Tag: Implement

ISLAMABAD: The government has asked the PML-N to give it four days to come up with an implementation plan on the party's 10-point agenda. The eighth round of the parleys between the PPP ministerial team, led by Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and the PML-N committee led by Senator Ishaq Dar was held on Friday. The government's team included newly-appointed ministers, Raza Rabbani, Naveed Qamar and Babar Awan. Two members of the government team - Raja Pervez Ashraf and Hina

KARACHI - Though over two years of the announced three-year 'Strategic Trade Policy 2009-12' have passed, the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) is yet to implement most of its trade initiatives. The ministry had announced that it would undertake various steps, as per the Strategic Trade Policy Framework (STPF), in order to address economic challenges faced by Pakistan.
According to sources, the ministry was unable to initiate almost 12 new projects, for which around Rs 4.0 billion had

LAHORE - Punjab Health Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad admitted on Tuesday that due to lack of a firm commitment on part of the Punjab government, efforts to implement family planning and promote reproductive health have been inconsistent so far.
"Most of medical officers, even senior medical officers working in rural areas are unaware of basic concepts of reproductive health", he said adding that no government, resource generation or GDP could cater to such a rapid increase in

ISLAMABAD - Acceding to the demands of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the government on Thursday formed two committees to make the petroleum products pricing formula transparent and rationalize the power and gas outage management suggesting that it was willing to implement most of the PML-N's reforms.
Talking to media after talks with the PML-N, Finance Minister Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said that there was broad consensus on strengthening the national economy.

ISLAMABAD - Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Chairman Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday urged the United Nations to move its machinery for implementing the resolutions on the Kashmir issue.
Lauding the resolution recently passed by the UN in support of right to self-determination in support of the nations subjected to occupation by other countries, the Maulana asked the world body to ensure implementation of its resolutions on Kashmir also.
In a statement, the Kashmir

ISLAMABAD
Hailing Supreme Court's interim order on the 18th Amendment, the top jurists of the country have demanded of the parliament to incorporate SC's recommendations on Article 175-A which deals with the appointment of superior court judges.
They said that it was now imminent to bring another (19th) Amendment and get it passed from the parliament to implement SC's interim order; otherwise after the passage of three-months - till the next hearing on 18th Amendment case,