Tag: Move

Lyari Expressway displaced to move in with CDGK administrator

Tired of the city government’s persistent inaction to pay compensation money to those displaced because of the Lyari Expressway Project, the Sindh High Court...

Opp meeting tomorrow to devise anti-govt move

parties are set to give a tough time to the coalition government in the upcoming budget session, for which a strategy will be...

UN recognition not unilateral move, say Palestinians

The Palestinian leadership will seek United Nations recognition of their independent state, a top Fatah official said in Moscow on Tuesday, but insisted it...

Move afoot to boost trade with Turkey

Turkish-Pakistan Business Council (TPBC) Chairman Huseyin Akin has said that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) will get a considerable boost as soon as a number...

Syria ‘arrests opponent’ as emergency move derided

DAMASCUS - Syrian authorities arrested an opposition figure in the restive city of Homs, an activist said Wednesday as rights groups derided the government's move to end decades of draconian emergency rule.
Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Mahmud Issa was taken into custody in Homs Tuesday, hours after the cabinet approved a bill to rescind the state of emergency. The bill will now go before parliament, which is not due to meet until after May 2.

Versatile move to semis

LAHORE - Versatile advanced the semi-final of the fourth SPM League Cricket Tournament here on Saturday. In Professional Group Versatile beat BBL by 61 runs. Versatile scored 249 runs on the fall of six wickets. Raza Ali Dar 108, Haris Nazir 72 and Nouman Afzal 34. Asif Ashfaq took three wickets.
In reply, BBL were all out for 188 runs with Imran Nazir (Jr) 46, Asif Ashfaq 32 and Qaiser Ashraf 28 runs with Imran Maqsood 4, Usman Qadir 3 and Raza Ali Dar took two wickets. Raza Ali

Hillary urges Arab leaders to move faster on reform

WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday pushed for Arab leaders to embrace a "spirit of reform" that has swept the region and move swiftly to respond to the growing demands of their citizens. "The long Arab winter has begun to thaw," said Clinton on the opening day of the US-Islamic World Forum being held in Washington, praising Arab youth for rising up against "false narratives" that she said had choked political and economic reform for generations.
"All

Iran stops refueling ‘Western planes’ in tit-for-tat move

TEHRAN - Iran has stopped refuelling "western passenger planes" since Europe-bound Iranian commercial planes were refused fuelling there, the first vice-president was quoted as saying in the governmental Iran newspaper on Wednesday. "Recently fuel supply for Iranian passenger planes flying to Europe was stopped," Mohammed Reza Rahimi said.
"Iran decided immediately to strike back and banned supply of fuel to Western passenger planes landing in Iran," Rahimi added without

Clinton urges Arab leaders to move faster on reform

WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday pushed for Arab leaders to embrace a "spirit of reform" that has swept the region and move swiftly to respond to the growing demands of their citizens.
"The long Arab winter has begun to thaw," said Clinton on the opening day of the US-Islamic World Forum being held in Washington, praising Arab youth for rising up against "false narratives" that she said had choked political and economic reform for generations.

Swati, Marvi move SC against HEC devolution

ISLAMABAD - Two parliamentarians filed a joint petition in the Supreme Court on Monday challenging the government's decision to devolve the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to the provinces. The petition was filed by Senator Muhammad Azam Khan Swati and Marvi Memon under Article 184(3) of the constitution, making the federal government, through the Ministries of Law and Education, the Inter-Provincial Coordination Division and HEC, as respondents.
The petition requested the

Gbagbo held after French troops move in

ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo was arrested on Monday after French armoured vehicles closed in on the compound where he has been holed up in a bunker. A column of more than 30 French armoured vehicles moved in on Gbagbo's residence in central Abidjan after helicopter gunships attacked the compound overnight. "Yes, he has been arrested," Affoussy Bamba, a spokeswoman for Ouattara, told Reuters. Earlier a Gbagbo adviser in Paris had told Reuters that French special forces had

Shahbaz notes move to slash Punjab water

LAHORE - Taking serious notice of the Indus River System Authority (IRSA)'s decision to slash Punjab's water share, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has asked IRSA Chairman Rao Irshad why the provincial government was not taken into confidence on the issue, disclosed the sources in the provincial Irrigation Department.
It is important to note that Rao is also Punjab's representative in the IRSA, which is responsible for water distribution among the provinces and other related

Pakistan, Iran move to boost trade to $5b

KARACHI - The Iranian government has said that Tehran was taking all out measures to offer Pakistani businessmen visa certificates for their free movement across the border.
"Efforts are underway to offer businesspersons visa certificates for entry and exit from Iran," said Commercial Counsellor of Iran in Pakistan Ahmad Fasihi, while meeting Pakistan Chemicals and Dyes Merchants Association (PCDMA) Chairman Muhammad Haroon Agar and the managing committee members. Fasihi, who had

Ouattara forces move in on Gbagbo in I Coast showdown

ABIDJAN - Forces loyal to Ivory Coast's internationally recognised president Alassane Ouattara attacked Laurent Gbagbo's residence Wednesday, determined to remove him from his bunker and end his hold on power.
Gunfire erupted near Gbagbo's home and the presidential palace, witnesses said, amid a fresh assault to force him to end his decade-long rule of the world's number one cocoa producer after losing November elections. "We are going to take Laurent Gbagbo out of his hole and

Promotion-bound QPR move nine points clear

LONDON - Championship leaders Queens Park Rangers took another huge step towards promotion to the Premier League with a 3-0 win over struggling Sheffield United on Monday.
Two Wayne Routledge goals either side of Alejandro Faurlin's strike secured another victory for Neil Warnock's side who are now nine points clear of Norwich at the top of the Championship with Cardiff 13 points behind the leaders in third.
And if results elsewhere go their way QPR could be celebrating

Somalia tells UN agencies to move to Mogadishu

MOGADISHU - Somalia's prime minister has told UN agencies to move their offices to its capital within 90 days, saying they were not helping the war-torn state from their bases in neighbouring Kenya.
Most aid agencies working in the country have moved their headquarters to Kenya to avoid kidnappings and frequent fighting between Islamists and government-allied troops in Somalia. "Somalia is not worse than Iraq and Afghanistan ... We need you to stay with us and share with us the

Mughalpura move into pre-quarters

LAHORE - Mughalpura Gym moved into the pre-quarterfinals of the East Zone Cricket Championship after beating Ghaziabad Sports by 6 wickets at Wahdat Colony ground on Monday.
Scores: Ghaziabad Sports 214/7 in 40 overs. M Azam 49, Asif 32, Umer 23, Wasim Ashraf 46. Asif 3/40, Asim 1/38, Waleed 1/30. Mughalpura Gym 216/4 in 25.4 overs. M Imran 120, Asghar 36, Dilbar Khan 15, Moeed 25(no). Wasim Ashraf 2/37,Rasheed 1/19, Aaqib 1/27.