Tag: Privatisation
Privatisation tsar embarks on quest to revive economy
Mohammad Zubair was on a cruise dinner with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Thailand when he was offered the hardest job of his life:...
Privatisation of national institutions? Are you kidding me?
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan Ameer Syed Munawar Hassan has said that privatisation of national institutions would snatch away livelihood from 0.6 million families, further adding...
Privatisation of institutions govt’s issue, SC won’t intervene
The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) has said privatization of national institutions was a government-related issue and the court would not intervene in the...
Govt not considering PR’s privatisation: Saad Rafique
Pakistan Railways (PR) Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique on Sunday said that the government was not considering privatising the railways.
Talking to media personnel, he said...
Govt prepares list of state-owned entities for privatisation
The government has prepared a list of the state-owned entities for privatisation which are causing billion of rupees losses to the national exchequer. Sources...
Govt set to sell off PSO, PSM, other entities
The government is set to sell off public sector companies to improve their performance.
Board of Investment Chairman Muhammad Zubair revealed this to journalists during...
Privatisation of Sanitation System: Workers threaten to start province-wide protests
Sanitary workers staged a protest demonstration against the privatisation of the Sanitation Department. According to sources, sanitary workers gathered in front of Rawalpindi Press...
PM to resist PSM privatisation
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has expressed his strong resolve to resist privatization of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) against all odds.
Addressing an event regarding...
Workers besiege FESCO headquarters to protest privatisation
Perturbed by imminent fast-track privatisation process, thousands of Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) employees from eight districts on Wednesday continued to besiege FESCO Headquarters...
Wapda employees rally against privatisation
Hundreds of Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) employees and workers of the labour unions staged a sit-in demonstration outside the Parliament House against...
‘Privatisation be damned!’
Pakistan Railways (PR) workers brought out a protest rally and staged a sit-in outside the Railways Headquarter to express their resentment over the proposed...
Time for hard but necessary decisions
With privatisation of sick public sector enterprises (PSEs) off the table and the trade gap widening, the government’s fiscal space is going to come...
Delaying the inevitable?
Not being privatised
In the brave new world that followed the end of history, many have remarked how the labels of left and right are...
SC dismisses pleas against HBL’s privatisation
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed identical pleas against the privatisation of Habib Bank Limited (HBL), declaring the privatisation of the bank in accordance...
JI condemns MFN status to India
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Munawar Hasan expressed concern over the government’s plan to privatise the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) in a statement released...
Making elephants dance
The recent announcement of privatising the state owned enterprises depicts the inability of the government towards solving the current issues faced by Railways, PIA...
Making elephants dance
Prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in his address to Rawalpindi chamber of commerce stated that the government intends to solve the management issues of...
