Tag: Problems

TOBA TEK SINGH - Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Liaquat Baloch has said that fresh general elections were the only solution to the problems being faced by the country as the present democratic setup has failed to deliver and solve the problems of the people.
Addressing a press conference at the local JI office in Garden Town the other day, he stated that President Asif Ali Zardari should quit the presidential slot as he was not acceptable to the nation. He also demanded the

LAHORE - Sprite University of Freshology was launched in Lahore on Friday to promote "Fresh Thinking" by creating a youth engagement platform that aims to recognize youth problems in Pakistan and provide witty solutions to them.
The University of Freshology will collect 'maslas' of all nature through SMS and e-mail through a nationwide activity promotion and will discuss shortlisted issues through various workshops.
Saad Haroon, a popular standup comedian, will act as the

KARACHI - The common people who rush to disaster sites for helping victims, instead create problems for the rescue workers in shifting the injured to hospitals, said renowned philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi.
He said this while talking with Pakistan Today after delivering his speech at a lecture session titled 'Emergency Medical Care During Disasters' organised by the Aga Khan University Hospital on Thursday.
"In case of any disaster, most people rush to the site and want to

CAIRO - Hosni Mubarak was in hospital after suffering heart problems under questioning, following protests by hard-core reformists who said he was being protected from prosecution by Egypt's military rulers.
The former Egyptian president fell ill on Tuesday during an inquiry into the killing of protesters in a revolution that toppled him and into corruption in his administration.
Egypt's generals, in charge since Mubarak quit on Feb. 11, have faced increasingly loud calls

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Monday called for broad-based consensus between all the political parties for evolving a joint strategy on major challenges confronted by the country. Identifying the four major challenges as economy, energy, education and terrorism at a press conference here, he said that no single party could steer the country out of the challenging situation. MNA Marvi Memon and Deputy Secretary Information Ghulam

LARKANA - President Asif Ali Zardari said on Sunday that the technocrats and experts sitting in drawing rooms could not understand the problems of the people as they could not think like politicians and were not answerable to the people and history.
Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) would support women to set up businesses and become productive citizens of society. While addressing a function arranged by the BISP here to give away cheques to women for starting of

GUJRANWALA - Punjab Governor Latif Khosa has said that he is the first governor who belongs to lawyers' community and will solve their problems on top priority. He was talking to a delegation of People's Lawyers Forum Gujranwala at the governor's house the other day. The delegation was led by PLF President Ahwar Tufail Warraich while other members Aftab Zaidi, Asif Nadeem, Sheikh Ezad Masood, Muhammad Nauman Aziz and Ahad Mahmood Ramay were among the participants.
The governor

LAHORE - Final examinations of class nine started from Monday but students continued to face problems including load shedding of 10 hours, Pakistan Today has learnt. Students are still facing problems because of the online system and parents and students are still visiting the offices of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) to rectify the problems in the roll number slips. Students claim that with advent of summers, they will face extreme problems during the exams.

BEIJING - Middle East countries should be left to themselves to resolve the problems they currently face without outside interference, a Chinese vice foreign minister said during a visit to the region. While China supported a United Nations resolution for an arms embargo and other sanctions targeting Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his inner circle, it has so far been cool to the idea of a no-fly zone over that country. "The Middle East's stability is beneficial to the world's peace

MUMBAI - Pakistan are flying in the World Cup after three straight wins but they still have problems right from the top which New Zealand will aim to exploit when the two meet in their Group A match in Kandy on Tuesday. Shahid Afridi's team have notched victories against Kenya, Sri Lanka and Canada but not without a few hiccups which have mainly come from their top order. Openers Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shehzad have failed to provide the required stability which has increased the

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor Barrister Masood Kausar has underlined the need for collective efforts to resolve the basic problems concerning Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and vowed that elected representatives from FATA would be taken on board in every effort in this regard.
Talking to FATA parliamentarians in an informal meeting at the Governor's House here on Saturday, the governor said that restoration and maintenance of peace in FATA was the

KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has directed district coordination officers (DCOs) engaged in rehabilitation of the flood-affected areas to pay complete attention to solving the problems and grievances of the flood survivors in a befitting manner.
The chief minister issued these orders during a meeting held in connection with reviewing the rehabilitation measures for the flood-affected people. Chairing the meeting at the Chief Minister's House, Shah said that

LAHORE - Punjab University (PU) Vice-Chancellor Dr Mujahid Kamran on Tuesday held a meeting with students of the Institute of Plant Pathology (IPP) at the Al-Raazi Hall of the Centre for Undergraduate Studies and assured them of resolving all their problems.
The PU VC, on request of students, allowed student representatives to meet him today (Wednesday) as efforts are already being made to provide them relief. While discussing problems of IPP students, Kamran said that he had a

LAHORE - Survivors of the 2005 earthquake and the 2010 floods are facing acute problems including abuse, exploitation for distribution of resources especially for unaccompanied women, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi Lecturer Salman Haider said on Tuesday while presenting his research paper at a seminar.
The seminar, Findings on Internally Displaced Persons with Special Focus on Women, was organised by the Legislative Watch Group of the Aurat Foundation, Lahore. The

GUJRANWALA - Regional Tax Chief Commissioner Sajjad Ali has said that only flourishing trade and industry could strengthen the economy and Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is ready to solve 100 percent problems of taxpayers.
He said this while addressing a meeting of Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Industry as the chief guest.
Sajjad assured the business community of taking no ex parte decision against anyone on a single show cause notice and added that minimum three

LAHORE - Newly appointed Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Javed Iqbal, despite assuming charge of his duties, has not got a chance to sit in his office and address the general public's problems, Pakistan Today learnt on Monday.
Well placed sources in Central Police Office (CPO) told Pakistan Today that IGP Javed Iqbal has assumed charge of his duties on Friday Jan 07. The day was marked with a ceremony called 'guard of honour' to welcome the new occupant of the coveted

LAHORE - Nurses of the Children Hospital blocked the Mall today asking for a special allowance and monthly stipend.
Punjab Health Parliamentary Secretary Dr Saeed Elahi said the government is resolving nurses' problems on priority basis and for the first time, present government has regularized services of 7,500 nurses working on contract basis and has recruited 2,000 nurses recently. Dr Elahi, in a statement, termed the protest by Children Hospital's nurses as unjustified and