Tag: Issues

PCB issues showcause notice to Ilyas

The Pakistan Cricket Board has issued a second show-cause notice to selector Muhammad Ilyas for giving statements against former captain Shahid Afridi, it has...

Afridi back from London to deal with PCB issues

Shahid Afridi is due to return here on Sunday from London where he met Bilawal Zardari Bhutto to sort out his cricketing problems after...

PEPCO issues last notice to KESC for Rs 28 billion dues

PEPCO has issued last notice to Karachi Electric Supply Company pertaining to Rs 28 billion outstanding dues. Talking to a private TV channel, PEPCO spokesman...

PEMRA issues notices to ‘irresponsible’ TV channels

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Friday issued notices to Geo News, Dawn News, News One and Dunya News for being irresponsible...

LHC issues notice in Shumaila case

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday issued notice to Pakistan Muslim league-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders and other respondents for June 23 on a petition...

JUI-F against armed struggle: Fazl

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman said on Sunday that his party stood for a parliamentary and political path to the resolution of issues...

ATC issues contempt notice to FIA DG in BB murder case

The Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday issued contempt of court notice to FIA Director General Malik Iqbal for separating the investigation officer from...

Govt takes political parties along on national issues: PM

The PPP-led coalition government has always consulted all political forces on major national issues and succeeded in building a consensus national policy, Prime Minister...

‘Outsiders should not decide Afghan issues’

Backing Kabul’s peace plan to reconcile with Taliban-led insurgents, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday urged Afghanistan to shake off outside “coercion”, while...

PM asks political forces to show maturity on national issues

Taking the federal cabinet into confidence on the Abbottabad incident, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday urged all democratic forces to show maturity...

Need for consensus on security issues

Taking his own constituency – the military cadres – into confidence over the killing of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by US forces...

Doctors divide over key issues

Doctors’ associations have split over resolving various issues facing the medical profession, despite having a common agenda of getting a special salary package for...

YDA wants CM to resolve doctors’ issues

The government and the young doctors have locked horns again over demands put up by the Young Doctors Association (YDA), who have now demanded...

Planning Commission issues observations on growth

LAHORE The government should create space and incentives for the private sector to play the dominant role in the growth process and economic activity. The main argument in the new growth framework is that growth should be market-led and not state-led, private sector should be the main driver of growth, and if allowed to, the market will generate innovations, entrepreneurship, and transformation of cities and youth employment, the authors of a report recently prepared by the Planning

CM issues orders ‘in light of PPP-MQM ministerial committee suggestions’

KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has issued orders for curbing targeted killings in Karachi and improving the overall law and order situation, Local Government Minister Agha Siraj Durrani said on Saturday.
"The directives have been issued in light of the suggestions presented by the ministerial committee of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)," Durrani, a ministerial committee member, said while talking to the media during a visit

Davis’ removal from ECL – LHC issues notice to central, provincial...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday again issued notice to the federal and Punjab governments for April 26 on a petition challenging removal of US national Raymond Davis' name from the Exit Control List (ECL) without obtaining consent of the LHC.
Barrister Javed Iqbal Jaffrey filed the petition requesting the court to seek explanation from former federal law minister Senator Dr Babar Awan, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Additional District and Sessions Judge

UK PM phones Gilani; bilateral and regional issues discussed

Islamabad - British Prime Minister David Cameron called Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani over telephone on Friday to follow up on the very useful discussions on bilateral and regional issues, held during his visit to Islamabad on April 5th.
According to a Press Release, David Cameron apprised the Prime Minister that his Government was proactively pursuing Pakistan's case with EU for greater market access, as well as for dispatch of EU's Fisheries' delegation to Pakistan.