Tag: Orders

KARACHI - Orders to kill journalist Wali Babar were issued by some "influential people" living in South Africa but who have connections in Karachi, according to a report prepared by a joint investigation team (JIT) probing the case and the five suspects that have been arrested thus far.
Babar was murdered in broad daylight on January 13, 2011, with former provincial home minister Zulfiqar Mirza assuring the journalist community that his killers will be nabbed.
Five men

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to take action against the accused involved in over Rs 22 billion corruption in Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM). A three-member Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was hearing the case of massive corruption in PSM. The court also directed the industries secretary to continue supervising the investigations. During the

KARACHI - In a video conference arranged at the Sindh Chief Minister's House on Wednesday, Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah directed all district coordination officers (DCOs) of the province to carry out their responsibilities with dedication. Shah said that all DCOs with powers under the Price Control Act should try to control price hike in their respective districts and take prompt action against profiteers. He said that the local government must implement the education policy since the

KARACHI - Dilawar Fareed Baig, a relative of former Sindh home minister Zulfiqar Mirza, has been removed from the post of Director Training and Development at Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) under the Supreme Court's ruling on superannuation. It has been learnt that Baig was granted extension for two years during the former PIA managing director Ejaz Haroon's period, but now he had to leave after crossing the age limit approved by the apex court.
The airlines' Chief

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Higher Education Commission (HEC) to restore all its privileges and to keep operating until the amendment in the law prevails.
The court was hearing petitions against dissolution of the HEC.
The Attorney General, Maulvi Anwar-ul-Haq told the court that the commission still existed and with consultation from educational experts and vice chancellors a new law would be constituted for HEC.

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Friday directed the government to recover the money within one week from all pilgrims, including journalists, who had undertaken the Haj pilgrimage from the national exchequer.
A six-member SC bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was hearing a suo motu case against alleged corruption in the Haj arrangements. The court also directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to register criminal cases against the officials of the

KARACHI - Sindh Home Minister Zulfiqar Ali Mirza directed the Inspector General of Police on Sunday to ensure foolproof security measures in Larkana for the 32nd death anniversary of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto today (Monday).
"Necessary steps need to be taken to thwart any security breach as leaders and workers of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) will gather in Ghari Khuda Bux in large numbers to pay homage to their great revolutionary leader," he said in the directive issued to the

LAHORE - The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has defied orders of the president of Pakistan. The SNGPL MD had assured the president that industry will be supplied gas for five days a week from March onwards. Poor management from SNGPL has triggered a potential loss of $1.0 billion in exports and has rendered millions of workers jobless.
The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) spokesman lamented that SNGPL was adamant on destroying the textile industry by

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday gave 10 days to the federal and Punjab governments to recover two Pakistani families which went missing after they granted pardon to CIA contractor Raymond Davis on March 16 in exchange for blood money.
Justice Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry expressed annoyance when a federal law officer sought three weeks to submit the reply on part of the federal government. The judge inquired, "Why is the government seeking adjournment after

KARACHI - The Sindh government has issued strict orders for security of all political parties' offices and political and religious gatherings across the province after the Swabi and Charsadda incidents. Issuing orders to Sindh inspector general of police (IGP), Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Ali Mirza said that extraordinary security should be provided to all mosques, imambargahs and other places of worship. Mirza directed the IGP to maintain tight security and vigilance on April 4 on the

LAHORE - The City District Government Lahore (CDGL) is not implementing the orders of Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif by pending ownership rights to the residents of 65 katchi abadies (slum localities) over the last three years, Pakistan Today has learnt.
It is a pre-planned move to bring a bad name to the Khadam-e-Aala to inflict irreparable damage on his public welfare projects and let him down politically, a senior official in the Lahore DCO office told Pakistan Today. "The CDGL's

LAHORE - Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Muhammad Aslam Tareen said that in order to eliminate the dens of narcotics and to reduce drug use in the city, enforcement teams have been constituted at divisional level under the supervision of SP, SHO, ANF HC, excise inspector and drug inspector. In this connection, a third meeting of Multi-Sectoral Task Force for Lahore Drug Free City Project was held at Capital City Police Headquarters under the chairmanship of the CCPO, who is also

TOKYO - Japan's trade ministry ordered nuclear power plant operators to take immediate steps to improve emergency preparedness and will review energy policies to promote renewable sources and ease power shortages as it grapples with a nuclear safety crisis.
The ministry said on Wednesday that nuclear plants would be required by mid-April to deploy back-up mobile power generators and fire trucks able to pump water, while beefing up training programmes and manuals, aiming to avoid

KARACHI - Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza has ordered the IGP to investigate the reasons for the fire that destroyed the shops located in the historic Empress Market in Saddar area on Sunday.
He asked the IGP to form an investigative team to look into the reasons behind the fire, which engulfed over hundred shops. The minister also directed the IGP to figure out ways - in consultation with the city government - to provide the affected shopkeepers alternative places to run

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered all provincial inspectors general of police to submit a comprehensive report on progress made so far in recovering the missing persons within a fortnight.
A three-member bench comprising Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed and Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali was hearing a suo motu case coupled with various pleas for the recovery of hundreds of missing persons, allegedly abducted by intelligence agencies.
Appearing on

LONDON - The British government has ordered all its diplomats to report any suspicion they may have about the UK terror suspects being tortured abroad.
The move comes in the wake of former President Pervez Musharraf interview last week that Britain gave Pakistan tacit approval of its interrogation techniques on terror suspects.
A British office source told Pakistan Today that Foreign Secretary William Hague warned all UK diplomats working overseas that they would personally

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday directed the Punjab inspector general of police (IGP) to look into the promotion matter of two DSPs and report by March 3. The IGP appeared in court after he was issued notice for not responding to summons. He tendered an unconditional apology and said he was not informed about the court notice by the officer concerned and a departmental inquiry had been initiated against that officer for negligence. The court accepted the apology and