Tag: Order

Halle Berry on Tuesday obtained a restraining order against a man who was taken into custody outside her home hours earlier, the third such...

Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq told the Supreme Court on Thursday that despite the suspension of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Additional Director General Zafar...

Order for the arrest of the Hindu priest who had demanded sacrificing five underage daughters of a Hindu couple was issued on Monday. The...

Expressing concerns over the deteriorating law and order across the country, Pakistan Muslim League-N leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said...

President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday urged the Balochistan government to take all possible steps for maintaining law and order in the province besides...

Maria Sharapova helped restore order at the French Open on Saturday after Roland Garros had been shellshocked by the loss of its top two...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday withdrew its earlier order in which it had restrained the Balochistan government from issuing or renewing exploration or mining...

ISLAMABAD - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday released a programme note on Pakistan, saying the real GDP growth was unlikely to exceed 2.8 percent during the current fiscal year due to adverse security developments which continue to hurt domestic and foreign investor's confidence, while electricity shortages continue to prevent the economy from achieving its potential. The IMF programme note said the fiscal policy had been affected by low economic activity and a difficult

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Monday directed Balochistan chief secretary to appear before it today (Tuesday) and explain as to what measures province had taken to protect the life and property of the people there. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was hearing a petition filed by President Balochistan High Court Bar Association against the incidents of target killings, kidnapping for

LAHORE - The semifinal loss to India in the World Cup continues to rankle Pakistan's ODI captain Shahid Afridi who said it was a mistake to position himself in the lower-half of the batting order in the high-voltage game.
"I am not a born captain and I also make mistakes. I made mistakes in the World Cup particularly in the semi-final at Mohali. I should have gone up the order like Mahendra Singh Dhoni did against Sri Lanka in the final at Mumbai," Afridi said on a TV programme.

CAIRO - More than 1,000 protestors ignored an army order to leave Cairo's main square on Sunday, taking their calls for a quick move to civilian rule and a deeper purge of corrupt officials into a third day.
Barbed wire blocked roads into Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the protests that toppled President Hosni Mubarak on Feb. 11.
Protesters cried "revolution, revolution" and brandished an effigy of Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, who heads the military council now

KARACHI - A law and order cell has been set up at Chief Minister's House, said an official announcement on Saturday. It will function round the clock under the supervision of additional secretary (Admin.) of the Chief Minister's House, Abdul Hafeez Umrani.
The telephone numbers of cell are: 021-99207349-50 and 021- 99202051-5. The fax numbers are: 021-99202085 and 021-99202000.
PROVINCIAL CENSUS CELL: A provincial census cell has also been set up at the Chief Minister's

LAHORE - The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) on Sunday dispelled reports about stay order against the construction of Liberty Park and Ride Plaza. LDA Legal Advisor Waqar A Sheikh said that no stay order has been granted by any court against construction of the plaza.
He said that all arrangements have been finalised and auction of shops will be held on Wednesday, April 6, according to the revised schedule in wake of public interest in the cricket World Cup matches. Sheikh

ISLAMABAD - A Bench of the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) comprising CCP Chairperson Ms Rahat Kaunain Hassan, and Dr Joseph Wilson, (Member), has passed an order in the matter of Cinepax Limited ('Cinepax').
Taking a compliance-oriented approach and while finding a past violation, the CCP Bench agreed to accept Cinepax's offer to arrange five showings for the underprivileged on their biggest screen, in lieu of their violation, says a press release. The CCP had received

ISLAMABAD - Senators from Balochistan on Friday put their voice together to draw the government's attention towards the "very alarming" law and order situation in the province. Speaking on points of order in the Senate, Senator Ismail Buledi, Hasil Bazenjo, Rehana Yahya Baloch, Lashkari Raisani, Kalsoom Perveen and Mohabbat Khan Marri expressed their concern over the killing of innocent people and asked the government to do the needful for the betterment in Balochistan. "Mutilated

ISLAMABAD - A petition was moved in the Supreme Court (SC) to review the court's March 1 order regarding the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Amended Ordinance of 2010. The court, on March 1, had dismissed the writ petitions against the NAB Amended Ordinance 2010. Applicant Shahid Orakza, who had challenged the NAB Amended Ordinance 2010, filed a review petition on the court's decision on Thursday. He questioned whether the SC could ignore an alleged violation of the constitution

MOHALI - Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul hopes Shoaib Akhtar is given one last chance to show what he can do against India in Wednesday's World Cup semi-final. Akhtar, who will retire from international cricket after the World Cup, has featured in just three matches during Pakistan's run to the semi-finals. And it seemed his last outing at this level would be a wretched return of one for 70 in a 110-run group stage thrashing by New Zealand in Pallekelle three weeks ago.
However,