Tag: Hangs

ISLAMABAD - LNG Floating Terminal, at Port Qasim, could start functioning if the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources assures uninterrupted supply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), the Senate's Standing Committee on Ports and Shipping was told on Saturday. "We are ready and it is up to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources to assure supply of LNG," Port Qasim Authority (PQA) Chairman Vice Admiral Muhammad Shafi told the committee.
Ministry of Ports and Shipping

ISLAMABAD - The fate of former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi hangs in the balance, as the PPP leadership is still undecided over taking any disciplinary action against the PPP veteran. Qureshi had made headlines after his refusal to be part of the new cabinet to protest the change in his portfolio.
A PPP insider told Pakistan Today that the president was against any strict action against Qureshi and the harsh statements made against the former minister was a planned move

LAHORE - The fate of many 'loved ones' of the Punjab government is at stake after the Supreme Court's ruling in January against the re-employment of retired officers, while the Services and General Administration Department (S&GAD) has already sought details of all such employees from different government departments across Punjab, Pakistan Today has learnt.
An eight-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) on January 27 observed that re-employment of retired officers on senior

TEHRAN - Iran on Saturday hanged an Iranian-Dutch woman for drug smuggling after initially arresting her for anti-government protests, the Tehran prosecutor's office said. Zahra Bahrami's execution takes the total number of people hanged in Iran so far this year to 66 - on average more than two a day - according to an AFP tally based on media reports.
The Netherlands summoned Iran's ambassador in the wake of the hanging, the Dutch foreign ministry said. "A drug trafficker named

Lahore - A seminar on "Why a capital punishment for the blasphemy of Prophet Muhammad (SAW)?" was arranged by Tanzeem-e-Islami on Sunday at Quran Auditorium Lahore.
Justice (r) Nazir Ahmad Ghazi, Ameer Hamza, Abdur Rauf Raufi, Yaqoob Sheikh, Qari Muhammad Hanif and Hafiz Akif Saeed addressed around 1000 people who showed up at the seminar.
Ghazi said that there was already a mechanism to stop the law's misuse; if the claimant was caught with false accusation then there was

LAHORE: As the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) are criticising the Punjab government for introducing the board of governors (BoG) and teachers and students are protesting on roads, the future of introducing four-year BS Hons programmes in 26 public-sector colleges of Punjab remains a big challenge for the besieged Punjab government, Pakistan Today has learnt.
As a last ditch effort to calm down the protesting teachers and students who