Tag: Pressure
Pressure diplomacy
If the remarks attributed to Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar in reports coming from Washington are correct, she is dangerously out of step...
Partnership, not pressure
Pakistan warned the United States on Friday to keep its cool and cautioned that it risked losing an ally if it continued to accuse...
Yasmin succumbs to party pressure, retracts support to Nisar
Succumbing to pressure by her party leadership, Pakistan People’s Party MNA and member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Yasmin Rahman on Thursday retracted...
Brad and Angelina under pressure from kids to marry
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s children are “putting on the heat” for them to get married. The Hollywood couple have been together since 2005...
Give us the gas pressure we need, KESC asks SSGC
The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) on Tuesday asked the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) to supply adequate gas pressure at the power utility’s...
TV journalist sacked under political pressure
TV anchor Nusrat Javaid claimed on Hamid Mir’s Capital Talk show late on Friday that he had been sacked by Aaj TV and his...
ECB steps up pressure on Italy as debt worries grow
European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet told Italy's struggling center-right government to deliver on its promised austerity package, adding to international pressure on weakened...
Hollywood beauties slam cosmetic surgery pressure
Kate Winslet has declared that she is joining forces with her fellow British actresses Emma Thompson and Rachel Weisz to fight against Hollywood’s pressure...
High pressure on Sarkozy-Merkel euro zone talks
The leaders of France and Germany meet for high-pressure talks on Tuesday to discuss what further measures they can take to shore up investor...
Pressure on sewerage system set to rise
Burden on the already overloaded sewerage system of the city would increase in the near future, as the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has given...
UK’s Cameron under pressure over cuts after riots
Prime Minister David Cameron is under growing pressure to abandon plans to cut police funding, part of the government's austerity drive, after the worst...
West cranks up pressure on Syria after 22 killed
The US, French and German leaders pledged to consider new steps to punish Syria after security forces shot dead at least 22 people as...
James Murdoch under pressure over hacking testimony
News Corp executive James Murdoch was under pressure on Monday over his handling of a phone-hacking scandal that has hit the Murdoch family's media...
Pressure building on Karzai to hold grand jirga
Since Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s announcement to convene a meeting of the traditional Loya Jirga to discuss and decide the terms for US forces...
West ups pressure for UN action on Syria
Western governments ratcheted up the pressure for UN Security Council action against Syria on Wednesday with France branding blocking moves by China and Russia...
UK criticises some NATO members as Libya pressure mounts
Some European NATO members are not pulling their weight in the Libyan air campaign, Britain’s defence minister said on Wednesday in one of his...
Murdoch under pressure to reconsider British bid
Britain was looking for a way out of approving media baron Rupert Murdoch's multi-billion dollar deal to buy broadcaster BSkyB amid a phone-hacking scandal...
