Tag: Quit

SANAA - Gulf states heaped pressure on Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Thursday, announcing they expect him to quit after more than two months of bloody protests.
Members of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council "hope to reach a deal with the Yemeni president to step down," said Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani. Saleh had on Wednesday welcomed Gulf mediation, according to a statement on Saba state news agency, which said he "affirmed the

LAHORE - Former captain Imran Khan said on Wednesday that Pakistan fielding cost them the semi-final. "Dropping five catches in such a crucial match never goes unscratched," he said from Mohali. Imran further criticized the batting of Younus Khan and Misbahul Haq in the lower order.
"These two players should have come at number three and four positions and should not have let the pressure build by preserving wickets," he added. He further stated that the Indian batting failed and

HAVANA - Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro said on Tuesday he quit all his official positions when he fell ill in 2006, including head of the ruling Communist Party. His comments in a column published in state-run media appeared aimed at dampening speculation about his future that has preceded a party congress next month. Even though it was widely known he was not doing the day-to-day job of party leader, he has never publicly resigned the post, as he did the Cuban presidency in

ISLAMABAD - Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh asked the tax mandarins in a stern warning on Wednesday to rise to the occasion by delivering the tax collection target of Rs 1.604 trillion for the current fiscal year, or leave their offices for others to deliver. The minister was addressing a specially convened conference of chief commissioners and Inland Revenue commissioners to review their performance and set revenue collection targets for the remaining four months of the

SANAA - Thousands of students and lawyers demanding Yemen's president step down clashed on Monday with baton-wielding riot police and security forces who threw up razor wire to force them out of the centre of the capital Sanaa. An AFP journalist said more than 3,000 protesters marched from Sanaa University towards Al-Tahrir square calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
City streets around the square echoed to chants of "After Mubarak, Ali," referring to the

LAHORE - Seven "dear ones" of the Punjab government given re-employment after retirement resigned on Wednesday to avoid any legal action. The resignations came in response to a Supreme Court ruling in January against the re-employment of retired officers. Moreover, the S&GAD had also sought details of all such employees in various government departments across Punjab.
Some of the officers offered re-employment contracts and who resigned on Wednesday are prosecution secretary Rana

CAIRO - Tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square for an 11th day of protest on Friday calling for an immediate end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. On what they called the "Day of Departure", the crowd bowed in prayer and listened to a cleric declare: "We want the head of the regime removed". "Leave! Leave! Leave!" they chanted.
The mood was buoyant in the square, the epicentre of the protests, thronged by people from all walks of life, young

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Syed Munawar Hassan asked Parliament's Special Committee on Kashmir head Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Friday to resign from his office for his failures on Kashmir issue. Addressing a press conference, he said the parliament's committee failed in highlighting the Indian state terrorism in the Occupied Kashmir.
He backed the dialogue with India on the Kashmir issue but said that all the negotiations with India so far remained unfruitful

LAHORE - Public Accounts Committee-II (PAC II) Chairman in Punjab Assembly Qadir Gilani is likely to submit his resignation next week after President Asif Ali Zardari expressed dissatisfaction over his performance, Pakistan Today learnt on Thursday.
PPP sources said that poor performance in the Punjab Assembly, coupled with alleged involvement of Abdul Qadir Gilani in the Haj scam, has forced President Zardari to ask for the PM's son resignation.
They said that the expected

TUNIS - Thousands of anti-government protesters rallied outside Tunisian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi's offices on Sunday, calling for him to quit after the downfall of the north African state's 23-year regime.
"The people have come to bring down the government," around 5,000 protesters chanted as they brandished pictures of some of the dozens of people killed by security forces during the uprising against president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. They broke through security

ISLAMABAD - The reluctance of the political leadership to heed to the advice of its top economic managers has brought them to a point of quitting the government and saving their reputation and credibility internationally, sources told Pakistan Today on Friday.
Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Dr Nadeemul Haq and State Bank of Pakistan Governor Shahid Hafeez Kardar might opt out if the government did not immediately start implementing

MUMBAI - After kicking his smoking habit for his children and wife, Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan is now wants Shah Rukh Khan to leave smoking. Hrithik says, "Arjun Rampal has teamed up with me and given up.
SRK is next. Hrithik is very much motivated to see Shah Rukh without cigarettes but he understands that it would be a difficult proposition to convince Shah Rukh for leaving smoking.
Hrithik said that he would give him the company and support he needs and explain

ABDIJAN: Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo must concede the presidency and accept his rival Alassane Ouattara as head of state before talks can begin on settling their power struggle, Ouattara's camp said on Saturday.
Gbagbo has floated the idea of talks to end a row over who won an election on November 28, which was meant to reunify the world's top cocoa producer but has instead left it paralysed with parallel administrations and many fearing further violence.
Both

ROME: One of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's best known ministers said on Sunday she will resign after confidence votes next month that could trigger elections.
Equal Opportunities Minister Mara Carfagna told Il Mattino newspaper that she would back the government in the December 14 votes but resign the next day from the cabinet and also from 74-year-old Berlusconi's party.
She said she had been sidelined in the government and criticised Berlusconi for losing control of