Tag: Ministers
What 42 ministers couldn’t do, these 11 will
After a week-long discussion over the allocation of portfolios to 11 newly-inducted ministers, the Pakistan People’s Party leadership on Wednesday appointed Qamar Zaman Kaira...
Another 4 take oath as ministers of state
In a bid to appease strong PPP MNAs who have the potential to win the next general elections, President Asif Ali Zardari administered oath...
In politics, charity begins at home
In an apparent bid to win back the support of estranged Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) parliamentarians, PPP Co-chairman President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday...
CJ orders filing of FIR against 3 ministers
Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Thursday sought progress report in the probe of mutilated bodies and also ordered an FIR to...
Renegade Mali soldiers claim control of palace
Renegade Mali soldiers said Thursday they had seized the presidential palace and arrested several ministers after a gunbattle, in an apparent coup bid in...
Osama commission to invite foreign, defence ministers
The Inquiry Commission on Abbottabad Operation Wednesday decided to invite Foreign Minister and Defence Minister at an appropriate date and time.
The Commission will...
Hafeez Shaikh, Asim Hussain made ministers again
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday advised the president to approve the de-notification of the appointment of Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh as adviser...
Indian ministers resign over watching porn during session
Three state ministers from southern India, including one holding a portfolio for women and child development, resigned on Wednesday after being accused of watching...
SC admits pleas against Sharmila, ministers’ strength
Admitting for regular hearing two petitions challenging the number of cabinet ministers and the eligibility of Sharmila Farooqi as an adviser to the Sindh...
Arab ministers mull Syria mission’s criticism
Arab ministers gathered on Sunday to review the record of a widely criticised observer mission to Syria, amid growing calls for the bloc to...
President expresses anguish over ministers’ absence from Senate
President Asif Ali Zardari, while taking a strong notice of the ministers’ absence from the Senate session during the parliamentary year, sought a detailed...
Absence of ministers again invites criticism of government
The government on Wednesday faced an embarrassing situation in the Senate when no federal minister was present to respond to supplementary questions of the...
Ministers’ indifference decries claims of parliament’s supremacy
The supremacy of parliament, which the government has been claiming since its coming into power, can be gauged from the presence of the ministers...
ECP reinstates 19 MPAs, federal ministers
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has reinstated the membership of 19 parliamentarians, including four federal ministers.
Earlier, the ECP had suspended the membership...
Portfolios reassigned
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah reassigned the portfolios of some of the ministers in the province on Saturday. According to the official...
PML-Q ministers ‘resign’ en masse
Expressing a lack of confidence in the Pakistan People’s Party-led coalition government, the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid ministers on Tuesday submitted their resignations to PML-Q...
14 MPAs, 3 ministers lose seats for not revealing assets
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has suspended the membership of 14 MPAs including three provincial ministers belonging to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on not submitting...
