Tag: Ordinance

Zardari discusses post-LG Ordinance situation with Altaf

President Asif Zardari on Saturday telephoned Muttahida Qaumi Movement Chairman Altaf Hussain and discussed the situation emerging from the promulgation of the new local...

Sindh’s new LG system challenged in SC

Supreme Court (SC) has been moved against the new local bodies system promulgated in Sindh through an ordinance by the Sindh government. A petition has...

ANP rejects Sindh People’s Local Government Ordinance

The Awami National Party (ANP) has rejected the Sindh People’s Local Government Ordinance (SPLGO) 2012. In a statement issued on Friday, ANP spokesman Zahid...

LG Ordinance aimed at dividing Sindh

Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has rejected the new Local Government ordinance, calling it “Sindh’s division on administrative lines”....

Sindh nationalists give strike call against new LB ordinance

Sindh’s nationalist parties will observe a strike on September 13 against the promulgation of new Local Body Ordinance in the province, Sindh United Party...

PPP, MQM agree on LG Ordinance, finally!

The Pakistan People’s Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Thursday reached consensus over the provisions of the Sindh local government ordinance after hectic...

Deadlock over Sindh LG Ordinance

Deadlock persists between the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and its coalition partner, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) over the Sindh Local Government Ordinance 2012...

Tick tock?

Musical chairs for PMs The Supreme Court continues to follow relentlessly the course it has chosen regarding the NRO implementation case. The law abiding citizens...

President taken to court over ordinance legalising Gilani’s actions

The ordinance issued by President Asif Ali Zardari to give constitutional cover to the actions of former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani after April...

It’s all legal!

President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday issued an ordinance to prevent actions taken in the past two months by former PM Yousaf Raza Gilani,...

President witnesses signing of ordinance

President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday witnessed the signing ceremony of an Ordinance to upgrade Sindh Medical College (SMC) to the level of Sindh...

Prof Tariq appointed as new SMUK VC

Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan has appointed Prof Dr Tariq Rafi as the first vice chancellor of Sindh Medical University Karachi. Announcing the name...

PM convicted under non-existent contempt ordinance, says Khosa

Punjab Governor Latif Khan Khosa said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gillani was punished under a contempt of court ordinance which did...

Scores protest against PML-N for opposing renewal of IR Ordinance

In what seemed to be a tit-for-tat reply to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) attempts to exploit political issues, the federal government on Thursday...

Companies Ordinance 1984 to be replaced

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has decided to replace the 27 year old Companies Ordinance 1984 with a new company’s law,...

Commerce bodies want trade ordinance annulled

Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) and Saarc Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SAARC CCI) has demanded that the government overturn...

Young doctors protest against Health Ordinance

Young Doctors Association (YDA) on Sunday staged a protest demonstration, rejecting the Essential Health Service Ordinance of 2011 and warned of a long march...