Tag: Needs

Turkey’s Erdogan says Turkey needs S-400 missile defence systems

ANKARA: Turkey needs Russian-made S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries and will procure them as soon as possible, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. The United States...

Kalabagh Dam vital for country’s growing energy, water needs: Shamsul Mulk

PESHAWAR: The construction of new hydel dams, including Kalabagh dam, were vital to control massive loss of water during monsoon and to meet growing...

Seminar: Resolution of water and sanitation issues is needed in Sindh

KARACHI: Only 5 per cent water is used for drinking and 5 per cent for other living things while 90 per cent is used...

Violence, displacement, hunger will drive record humanitarian needs in 2018, says...

BOGOTA: Violence, displacement and hunger will drive record humanitarian needs in 2018, with nearly 136 million people worldwide in need of aid, according to the...

Punjab govt failed to deliver basic needs: Ghurki

Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) Lahore President Federal Minister Samina Khalid Ghurki on Sunday alleged that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government in Punjab had failed...

Pakistan needs unity, not disputes and criticism: PM

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said on Saturday that it was time to rise above petty fights and criticism, and build consensus and unity...

IPL needs some Pakistani flavour

Nothing compares to the flair that Pakistan players bring to a cricket field. It's not much different to the swagger of a Vivian Richards,...

CDA remains oblivious to city’s transport needs

New Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Engineer Farkhand Iqbal had spoken of many welfare projects for the residents of Islamabad in his first formal...

Government needs to account for aid, borrowing

Pakistan needs introduction of aid effectiveness to let the people know where the foreign inflows are being spent as the government has set a...

Nawaz needs to focus on flood relief, says Firdous

Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has advised Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Mian Nawaz Sharif to assist in the relief and...

‘SESSI med staff needs to repeat ’10 efforts to help rain-hit...

The medical and paramedical staff of the Sindh Employees Social Institution (SESSI) provided exemplary medical aid to flood survivors in 2010 and they need...

Dengue needs to be killed where it breeds

More than 60 percent parks, open plots, green belts, uncovered spaces and dug-up roads, which are nestling stagnant water; breading sites of dengue mosquitoes,...

‘Guardian’ govt needs to look after homeless kids

The Sindh High Court directed the Sindh government on Monday to provide shelter to street children and ensure that the Rs 119 million allocated...

Pakistan cricket needs fresh faces

The selection of a national team is always a difficult job. And it never happens that selection of certain team members win nod from...

Express Highway to Kari Road needs repairing

Residents have demanded immediate repairing of the road from Express Highway to the Kari road. The management dug this road last year for installing...

‘Corporate sector needs to be more socially responsible’

There is a need to create a better environment and techniques for starting corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in different sectors including education, environment...

UK’s Cameron says needs to clean up media

British Prime Minister David Cameron, asked about a phone hacking scandal during a visit to Africa, said on Tuesday that wrongdoing in the media...