Tag: Rejects

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind rejects Triple Talaq Bill

NEW DELHI: Muslim body Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) on Thursday rejected the Triple Talaq Bill, calling it “meaningless”. It also questioned the government’s intention on...

Japan refuses South Korean call for new steps to help ‘comfort...

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday rejected South Korea’s call for more steps to help “comfort women”, a euphemism for women forced...

Switzerland rejects Brahamdagh Bugti’s asylum plea

  Authorities in Switzerland have rejected the plea for political asylum filed by self-exiled Baloch leader Brahamdagh Bugti, a private media outfit reported on Friday. According to...

PM’s principal secy Fawad rejects AKD’s charges

  Reacting to allegations levelled by AKD Group Chairman Aqeel Karim Dhedhi that he was influencing the investigations against the brokerage house, Fawad Hasan Fawad...

British Library rejects Taliban trove fearing terror laws

Academics have criticised the British government for creating a “climate of fear” after the national library declined to store the world’s biggest collection of...

Iran rejects controversial new hijab law

A draft law that would give greater powers to Iran’s police to enforce women’s compulsory wearing of the veil has been ruled unconstitutional, state...

Mamnoon rejects mercy petitions of convicted terrorists

President Mamnoon Hussain has turned down mercy petitions of eight convicted terrorists after the government lifted the moratorium on death sentences. The mercy petitions were...

Khan rejects talks he wasn’t even offered

PTI chief says arrest warrants won't force him for a compromise with PM, says no justification for govt to hold negotiations with a court...

Qadri rejects JIT in murder case against PM

Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri has refused to accept the joint investigation team (JIT) formed to investigate the murder case against...

FO rejects reports of IS presence in Pakistan

The Foreign Office Thursday rejected reports that the Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi led militant movement, Islamic State (IS), was operating in the country’s tribal areas...

Govt rejects Musharraf’s petition to strike name off ECL

The government has rejected former military ruler General (r) Pervez Musharraf’s application seeking removal of his name from the Exit Control List (ECL). The Interior...

APML rejects report of Musharraf leaving country

All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) Secretary General Dr Amjad Malik has denied media reports that former president Pervez Musharraf is leaving for abroad after...

PTI rejects Zaman’s nomination as NAB chief, announces to move SC

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has rejected the nomination of Chaudhry Qamar Zaman as National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman owing to the fact that the...

MQM rejects claim Imran was launching new party

  The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Monday ruled out claims made by the London Metropolitan Police regarding the murder investigation of slain MQM leader...

Missing persons case: SC rejects FC IG’s report

  The Supreme Court of Pakistan rejected a report by the inspector general of Frontier Corps (FC IG) regarding the missing persons issue, saying no...

India rejects Pakistan’s offer for talks

New Delhi welcomes Nawaz Sharif’s hand of friendship but wants LoC issues resolved first Demands action against Hafiz Saeed, alleged mastermind of Mumbai attacks     India on...

KP govt rejects increase in power tariff: Shaukat Yousafzai

  Spokesman for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government, Shaukat Ali Yousafzai, has rejected the recent increase in power tariff, saying the issue of increasing power...