Tag: Irks

Gas load-shedding irks citizens

  Gas load-shedding of up to 18 hours has irked domestic consumers across Punjab, especially Sialkot, Daska, Sambrial, Pasrur, Chawinda and Badiana areas. In this respect,...

Slow pace of work irks citizens

Despite the lapse of more than two months since its inauguration, Sixth Road Flyover’s service road and carriageway was still not complete which was...

Low gas pressure irks people of Lyari

Low gas pressure in Lyari and other old city areas has created problems for the residents as women are facing difficulties in cooking food...

The corruption scorecard

It’s all about the perceptions The one thing that is possibly more pervasive than corruption itself – anti-corruption sentiment. And capitalising on this sentiment seems...

Protesters against load shedding set vehicles on fire in Lahore

Angry residents staged protests in various localities of Lahore and blocked Ring Road and Multan Road to protest against prolonged load-shedding. Irked people pelted buses...

Unnecessary closure of streets irks residents of I-10

Unnecessary closures of streets by police in Sector I-10/2 has not only inconvenienced common citizens but also multiplied women’s and school-going children’s problems. The...

Enver Baig’s criticism irks PCB

A senior official of the Pakistan Cricket Board believes that former Senator Enver Baig, who was sacked by his political party, is now trying...

Lack of cleanliness irks Bhara Kahu residents

Residents of Bhara Kahu are facing a lot of problems, as the authorities concerned seem least interested in cleaning the locality. The residents of...

Aiwan-e-Sadr authorities’ lethargy irks Sindh’s bureaucracy

As the Sindh government officials were preparing their briefing and presentation to President Asif Ali Zardari’s on Thursday, the Aiwan-e-Sadr authorities informed the Sindh...

CNG stations’ closure irks citizens

The government’s decision to keep the CNG supply suspended for three days a week has irked common citizens and transporters alike, as they are...

Massive traffic jam on Canal Road irks citizens

Traffic flow remained suspended for hours on both sides of canal on Thursday evening as the activists of Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) blocked the...

Meera’s show irks countrymen

Meera is drawing widespread ire in her country for participating in a reality TV wedding show where she is out to select a groom. ‘Kaun...

Artificial petroleum shortage irks citizens

The citizens had to face a great inconvenience owing to shortage of petrol, diesel and CNG in the district. Reportedly, the dealers and owners of...

May Day: load shedding irks distressed workers

The global community is commemorating the International Labour Day on May 1st to acknowledge the contribution of workers in their respective progress. But the...

Baby Gaga irks Gaga

A legal threat from Lady Gaga and an investigation by heath inspectors has failed to halt the sale of an ice cream made from breast milk - the bizarre concoction has been deemed fit for human consumption. The pop superstar's lawyers have taken aim at the owners of the Icecreamists store in London's Covent Garden over the product, named Baby Gaga.
Gaga's attorneys called the ice cream "nausea-inducing" and alleged the name takes advantage of the singer's "reputation and good

public assets in Bahawalpur – Dubious sale irks Senate body

ISLAMABAD - The Senate's functional committee on less-developed areas on Wednesday expressed concern over the "dubious" sale of 39 public properties in Bahawalpur at throwaway prices by the Punjab government and vowed to conduct a thorough inquiry into the matter. The meeting, which was held with chairman Dr Abdul Malik in the chair, out rightly rejected the notion of the Punjab government over the auction of lands worth above Rs 40 billion for only Rs 851 million and resolved to

Online admission form submission irks students

Lahore - Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Wednesday admitted an application pleading that NADRA B-Form should not be submitted along the online Matric admission form. Advocate Muhammad Azhar Siddique filed this application to an already filed petition pleading against the compulsion that NADRA B-Form should be produced with the admission forms of class ninth and tenth, during submission. He submitted that Board Of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE)