Tag: Pervez

President took revenge from nation: Nisar

Opposition Leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Friday that President Asif Ali Zardari has taken vengeance from the nation by imposing a new...

PAKISTAN GETS ITS NEW PM

After a week of political chaos, backchannel contacts, palatial intrigues and covert deals, lady luck finally smiled on Raja Pervez Ashraf on Friday as...

Federal government responsible for anarchy, unrest: PML-N

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Lahore President & Member National Assembly (MNA) Muhammad Pervez Malik has said that the federal government is responsible for the...

PML-N will resist move to provide security to Musharraf: Pervez Rasheed

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Senator Pervez Rasheed has said that his party will not allow the government to provide security to former dictator...

NAB interrogates Pervez Ashraf, others in RPPs scam

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) summoned Minister for Information & Technology Raja Pervez Ashraf in the rental power projects (RPPs) case on Friday and...

Musharraf expresses deep concern over dengue situation in Punjab

Former president Pervez Musharraf has expressed deep concern over the spread of dengue virus in Punjab. In a statement the former President said that...

Pervez Group wins RCCI polls unopposed

Mian Pervez Aslam Group won The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) elections unopposed as its rival candidates withdraw their nomination papers on...

USC to offer Rs 2 billion package in Ramazan: Pervaiz

Senior Federal Minister Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi has said that government is giving special Ramazan package costing Rs two billion to the people through utility...

India favourites? Imran is wrong: Pervez Rasheed

LAHORE - Senator Pervaiz Rashid of the Pakistan Muslim League-N has expressed his surprise and anguish over the statement of Imran Khan declaring Indian cricket team as favorite for the forthcoming semi-final of World Cup 2011.
He said that it does not behoove a Pakistani politician to predict victory of Indian cricket team over Pakistan. He said that former Pakistan cricket team captain Imran Khan has hurt the sentiments of 160 million people of Pakistan by showing his lack of

Govt to sanction only 700MW RPPs, says Pervez Ashraf

ISLAMABAD - The government will sanction rental power plants (RPPs) for the production of only 700 megawatts of electricity, instead of the planned 1,950MW, Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf said on Monday.
Talking to reporters at the National Press Club, he said the government had decided not to implement expensive rental power plants. He said several projects had been delayed by adverse travel advisories.
Ashraf said electricity load shedding would

Pervez Malik denounces proposal of GST

LAHORE: Muslim League (N) MNA and renowned industrialist Muhammad Pervez Malik has condemned the proposal of reformed General Sales Tax (GST) and two percent increase in the electricity tariff and said that the government has acted as a deaf ear to strong protests by the Chambers of Commerce & Industry and other industrial associations across the country.
He maintained that PML-N strongly supports demands of the business community on these issues.
Pervez Malik said that

Pervez Ashraf promises to ramp up power production

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf, while discussing achievements of the present government, revealed that 1700 Mega Watt electricity had been added to the system since he had taken charge, and said that a further 1000 to 1200 MW would be installed in the coming three to four months.
Addressing a ceremony, he said that the government was making optimal use of its available resources to overcome the power crisis.
"Power is a public utility and is the