Tag: Powers

Senate committee for legislation to cripple KPT’s spending powers

The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) is in hot waters as a sub-committee of the senate’s standing committee on ports and shipping has started probing...

International powers conspiring assassination: Altaf

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that international powers are hatching conspiracy for the division of Pakistan, a private TV channel...

Rangers seek extended policing powers for durable peace in city

Pakistan Rangers Sindh Director General (DG) Maj Gen Ijaz Chaudhry has demanded the government to extend the paramilitary force’s special powers until durable peace...

Serena powers past Azarenka

Serena Williams powered into the last 16 of the US Open on Saturday, reinforcing her status as favourite to cement her return from life-threating...

Campbell-Brown: Powers to 200m world title

Jamaica’s two-time Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown stormed to victory in the women’s 200m Friday, denying American Allyson Felix a historic fourth consecutive world title....

Rangers’ powers extended for three more months

With no end in sight to unabated violence in the city, the provincial government on Thursday granted extension of three more months in the...

Rangers get extraordinary powers in Karachi

Government has extended its previous orders to give extraordinary authority to the rangers for three months. The Provincial Home Department has issued the notification in...

Western powers target Assad with UN sanctions

European nations and the United States pressed Wednesday for UN sanctions against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and his entourage for their deadly crackdown on...

HP Services powers Credit Card System for Faysal Bank

HP today announced that Pakistan’s Faysal Bank has signed a five-year outsourcing services contract with HP Enterprise Services. Faysal Bank was looking to expand...

Euro zone parliaments seen approving rescue fund powers

The euro zone's financial rescue fund seems set to win parliamentary approval by mid-October for expanded powers to help member states in difficulty despite...

Emerging powers urge restraint in Syria

Emerging powers India, Brazil and South Africa urged Syria's regime to show restraint and respect for human rights at a meeting in Damascus with...

Police, Rangers get more powers in DHA’s new security plan

Keeping in view the increasing crime rate in areas coming under the Defence Housing Authority (DHA), the authority, for the first time, has officially...

Western powers boost Libyan rebels at Istanbul talks

Western and regional powers looked to boost Libyan rebels battling to topple Moamer Gaddafi by designating them Friday as the country's legitimate rulers, a...

Resounding ‘yes’ in Morocco to curbs on king’s powers

Moroccans have given a resounding “yes” vote to a new constitution proposed by King Mohammed VI, who offered reforms in a bid to quiet...

Morocco votes on curbing king’s powers

Moroccans voted on Friday in a referendum on curbing the near absolute powers of King Mohammed VI, who has offered reforms following protests inspired...

Govt wants to sit with MQM to resolve differences, says Firdous

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that the Pakistan People’s Party-led government wants to sit with the Mutahida...

KSE powers into fiscal year 2011-12

With the curtains drawing on FY11, the bulls led today’s trading session as the index climbed 72 points to close at 12,496 points. News...