Tag: Permission

SC gives conditional permission for cutting trees in Lahore

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has given conditional permission for cutting of trees for construction of a road adjacent to the bank of BRB...

Govt seeks SC permission to make criminals’ names public

The Interior Ministry will make public names of all criminals nabbed during search operation by security forces in Karachi after getting permission from the...

Sarabjit Singh wants court’s permission for yoga in jail

Lahore High Court Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry called on Thursday for a report by September 20 from the Kot Lakhpat Jail medical...

Scientists seek permission to dig up Shakespeare’s grave

Scientists have applied for permission to exhume the body of William Shakespeare, hoping to establish how he died. A team of paleontologists say they have...

Afridi’s lawyer writes to PCB for County permission

After rejection from the Pakistan Cricket Board, former captain Shahid Afridi has approached his lawyer to find out a legal way to get permission...

CPM denied permission to hold procession

LAHORE - Christian Progressive Movement (CPM) Chairwoman Naila J Diyal condemned the Punjab government for not allowing her organisation to hold a procession at Nasir Bagh on April 10 to highlight their community's issues.
Diyal said her organisation had submitted a request in this regard to the Lahore district coordination officer, Lahore police chief and Pakistan Housing Authority director general on March 28 but was denied permission to hold the event on Tuesday.
She said

MQM not granted permission for rally at Minar-e-Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - The Punjab government has refused to grant permission to the MQM to organise a public rally at Minar-e-Pakistan on April 10 due to security reasons. Security agencies had submitted the report to the provincial government that MQM's public rally at Minar-e-Pakistan might be targeted by terrorists.
Keeping in view the report of the Home Department, the government of Punjab declined MQM's request. When contacted, MQM leader and Rabita Committee member Wasih Jalil told

Safron suggests govt seek permission to grow poppy

ISLAMABAD - The Standing Committee of Senate on States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Wednesday asked the government to negotiate and seek permission from the United Nations and the world community for poppy cultivation in the country for medicinal purposes.
"Poverty in FATA and some regions of the Khyber Pukhtunkwa is extremely high and their land is very fertile for poppy cultivation. Given the economic vulnerability of the people, the government should negotiate with the world

Qureshi calls up Krishna to seek permission for cotton export

ISLAMABAD - Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his Indian counterpart on Saturday talked to each other over telephone and discussed the Pak-India dialogue, cotton export to Pakistan and other bilateral issues.
According to media reports, Qureshi made the call Krishna to discuss issues of mutual interest. The foreign minister told Krishna that India should give permission of exporting 100 million bales of cotton to Pakistan.
The Pakistani textile industry has placed

Five cricketers get permission for World Cup shoots

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has finally permitted its five leading players to travel to Malaysia for a commercial shoot regarding the 2011 World Cup. An official of the board confirmed that Shahid Afridi, Younus Khan, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul and Abdul Razzaq had been given permission to travel to Malaysia for two days for the shoot.
"The board has allowed them permission after the national training camp ended in Lahore. Another reason is that the beverages company

PHF to seek govt permission for India series

LAHORE: Pakistan Hockey Federation is seeking permission from the government to organise the Pakistan and India hockey test series at the neutral venue of Dubai.
According to an official of the PHF, the board has gotten clearance from the Sports Minister, Interior Ministry and Foreign Ministry to go head on with India in the field of hockey. He further stated that the Indian Hockey Federation would also go through the same routine after showing its willingness to play against

Opp protests after NA speaker denies permission to table resolution

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi on Thursday belied the myth that the speaker was impartial, as he became a party against the opposition by again stopping it from moving a resolution to reject spiraling prices of the petroleum products as well as other commodities.
As opposition parties protested with bench-thumping and sloganeering against what they called anti-people policies of the government, the deputy speaker ignored their protest and hurriedly