Tag: Discusses

LAHORE - A seminar was organised by the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) on Wednesday where high-profile speakers discussed "If cricketing could act as a diplomatic effort to build ties with India?" The seminar was led by the speakers Hasan Askari, IA Rehman, and Khaled Ahmed who each voiced their view on the role of sports, especially cricket, in the relations of the two countries and discussed how it could act positively.
IA Rehman said there was a common saying that

LONDON - Oil prices dropped on Tuesday, with North Sea Brent crude dipping briefly below $113 per barrel, after Kuwait's oil minister said OPEC was considering boosting production for the first time in more than two years. An official increase in OPEC output would signal the group's determination to put a cap on prices after uprisings and unrest across North Africa and the Middle East sent oil to its highest in more than two and a half years.
Fighting in Libya has idled as much

ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Rehman Malik phoned Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain on Saturday and discussed various issues with him including law and order situation in Pakistan. Both of them discussed the political situation in the country and agreed that stringent security measures were required for the protection of life and property of the citizens, said a press release.
Rehman Malik told Altaf Hussain that terrorists wanted to destabilise the country

LAHORE - Two-day international workshop on "The Conduct of Responsible Science" started yesterday, in the auditorium of FC College University Lahore. Punjab University Vice-Chancellor, Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran presided over the second session of the first day of the workshop. The workshop is being organized in collaboration with FC College University Lahore, International Council for Life Sciences (ICLS) and COMSTECH.

LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Saturday took FPCCI onboard on all its major initiatives planned for the year 2011 and discussed pros and cons of each project.
LCCI President Shahzad Ali Malik and Senior Vice President Sheikh Mohammad Arshad gave a presentation to the FPCCI delegation led by its Zonal Chairman Tariq Shafi and Regional Vice President Amir Atta Bajawa. LCCI Vice President Sohail Azhar, former LCCI Presidents Mian Tajammal Hussain,

LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly (PA) on Tuesday discussed obscenity and vulgarity in name of stage dramas held at various theaters of the province and members of the provincial assembly (MPA) urged authorities concerned to take serious notice of immoral scripts and semi-nude dances being staged in theatres. Members of both the treasury and opposition benches expressed their concerns during the question-hour session of the 22nd Punjab Assembly session held under Punjab Assembly Speaker

LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly proceedings were inflicted by quorum issue again on Monday and this time the Pakistan People's party (PPP) lawmaker Shaharyar Ali Khan pointed out the quorum just before the opening of the general discussion on price hike.
Meeting after a two-day break, under the chair of the Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal, the proceedings started about an hour and 25 minutes late
Following the recitation of the holy Quran and a naat, PML-Q forward block MPA Dr

ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday made phone calls to Pakistan Muslim League-Zia (PML-Z) President Ijazul Haq and Awami Muslim League (AML) President Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and discussed with them the current political situation with focus on the 'deepening cracks' in the Pakistan People's Party-led coalition government.
Altaf's phone conversations were part of a series of such contacts with important political personalities of the country, in

NEW DELHI - India's External Affairs Minister SM Krishna brought up Jammu Kashmir issue with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao during his meeting, the Time of India newspaper reported on Thursday.
The paper reported that the Indian minister told the Chinese premier that Jammu Kashmir was still a core issue and "Kashmir to India is like what Tibet is to China."
The minister also discussed issue of stapled visa to Kashmiris, living in Indian Held Kashmir, and boundary disputes

LAHORE: A World Bank delegation, led by Country Director Rachid Benmessaoud, called on Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif here on Friday and discussed with him implementation of various ongoing WB programmes as well as cooperation in several sectors.
Provincial Minister for Education Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman, Chief Secretary Nasir Khosa, Planning & Development chairman and secretaries of housing, finance, agriculture, health, irrigation and communication and works

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani held an important meeting on Tuesday to discuss Pakistan's quest for deepening its ties with China.
Gilani called on Zardari at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, where the COAS was also present, according to an official statement.
"Matters concerning security situation were discussed during the meeting as part of consultative process," it said.
A senior official

LAHORE
With no apparent end to the drama, the Punjab Assembly (PA) proceedings on Friday perhaps set a new precedent by holding the general discussion on irrigation in the absence of the minister concerned and the parliamentary secretary as well, which resulted in the treasury's failure to give its policy statement to open the discussion.
However, the speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal allowed the leader of the opposition instead to speak over the general discussion on irrigation.

ISLAMABAD
The newly appointed Canadian High Commissioner, Ross Hynes called on the Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday.
"Issues of mutual interest came under discussion. It was agreed by the Foreign Minister and High Commissioner that bilateral cooperation may be further strengthened between the two countries especially in the areas of trade and investment," said a foreign office statement.
The High Commissioner appreciated the role of the Pakistani