Tag: Establishment

Fawad Ch, Shafqat Mahmood discuss establishment of media university

ISLAMABAD: Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood and Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Wednesday jointly chaired a meeting regarding the establishment of...

Army regrets PML-N leader’s ‘baseless’ statement

--Mashhood offers clarification, denies reports of a ‘deal’ --Info minister asks media to avoid giving hype to his statement --PML-N distances itself from his statement, seeks...

Gen Rawat doubts Pakistani establishment’s desire for peace

NEW DELHI: Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat Sunday questioned whether Prime Minister Imran Khan’s proposal for peace was supported by the entire establishment...

MCI establishes flood relief cell due to monsoon season

ISLAMABAD: Mayor Sheikh Anser Aziz while chairing a meeting at the Mayor Office announced the establishment of the flood relief cell by the Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad...

‘Pawns of establishment’ suffer election rout, army critics win polls

--Election results show major upsets as so-called pro-army politicians Ch Nisar, Mustafa Kamal defeated ISLAMABAD: In the backdrop of rigging allegations by the opposition parties with...

Shadow of ‘engineering’ hangs over polls

Political leaders in Balochistan claim they are being threatened to switch parties, allege army's involvement MASTUNG: Surrounded by the arid mountains of the Chiltan...

Govt for committees to look after measles drive

PESHAWAR: Health Secretary Abid Majeed has directed for the establishment of provincial, district and union council level committees headed by pediatricians for management, oversight, technical...

PML-N candidates are being ‘booted out’, Nawaz alleges

--Deposed PM says establishment forcing candidates to return PML-N tickets, as seven ‘electables’ from South Punjab announce to contest polls as independents --Says PML-N’s Rana...

‘Aliens’ and ‘angels’: Euphemisms mask election fears in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: In most countries, politicians who warned that aliens were trying to influence an upcoming general election would likely find themselves ridiculed by the...

‘Anti-establishment’ rhetoric comes back to bite PML-N

--Several federal ministers decide to distance themselves from Nawaz’s anti-army tirade due to public outrage --Shehbaz says he will beg supremo to review his narrative...

Javed Hashmi urges establishment to respect politicians

-PML-N leader says army pressurising Nawaz for the last five years -Criticises role of establishment in Pakistan’s politics MULTAN: In a set of fiery videos and...

Zardari says Nawaz ‘duped’ him into making anti-establishment remarks

--PPP co-chairman says deposed premier is more 'opportunistic and cunning than I thought'   Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Monday claimed that deposed prime minister...

Will Shehbaz be able to turn the tide for PML-N, Sharif...

Newly elected party president faces daunting task of bridging gap between Nawaz and military  ISLAMABAD: After taking over the reins of the ruling Pakistan Muslim...

Sanjrani refutes allegations of being backed by ‘establishment’

Newly elected Senate chairman thanks PTI, PPP for support in Senate polls QUETTA: Newly elected Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani rejected the claims of being backed...

It is possible some ‘rogue elements’ in establishment plotted Benazir’s murder:...

Former president Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday told BBC that there may have been some elements in the establishment who colluded with Taliban to assassinate...

Did not leave MQM under pressure of establishment, agencies: Babar Ghauri

KARACHI: Former Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM) leader Babar Khan Ghauri said on Wednesday that he did not leave the MQM under the pressure of establishment...

PPP, PML-N, PTI averse to revival of MMA

  ISLAMABAD: Over the revival of six-party MMA after the lapse of 10 years, various political parties have given their reaction. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has...