Tag: Executive

Executive has failed to deliver, says CJP

--Top judge regrets that apex court has to perform duties of the govt after PIMS official tells court that CADD Ministry ignored pleas to regularise staff   ISLAMABAD:...

Equifax executives step down after major hack

SAN FRANCISCO: Equifax said Friday that two executives entrusted with watching over its computers are retiring, their departures coming after its maligned handling of a...

Brazil arrests Facebook executive in row over police access to data

Brazilian police arrested the vice president of Facebook for Latin America on Tuesday after the social media giant refused access to data the authorities...

Suo motu powers of superior judiciary challenged

  A constitutional petition challenging suo motu powers of the Supreme Court and High Courts (HC) was filed in the SC Lahore registry on Thursday. The...

Exemption granted to state, govt authorities under article 208 challenged in...

The exemption granted to President, Prime Minister, Governors, Chief Ministers and Ministers under article 208 was challenged in the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday. The...

Executive, Judiciary, Legislature: take one down and tripod falls

Govt tells SC democracy is basic feature of country’s constitution, parliament embodiment of democracy The federal government Tuesday told a 17-judge Supreme Court bench hearing...

HEC welcomes appointment of new executive director

The employees of the Higher Education Commission welcomed on Friday the appointment of Engineer Imtiaz Hussain Gillani as the acting Executive Director (ED) of...

Google’s first female engineer jumps to Yahoo! helm

Insights to Marissa Mayer can be found in her approach to cupcakes. Google's first female engineer and the new Yahoo! chief executive carefully matched ideal...

Another round

The parliament makes its move In the present state of confrontation between the Supreme Court and the executive, there is a likelihood of another standoff...

PIC chief executive takes charge

The newly appointed Punjab Institute of Cardiology Chief Executive Prof Dr Bilal Zakria took charge of his new responsibilities on Friday. Dr Zakria inspected...

APNS General Council elects Executive Committee for the year 2012-13

The annual meeting of the APNS General Council held on March 31, 2012 has elected the Executive Committee for the year 2012-13 which unanimously...

Parliament to decide, executive will follow

The top civilian and military leadership on Wednesday reviewed Pakistan’s relations with the United States (US) and decided to abide by the decisions of...

Brave fronts

Shaky innards He was minding the store; the prime minister was, at Davos, doing what heads of government are supposed to do during visits abroad:...

Method in the madness?

The mess that is civil-military relations The prime minister of late has developed a penchant for first making statements critical of the military establishment and...

Balance and equity

The quality of justice should not be strained With so much to say and such little space to say it in, best to KISS –...

Swiss letter, and spirit

A judgement is a judgement It is actually not that complicated. Are the judges always right? No. Should their judgements always be followed in letter...

Mala fide

The one liability has become a mountain of crises The drift of things ever since the PPP-led government took over had always pointed in one...