Tag: Prime Minister

College teachers mulling series of protests for promotions

The teachers of the federal government colleges who have been waiting for their promotions for the last one year have planned a massive rally...

Country hurtles towards 2012 polls

The government has won temporary respite in its bid to cling onto office but early polls are inevitable as the army and judiciary plot...

We are committed to empowering women: Gilani

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Friday that the government was committed to empowering women through education. The prime minister was addressing the Lahore...

Objection, m’lord!

Rein in the rabble-rousers, please At the end of the first day of the Supreme Court hearing for the contempt notice issued to the prime...

The trap

Hurtling towards the inevitable The NRO implementation case before the Supreme Court may be crawling towards its end, but not without causing immense consternation among...

The system must go on

A win for democracy is a win for everyone In contrast to the assault that was mounted against the apex court when former Prime Minister...

The shot’s been fired

Can the bullet be deflected? After tumultuous and prolonged priming of the trigger, the apex court has finally pulled it. On Friday, the Honourable Prime...

Institutional role conflict

Moderation and restraint is the call of the day The threat of military takeover, discussed in the political circles on 11 January, has been averted,...

If Zardari must hang

Everyone else should too Top leaders of Pakistan Army decided in a meeting last week that they would make no compromises on ‘national security’, and...

This League and that

Confusion all around Will the real PML(N) please stand up? This is getting rather troublesome. Is it the League of post-exile Nawaz Sharif, who seems...

Industrial stakeholders mull over energy crisis

Industrial stakeholders are all set to suggest a way forward on energy crisis to the government which is to be finalised at the taskforce...

Again?

Once more into the breach dear friends... Are we condemned, then, to repeat history? Does the current gathering storm contain within it an all too...

What good is ‘Roti, Kapra aur Makaan’ without natural gas?

Although Sindh and Balochistan are larger producers of natural gas in the country, with at least 69 percent and 17 percent, respectively, the Sui...

‘The Iron Lady’ should have been delayed

Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday "The Iron Lady" should have been delayed until after Margaret Thatcher's death, as the film showing the former...

A reckless pursuit

On conflict course, the government fights for survival The reported decision by the People’s Party high command not to abide by the directive of the...

Ex-secy information passes away

Press Secretary to the Prime Minister Akram Shaheedi and former information secretaries Khawaja Ijaz Sarwar and Syed Anwar Mehmood have expressed their deep sorrow...

PM announces Rs 1m for O-Levels student

Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday announced a Rs 1 million award for Syed Zohaib Asad due to his outstanding performance in...