Tag: Minister

South Korea not seeking to renegotiate ‘comfort women’ deal with Japan:...

SEOUL: South Korea said on Tuesday it will not seek to renegotiate a 2015 deal with Japan aimed at resolving the sensitive issue of...

Fugitive former PM Yingluck is in London, says Thai foreign minister

BANGKOK: Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who fled the country to avoid being jailed over a rice subsidy scheme that lost billions of...

Minister, adviser to CM resign fueling Balochistan govt crisis

QUETTA: In the latest blow to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government in Balochistan, the newly appointed Adviser to the Chief Minister on Excise...

PPP is and was established for labourers: Nasir

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Labour, Human Resources, Transport, Mass Transit and Information Syed Nasir Hussain Shah on Wednesday said that union officials should discharge...

Child dead, 2 injured as security squad vehicle of minister hits...

VEHARI: A child died while two people were injured when one of the security squad vehicles of provincial minister hits an auto-rickshaw on Thursday. According to...

Sindh minister admits corruption in edu dept hiring amid protest by...

KARACHI: Amid a protest by unpaid teachers, Sindh Education Minister Jam Mehtab Dahar on Thursday admitted that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had been at the centre of...

India minister says ‘sin causes cancer’

NEW DELHI: Indians have reacted angrily after the health minister from Assam state said cancer "is divine justice" caused by "past sins of a...

Some officials practice sorcery, says senior Chinese minister

BEIJING: Some top Chinese officials are guilty of practising sorcery and would rather believe in gurus and Western concepts of democracy than the Communist Party,...

Education minister warns teachers to quit non-governmental jobs

  KARACHI: Provincial Minister for Education and Literacy Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar on Monday warned those government teachers who were working in newspapers, electronic media...

UK minister Patel forced to resign over meetings with Israeli officials

LONDON: British aid minister Priti Patel was forced from office on Wednesday over undisclosed meetings with Israeli officials after Prime Minister Theresa May sought...

May directs strict action after harassment allegations against minister

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday called for tougher rules governing MPs’ conduct after a government minister was accused of asking his...

Minister rules out import of food items from India

Opposition leader terms minister ‘a changed person’ after getting ministry LAHORE: Provincial minister for Industries, Commerce and Investment Sheikh Allauddin on Monday ruled out any import...

Target set to cultivate 20mln tonnes of wheat this year: minister

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Agriculture, Naeem Akhtar Khan Bhabha has said that the provincial government has set a target of wheat cultivation on 16.4 million...

‘Enrollment in schools increasing gradually’

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Education and Literacy Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar has said that enrollment in schools is increasing gradually as the Sindh government is...

Ulema’s role appreciated for peace during Ashura

LAHORE: Ulema from all schools of thought have played an admirable role for maintaining peace and sectarian harmony during Ashura-e-Muharram. Punjab Minister for Local Government Manshullah...

Govt’s priority is to maintain demand, supply: minister

LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Industry and Trade Sheikh Alla-u-Din has said that the top priority of Punjab’s government is to maintain demand and supply in...

‘Govt taking effective measures to develop tourist sites’

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Human Rights and minorities Affairs Khalil Tahir Sandhu has said in his message on World Tourism Day that promotion of tourist...