Tag: Failure

UN failure to agree position on Syria a ‘scandal’: France

France has described as a “scandal” the failure of the United Nations so far to agree a resolution against the violent crackdowns on dissidents...

Opposition grills Punjab govt over dengue failure

Opposition in Punjab Assembly lashed out at Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and provincial government for not controlling deadly dengue fever epidemic and declared that...

Khosa terms Taseer’s abduction failure of Punjab govt

Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa expressed serious concerns over the law and order situation in the province on Friday and termed the abduction...

Sindh CM admits post-rain administrative failure

Taking serious notice of the administration’s failure in providing relief to the population in rain-affected areas of Badin and other lower Sindh areas, Chief...

PPP govt is a failure: Nawaz

PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said the PPP government had miserably failed to deliver and time was not far when the masses’ disappointment...

Policy failure

Reduced production in the textile sector is just another example of how flawed government policies, framed at whims of policymakers, have distorted the economy...

Karachi killings failure of govt, says Nawaz

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday called the “unabated killings” in Karachi a failure of the government and demanded bringing the issue...

Wozniacki stays No 1 despite Wimbledon failure

Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki remains on top of the women's singles rankings, which were released on Monday, in spite of her failure once again to...

XEN suspended for failure to reduce line losses

GEPCO Chief Executive Mehboob Ali has suspended Hafizabad Division Executive Engineer Rana Ishtiaq for his failure to decrease line losses and has appointed Muhammad...

PNS raid shows govt’s failure to control law and order: CJP

The terrorists’ attack on Pakistan Navy Station Mehran shows that the government has failed to control law and order in the country, Chief Justice...

MoF reprimanded for due diligence failure

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has come under scathing criticism for due diligence negligence after its Audit Report 2010-11, covering fiscal year 2009-10, revealed...

Police failed to complete 13,728 challans in four years

A true picture of “Justice delayed is justice denied” can be judged from the performance of the police who failed to submit 13,728 challans...

Osama’s death ‘failure’ for US: Iran

Osama bin Laden's killing amounts to a "big failure" for Washington, Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Wednesday, as he cast doubt on...

Pakistan admits intelligence failure

The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) said it was embarrassed by its failure to find al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, and that the compound in...

CNG dealers call off strike after failure

LAHORE - After failing to put any credible pressure on the government, the All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) on Thursday decided to withdraw its call for an indefinite strike across Punjab. APCNGA Supreme Council Chairman Ghiyas Paracha said that the strike had been called off in Lahore, Gujranwala and Multan.
However, CNG stations in Attock, Jehlum, Sargodha, Jhang, Bhawalpur Region, Rahim Yar Khan and Sadiqabad would continue the closure. Sources within the association said

Tax reform failure renders fiscal imbalance untenable: SBP

KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has said that the failure of tax reforms programme and the flood relief expenditures have rendered the fiscal imbalance of Pakistan unsustainable. The SBP issued this stunning disclosure in its second quarterly report for 2010-11.
The report said that although fiscal indicators showed some improvement in the second quarter of FY11 with substantial growth in non tax revenues, the overall fiscal position during H1-FY11 deteriorated.

Sheen does better in Chicago after Detroit failure

CHICAGO - This time, Charlie Sheen's stage show began and ended with a standing ovation. Sheen changed up the format for his 20-city road show after bombing in Detroit, using a master of ceremonies who asked the former 'Two and a Half Men' star questions during Sunday night's performance in Chicago. Sheen ditched the rapper, the long monologue and the videos that were part of the Detroit show that had people leaving in droves Saturday night. The changes seem to have helped. Audience