Tag: Policies

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said on Friday the democratic government had allowed ‘others’ to evolve policies against the aspirations of Pakistanis. “People...

Punjab Assembly Acting Speaker Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan has said that Pakistan is in dire need of trade instead of aid and initiative of...

Automobile Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) have sought long-term and consistent policies in the upcoming budget in order to devise a market and investment strategy...

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that the Government has formulated policies to provide all facilities to local as well as foreign...

ABU DHABI - Iran should reconsider its policies in the region and respect the unity of Gulf countries, the UAE foreign minister said Wednesday in Abu Dhabi, amid heightened regional tension. "Iran should reconsider its policies in the region," Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the Gulf Cooperation Council, told a news conference after an annual GCC and European Union ministerial meeting.
And it "should respect the unity and

ISLAMABAD - Even though Higher Education Commission (HEC) has issued clear guidelines for the implementation of anti-sexual harassment policies, the universities have not sent back any information to confirm that committees are being formed as required by the law to curb the problems related to harassment.
This was revealed here on Tuesday during the meeting of Implementation Watch Committee of the National Commission on the Status of Women.
The Watch Committee's objective

ISLAMABAD - Discontinuity in government policies was a major reason for the lack of economic progress, President Asif Zardari said on Saturday. Addressing a gathering at the 94th National Management course, the president said as public servants belonging to various groups, they had an important role to play in the formulation and implementation of public policies.
The president said the private sector must take the ownership of policies regardless of which political government

LAHORE - The Punjab chief minister's (CM) wrong policies have deprived thousands of students from appearing in the Matriculation examinations, former Punjab CM Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said on Monday. The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader said that the "revolutionary education policies" of the CM have put the future of thousands of students at stake. He said that the authorities concerned had made the students suffer on the issue of roll number slips while the CM was busy in

ISLAMABAD - The Senate Standing Committee on Finance on Thursday called the monetary and credit policies announced by the State Bank of Pakistan during the last four years against rules for being in violation of the State Bank of Pakistan Act, as no meeting of Fiscal and Monetary Policies Coordination Board was held since 2007.
The committee, which met with Senator Ahmad Ali in the chair, criticised the SBP's announcement of monetary and credit policies without approval of the

LAHORE - Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) Chairman Sohail Lashari has demanded the government play a greater role to deal with stagnant industrial activity, rising unemployment and the escalating prices of everyday items.
He urged the government come up with a solution to the economic stagnation of the country. He stated that the acute energy crisis has crippled the industrial sector leaving industrialists with no option but to shut down industrial

ISLAMABAD - The Board of Investment (BOI) Chairman Saleem Mindiviwalla has said that Pakistan's investment policies are amicable and better than neighbouring countries including India. "Our policies are liberal and perfect but the issue is their implementation. We register companies on fast track basis", Saleem Mindiviwalla said in an interview.
He stated that the primary purpose of the BOI was to raise investment related matters, not dealt conventionally, in the board. He added

LAHORE: Flawed policies of the federal government are shattering the confidence of the masses and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has failed to show a commitment in resolving the problems of the nation, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Pervaiz Malik said on Monday in a press release.
He said that the federal government was playing havoc with the country and was busy in hurting the business community and the common man. Pervaiz said