Tag: Options

West African leaders meet with few options on Ivory Coast

ABUJA - West African leaders met in the final day of a summit on Thursday under pressure to take action over Ivory Coast amid reports that thousands more people were fleeing fighting in the crisis-ridden nation. Leaders from West African bloc ECOWAS were expected to issue a statement on the Ivory Coast crisis later in the day, after Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said they may ask the United Nations to take further action. The summit comes three months after 15-nation ECOWAS

DreamWorks options movie rights to WikiLeaks books

LOS ANGELES - The DreamWorks studio has optioned movie rights to a pair of books about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his controversial website that is bent on revealing government secrets, company officials said on Thursday.
One of the books is 'WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy' by journalists David Leigh and Luke Harding. The other is 'Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website' by Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a defector

US examining ‘full range of options’ for Libya: Obama

WASHINGTON/AL-UQAYLA/CARACAS - The United States is examining the "full range of options" in dealing with Libya, President Barack Obama said on Thursday, saying he did not want to be "hamstrung."
"In addition to the nonmilitary actions that we've taken, I want to make sure that those full range of options are available to me," he said. Asked whether that included the imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya, he said, "That is one of the options that we would be looking at."

MQM keeps all options open

KARACHI - Among the mainstream parties operating in Sindh, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) is the smartest and most shrewd operator - and for this reason, comes across as slippery. The MQM's official posturing, till now, has been to distance itself from the politicking of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), but Monday's Sindh Assembly session proved that there is more than meets the eye.
More hand a dozen MPAs from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) slammed the crafty

Bringing Musharraf back – Govt explores varing options

ISLAMABAD - The government on Saturday explored various options to bring former president Pervez Musharraf back to Pakistan in case he did not appear before the Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court on February 19 for his alleged involvement in Benazir Bhutto's murder. Interior Minister Rehman Malik chaired a high-level meeting at the FIA headquarters attended by the investigation team probing the murder and senior FIA officials.
A source in the FIA told Pakistan Today that the meeting

Government looking at ‘other options’ to bridge fiscal deficit

ISLAMABAD - Following a refusal by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to revive the suspended $11.3 billion standby arrangement until economic reforms are implemented, the government has started looking at other options to meet its rising fiscal deficit.
An official source said that at present, the government was in a stable position, as exports were expected to increase to $22 billion and remittances of $10 billion were estimated during the current financial year. "With these

Government running out of options on petrol pricing

KARACHI - Given the sharp rise in international crude oil prices escalating to $101 per barrel due to instability in Egypt and Tunisia, the government is fast running out of options with regards to keeping product prices stable; the reduction in petroleum development levy (PDL) for two months only is estimated to have cost the government revenue kitty to the tune of Rs 12 to 13 billion.
If the PDL is maintained at current levels for the rest of the fiscal year cumulative

Limited options dog African panel on I Coast crisis

ADDIS ABABA - A high-level panel named by the African Union faces an uphill battle in agreeing a unified stand on Ivory Coast's political crisis and has limited new options to offer the country's two rival leaders.
Divisions were laid bare at the two-day AU summit that ended Monday, with the leaders agreeing to set up a panel made up of the presidents of Burkina Faso, Chad, South Africa, Mauritania and Tanzania to work out an exit strategy. AU commission chief Jean Ping said last

Workshop on water issues and options

KARACHI - Considering water as lifeline of Pakistan's sustainable development, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) would organise a two-day workshop on 'Water - Issues and Options' in Islamabad.
In a statement issued Friday, IUCN Pakistan Education, Communication and Outreach Programme Officer George Sadiq stated that the organisation undertook a study on the issues and options for the upper and lower riparian of the Indus River and based on it and several

After the PPP-MQM breakup, other parties weigh up options

LAHORE - After Mutahidda Qaumi Movement's breakaway from the coalition government, opposition parties have yet to come up with a decisive strategy to decide the fate of embattled PPP-led government.
According to sources, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz group has planned not to give vote of confidence to the prime minister. Political parties, especially MQM chief Altaf Hussain intensified their contacts with other parties. PML-Quaid group did not show any reaction.
PTI believed

MQM to consider options in meeting today

KARACHI: MQM Rabita Committee has convened an emergency joint meeting of its members in Karachi and London for today (Wednesday) to discuss the changing political situation in the country after the JUI-F parted ways with the government on Tuesday.
"The evolving situation after the departure of the JUI-F, the attitude of the PPP government, the MQM's reservations and other important issues will be discussed in the meeting. A statement would be issued after the meeting about the

Reforms body down to two options to incorporate SC directives

ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms (PCCR) is considering two options to incorporate the Supreme Court's recommendations on Article 175-A, which deals with the mechanism for the appointment of judges.
In its meeting on Tuesday, the committee discussed options that included a constitutional amendment and a resolution to be adopted in the joint session of parliament to give effect to the recommendations of the Supreme Court.
Talking to reporters

Reforms body reviews options to amend 175A

ISLAMABAD: Parliament's Special Committee for Constitutional Reforms on Wednesday reviewed the rules framed by the National Judicial Commission, besides discussing various constitutional options available to amend Article 175A.
Talking to reporters after chairing the meeting, Raza Rabbani said the Supreme Court had referred the Article 175A of the 18th Amendment to the parliamentary committee for further evaluation, however, the committee cannot give any timeframe to finalise its