Tag: Friends
‘Pakistan and UK are close friends’
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan and Britain are tied in a historic and deep friendly relations and Britain is Pakistan's largest investor. He said that UK has always supported democracy in Pakistan adding that establishment of the British Overseas Pakistanis Office will help resolve the problems of UK-based Pakistanis.
He was talking to media on the occasion of launching of British Overseas Pakistanis Office, here today. Chairperson of the
He was talking to media on the occasion of launching of British Overseas Pakistanis Office, here today. Chairperson of the
Greek police clash with anti-austerity protesters
ATHENS - Greek police clashed with protesters on Wednesday as around 100,000 workers, pensioners and students marched to parliament in protest at austerity policies aimed at helping Greece cope with a huge debt crisis. Riot police fired scores of rounds of teargas and flash bombs at protesters hurling petrol bombs, choking the main Syndagma square with smoke and sending crowds of striking protesters running for cover.
Public and private sector employees' 24-hour strike grounded
Public and private sector employees' 24-hour strike grounded
Pakistan can provide trade corridors to friends: Zardari
ISTANBUL - President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday said Pakistan was well positioned to provide trade and communication corridors through its territory and ports to its friends and partners.
"We are ready to provide energy as a bridge and develop win-win scenarios," the president said while addressing the 11th summit of ECO (Economic Coordination Organisation) on Thursday. He said the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline and TAPI gas pipeline projects should be seen in that context.
"We are ready to provide energy as a bridge and develop win-win scenarios," the president said while addressing the 11th summit of ECO (Economic Coordination Organisation) on Thursday. He said the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline and TAPI gas pipeline projects should be seen in that context.
Let’s be friends again, Zardari tells Nawaz
ISLAMABAD: In another political manoeuvre, President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday again engaged Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif by responding to his letter written last month, in an attempt to mend fences with the PML-N at a time when the government's coalition partners are up in arms.
The timing of the response suggests that Zardari's move is more of a damage-control attempt after the Fazlur Rehman-led JUI-F's departure from the coalition government.
The timing of the response suggests that Zardari's move is more of a damage-control attempt after the Fazlur Rehman-led JUI-F's departure from the coalition government.
PIA MD obliges friends, diverts flight to Karachi
LAHORE: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Managing Director Muhammad Aijaz Haroon is known for his ability to keep his bosses and friends happy, but this very habit troubled around 250 passengers when the MD ordered a Lahore-bound flight to be diverted to Karachi, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Sources said the PIA MD and his two friends were travelling from Manchester to Lahore on PIA's flight PK 710, scheduled to land in Lahore, at 2:40 pm. But during the flight, the MD's
Sources said the PIA MD and his two friends were travelling from Manchester to Lahore on PIA's flight PK 710, scheduled to land in Lahore, at 2:40 pm. But during the flight, the MD's
Rampal ditches thick friends
Arjun Rampal, who is a close friend of Shah Rukh and Karan Johar has joined hands with their foe Pritish Nandy. The model turned actor has signed his next flick, to be directed by Nandy's elder son Kushan and produced under the Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC) banner.
And this decision of Arjun has not gone well with Khan and Karan. The two have been at loggerheads with Nandy since the past six years and Arjun's professional move has disappointed the actor-filmmaker camp. It is
And this decision of Arjun has not gone well with Khan and Karan. The two have been at loggerheads with Nandy since the past six years and Arjun's professional move has disappointed the actor-filmmaker camp. It is
Govt tables bill in parliament – Friends turn foes over GST
ISLAMABAD: The government tabled the Reformed General Sales Tax (GST) Bill in both houses of the parliament on Friday as coalition partners - the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the Awami National Party (ANP) and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl - joined the opposition to reject the proposed controversial law.
While the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the PML-Quaid (PML-Q) announced that they would block the passage of the reformed GST bill in the National Assembly and the
While the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the PML-Quaid (PML-Q) announced that they would block the passage of the reformed GST bill in the National Assembly and the
‘Friends’ resisting Musharraf
ISLAMABAD: Once close confidants of former president Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf, leaders of various factions of the PML blocked the inclusion of Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) in the newly-formed Muttahida Muslim League (MML).
A source in the MML told Pakistan Today that Musharraf's party was not allowed to become part of the alliance because Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Ijazul Haq, Salim Saifullah, Humayun Akhtar Khan and Mian Muhammad Azhar strongly resisted the
A source in the MML told Pakistan Today that Musharraf's party was not allowed to become part of the alliance because Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Ijazul Haq, Salim Saifullah, Humayun Akhtar Khan and Mian Muhammad Azhar strongly resisted the
NAB a tool to exonerate ‘friends’ or hunt ‘foes’?
ISLAMABAD: Contrary to its claim of abolishing the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the government, under a new strategy, has decided to sharpen its teeth to either victimise some 'foes" and exonerate some "friends" from corruption charges, Pakistan Today has learnt reliably.
Well-placed sources said on Thursday that the idea, a brainchild of a leading minister, has been given a nod by the President's House and the appointment of the new chairman of the NAB was part of this
Well-placed sources said on Thursday that the idea, a brainchild of a leading minister, has been given a nod by the President's House and the appointment of the new chairman of the NAB was part of this
