicial Activism Panel (JAP) called for a Parliamentary Committee's apology on Friday for not accepting the Judicial Commission's recommendations and four Lahore High Court (LHC) judges' dropped extension. JAP also disapproved of the resolutions presented to the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) against Geo Group and demanded an investigation into matter. The panel meeting, presided over by Muhammad Azhar Siddique, said it was not morally appropriate that group

KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly on Monday passed a resolution unanimously demanding of the Sindh government to ensure implementation of the 60-40 percent ratio of quota in government jobs and promotions of employees in government departments as well as autonomous bodies.
PPP's Ghulam Mujadid Isran presented the resolution on Private Members Day of the assembly; the MQM, PML-F and other parties also supported the resolution.
Isran, while explaining his resolution, said that

LAHORE - The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) will not join the federal cabinet until its demands are met, MQM Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Haider Abbas Rizvi said on Friday.
He was talking to journalists after visiting the residence of US national Raymond Davis' victim. Rizvi said that the MQM's stance was based on principals and the party would stand by its philosophy.

ISLAMABAD - Extending their protest from the schools premises to roads, hundreds of teachers affiliated with Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) on Monday staged a sit-in at the D Chowk near the Parliament House, demanding regularisation and revision of their service structure.
Carrying placards in their hands, more than 3,000 teachers marched from the Press Club to the culmination point as they expressed their anger against the government for not fulfilling their demands.

SIALKOT - The Sialkot District Bar Association (DBA) has urged the Pakistan government not to hand Raymond Davis over to the US, demanding his trial by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan. At a meeting chaired by DBA President Khalid Ali Chaudhary, the lawyers strongly condemned the Pakistan government's alleged soft corner for Raymond Davis because of America's pressure.
They expressed concern over the incident in which Shumaila, wife of Faheem, one of the victims,

ISLAMABAD - Over the last 3 decades, rapid deforestation has taken its toll with 15 million hectares of forests being lost annually as government has to date failed to reach a consensus on how to assess the damage caused by the recent floods.
Environmentalists and officials from the environment ministry discussed the issue of forest decline and its management here at length on Monday at a seminar titled "Legal and Institutional Reforms in Forest Laws for accepting Forest Carbon

LAHORE - After the Punjab government's seven favourite officers had to leave owing to the Supreme Court's (SC) ruling against reemployment of retired officials, the Punjab University Academic Staff Association (PUASA) has demanded removal of retired officials reemployed by the PU VC, Pakistan Today has learnt.
PUASA officials said that PU VC Dr Mujahid Kamran also falls in this category, as he retired last month and they would discuss status of the VC in their executive council

MIRANSHAH - The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Sunday demanded the government execute Raymond Davis, a US citizen who shot dead two men in broad daylight, or hand him over to the militant group. "We demand that the Pakistani government hang Raymond Davis or otherwise hand him over to us. We will decide his fate," TTP spokesman Azam Tariq told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed location.
Tariq claimed that Davis, whose exact role in Pakistan has been unclear, was a spy. "He

LAHORE - Surrendering to the demands of customs agents, Pakistan Railways (PR) has withdrawn a major portion of recently increased service charges at the Lahore Dry Port (LDP). Customs agents have ended a strike which lasted for three days. A meeting was held between representatives of the Lahore Customs Agents Association (LCAA) and Pakistan Railways Authorities at Railways Headquarters in which Railways had accepted the demands put forward by customs agents and withdrew 15 percent

FAISALABAD - Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf divisional head former senator Tariq Chaudhary has condemned the killing of innocent Pakistanis by an American in Lahore. He said the incident was alarming and had exposed the nature of a lord and slave relations existing between the two countries.
He added, "We are not strategic or diplomatic partners of America; we are rather reduced to the status of American slaves". He was speaking at a press conference in the divisional office of his

ISLAMABAD - Opposition Leader Nisar Ali Khan on Wednesday demanded the government present a list of visas issued to embassies beyond their sanctioned strength to the Senate and National Assembly standing committees on interior and foreign affairs.
"The federal government is responsible for the Lahore incident, as it turned a blind eye to the activities of such foreigners who move freely across the country carrying unlicenced arms," he said while speaking on a point of order. He