Tag: Prime Minister

Collective shame

The people factor is critical There is no dearth of events happening in the country that would put the nation to collective shame. One such...

Accountability bill to be tabled with consensus: PM

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday said that there was no political prisoner in Pakistan, adding that his government would bring an accountability...

After president, Greek PM also gives up salary

Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has followed in the path of President Carolos Papoulias by giving up his salary to help ease Greece’s debt burden,...

The peace process

It must go on Thirteen is considered an unlucky number. But 13 years ago in February, 1999 something fortunate took place. This was the month...

Memogate and the state of the State

According to Mansoor Ijaz, he got the unsigned memo delivered to Adm Mike Mullen as asked for by Ambassador Husain Haqqani on behalf of...

BISP Sehat Card major step towards welfare state: PM

The government will launch Benazir Sehat Card under Benazir Income Support Programme by end of March to provide health insurance to the poor families....

PM presents Rs10m cheque for school construction

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani presented a cheque of Rs10 million to Dr Alexander John Malik, Bishop of Lahore at PM’s House here...

PM presents Rs10m cheque for school construction

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani presented a cheque of Rs10 million to Dr Alexander John Malik, Bishop of Lahore at PM’s House here...

Integration, interrupted

The chance the Baloch were never given A couple of days ago, I was amazed when a so-called analyst said on a television channel that...

CDA fails to complete final loop of Zero Point interchange

Despite lapse of several deadlines, the cash-strapped Capital Development Authority (CDA) is still finding it hard to complete the under-construction loop at Zero Point...

PM invites C’wealth observers to monitor general elections

Secretary General Commonwealth, Kamlesh Sharma called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani here on Friday at PM’s House and expressed his deep sense...

Business train to be launched on 25th

Pakistan Railways in a presentation Friday to the Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani at the Prime Minister’s House disclosed that Business Express Train...

On the trilateral summit

Three’s not a crowd The trilateral summit between Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran has helped in bringing the three Islamic neighbours and stakeholders in the region...

The villainous cover-ups

The decline is steep and remedies extinct The word governance in Pakistan has become synonymous with everything degenerate. While the hapless people are pounded with...

Gilani’s innocence

Not it, he says While Prime Minister Gilani might really be innocent as he claims, the arguments he advances would have few takers outside the...

Bowing out

And knowing when to leave To be fair to the ISI chief, he has not himself asked for another extension. So the blame for propagating...

Diplomatic reshuffle

Change of guard at the Foreign Office There will be a change of guard at the Foreign Office early next month when Jalil Abbas Jilani,...