Tag: Majority

Majority of anaesthetists at private hospitals unqualified

KARACHI - The majority of the anaesthetists working at private hospitals across Sindh are unqualified, and the Health Department has so far been unable to take action against them, Health Secretary Hashim Raza Zaidi admitted on Saturday.
"We are planning to take action against them, as well as the hospitals that allow unqualified medical personnel to practice," Zaidi said while addressing the inaugural session of the 31st Annual Congress of the Pakistan Society of

PPP to win AJK election with majority: Batool

LAHORE - Pakistan People's Party Azad Kashmir leader and women rights activist Advocate Amira Batool has said that the Pakistan People's Party will win the upcoming general elections, which is expected to be held between April and July, with majority of votes.
Talking to a group of media persons here on Sunday, Advocate Batool paid rich tributes to the PPP leadership and said that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto brought the lingering Kashmir issue in front of the world

‘Q’ forward bloc proves majority in PA

LAHORE - A dissident group of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid, the Forward Bloc has finally reinforced its separate identity after proving its majority in the Punjab Assembly against its parent party.
A group of 47 dissidents of the PML-Q which now constitute the Forward Bloc moved a requisition in the Punjab Assembly Wednesday seeking appointment of Dr Tahir Ali Javed as their parliamentary leader in the House and declaring themselves as the Unification Block. Separate benches

South Sudan gets majority vote to secede

JUBA - South Sudan achieved the simple majority needed to secede in its independence referendum, preliminary results collated by AFP showed on Wednesday, even with many counties still to report.
As several areas returned landslides of 99 percent or more for separation of the mainly Christian, African south from the mainly Arab, Muslim north, the majority was achieved although with some of the region's 10 states, including its most populous, Jonglei, yet to announce any

Gilani regains majority

KARACHI - The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) announced its return to the treasury benches in the National Assembly after Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani visited the party headquarters Nine Zero on Friday. However, it is still not ready to join the federal cabinet.
Following the MQM's decision, Gilani has regained his majority in the assembly. MQM leader Raza Haroon announced his party's decision at a joint press conference with the prime minister and Interior Minister Rehman