Tag: Powers

ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday said the Sindh Rangers and Sindh Police had been vested with powers to take action against law breakers.
"The recent action in Orangi Town in Karachi was a law-enforcement measure in the same context. It was directed against anti-social elements and land grabbers. No operation, as has been claimed in some sections of the press, has been launched in Karachi," Malik said.
According to a press release, the law-enforcement

CAPE TOWN - A burst of powerful hitting by Yusuf Pathan spurred India to a thrilling two-wicket win in the third one-day international against South Africa at Newlands on Tuesday.
Chasing a target of 221, India were struggling at 93 for five before Pathan launched a savage assault against South African off-spinners Johan Botha and JP Duminy. On a pitch where most batsmen found it difficult to play positive strokes, Pathan, making his first appearance in the series, struck 59 off

KARACHI - Bowing to MQM's demands, the Sindh government has decided to give special powers to Karachi district and town administrators for utilising development funds on their own.
The decision was taken after the coalition partner in the Sindh government demanded Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to release development funds of the City District Government Karachi (CDGK), which is facing several problems in having them released, reliable sources told Pakistan Today.
The MQM

KARACHI: The devolution of federal departments to the provinces under the 18th Amendment is being done without assigning financial powers that will be unacceptable, the Sindh chief minister said on Friday.
"The federal government wants to transfer the departments without financial powers, and the Sindh government will not withdraw from its constitutional rights," Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah said while presiding over a meeting held here to review progress on devolution of

ISLAMABAD: Seeking sweeping powers for tax authorities against the tax evaders and approval of 10 percent surcharge on income tax, the government tabled the General Sales Tax Act 2010 in parliament on Friday.
Amidst the rumpus by the opposition in the House, Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh moved the bill, saying the federal government was in an immediate need of additional local resources to relieve pressure on the budget caused by extraordinary

HANOI: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Friday he would visit India later this year, stressing there was "enough space in the world" for both the giant nations to prosper despite a backdrop of frosty ties.
"I will pay a visit to India by the end of this year," Wen said during talks with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of a Southeast Asia summit in the Vietnamese capital. Border disputes, a short war in 1962 and the presence in India of Tibet's spiritual

ROME: Global powers on Monday gave their backing to Afghanistan's efforts to negotiate with the Taliban and set conditions for the gradual handover of power from foreign troops to local security forces.
The high-level talks on Afghanistan in Rome brought together representatives from 46 countries and international organisations, including for the first time Iran and the OIC. "We want to go in this direction of a realistic aim which is sufficient stability for Afghanistan and