Tag: PM

Malaysian PM to meet pope, eyes ties with Vatican

Prime Minister Najib Razak is due to meet Pope Benedict XVI mid-July as Malaysia embarks on a plan to establish diplomatic relations with the...

PM directs Sindh to provide land for wind power plants

After an assurance by the Norwegian wind power giant, Norwegian Energy Building Technology (NBT) that it could install 250 MW wind power project by...

Dictators not ousted for corruption: PM

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Tuesday that since the creation of Pakistan, democratic governments had been dismissed on baseless charges of corruption...

Malaysian PM to meet pope, eyes ties with Vatican

Prime Minister Najib Razak is due to meet Pope Benedict XVI mid-July as Malaysia embarks on a plan to establish diplomatic relations with the...

Welfare projects to be completed on priority basis: PM

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Tuesday that the primary focus of the government was the development of underdeveloped areas and bringing them...

President, PM greet Obama on Independence Day

President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday congratulated the United States President Barack Obama on his country’s independence day. In his message, Zardari expressed hope that...

Pak-US relations passing through critical phase: PM

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said the Pak-USA relations are a bit off-track and passing through a critical testing phase. Addressing the 236th Independence...

MQM’s grievances to be addressed: prime minister tells Shujaat

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Monday that the genuine grievances of MQM would be addressed and Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) would work...

PM reshuffles three federal secretaries

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday reshuffled three federal secretaries. Minorities and Interfaith Harmony Secretary Khwaja Siddque Akbar has been transferred and posted...

Lebanon to deal ‘responsibly’ with Hariri indictment: PM

Lebanon’s Hezbollah-dominated government will deal “responsibly and realistically” with a UN indictment issued Thursday in the 2005 murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, Prime Minister...

Iraqi PM to halve government size

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki wants to cut the number of ministries and ministerial positions by nearly half in an effort to improve government...

Iran completes 100km of gas pipeline project, PM told

Construction work on Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Project is underway and 1,100 kilometres of gas pipeline have been completed on the Iranian side and the...

Pakistan to facilitate Afghan reconciliation process: PM

Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistan is committed to play a facilitator’s role in the Afghan reconciliation process, aimed at restoring...

Completion of devolution process removed deprivation feeling among smaller provinces: PM

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani termed the approval of recommendations of the Implementation Commission on 18th Amendment by the Cabinet as “an unprecedented...

Implementation of 18th Amendment: Shahbaz seeks CCI meeting

Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif while expressing his concern over slow progress with regard to implementation on 18th constitutional amendments has written a...

PM calls for evolution of strategy to counter monsoon

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Saturday called for working out a strategy to face any possible challenges during the upcoming monsoon, asking the...

Kashmir is Pakistan’s jugular vein: PM

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday called Azad Jammu and Kashmir the “jugular vein of Pakistan” and assured its people of his complete...