Tag: Refuses

Javed refuses to work under Waqar

LAHORE: The appointment of former Test captain Javed Miandad as the batting and fielding consultant of the national team has sparked controversy with the PCB director general refusing to work under Waqar Younis, the chief coach.
Miandad is also not willing to accept the terms and conditions of his contract as the batting consultant. The PCB recently made an offer to Miandad to take over the role of batting and fielding consultant of the national team for the upcoming tour of New

Long-drawn-out tenures to end – HED refuses 6 VCs’ extension

LAHORE: Punjab Higher Education Department has denied the extension of six vice chancellors of public sector universities and has instructed the VC Search Committee to advertise for the posts, Pakistan Today learnt on Tuesday.
Sources informed that a summary was sent to the Punjab Chief Minister in which HED highlighted 'unsatisfied progress and administrative weaknesses' as the reasons why their applications for extension were rejected. The six universities include Sargodha

Shirani refuses to take charge of CII

ISLAMABAD: The new chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), Muhammad Khan Sherani, on Tuesday refused to take charge of the council, saying the appointment was not made under Article 228 of the constitution.
Without explaining how the appointment did not conform to the constitution, he said, "I will accept the position if the appointment is made according to the constitution."
Article 228 says, "(4) The President shall appoint one of the members of the Islamic

FIA refuses bargain with NICL chariman prior to arrest

LAHORE: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials have refused any bargain with Chairman National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) Ayyaz Khan Niaz prior to his arrest, Pakistan Today learnt on Monday.
Well placed FIA sources told Pakistan Today that lawyer of Ayyaz Khan Niazi has contacted the lawyer of FIA and offered them a settlement. Sources said that the lawyer of Ayyaz Khan Niazi requested FIA officials through their lawyer to stop raiding at different residences of

SC refuses to halt PSM investigation

ISLAMABAD: A three-member Supreme Court bench on Thursday declined to halt investigations into corruption of over Rs 22 billion in the state-owned Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) and directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to submit a progress report into the case within a month.
The bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Tariq Parvaiz and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was conducting suo motu hearing on reports of alleged corruption of Rs 22 billion in PSM. The