Tag: Rejects

Following a tirade against his own leadership for giving in to a dictator, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) stalwart Makhdoom Javed Hashmi stood up to...

Beijing on Wednesday rejected a US commission report accusing China and other countries of seriously violating religious freedoms, saying the board that wrote it...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court dismissed on Wednesday the government's review petition against an apex court verdict that had overruled the Parliamentary Committee's decision to reject a one-year extension in the services of six additional judges of the Lahore High Court and Sindh High Court.
"We are not inclined to review the judgement," a four-member special bench comprising Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Tariq Parvez and Justice Khilji

KANO - The Muslim opposition candidate in Nigeria's presidential polls rejected the results Wednesday but urged calm after deadly post-election riots, amid a rush to help nearly 40,000 displaced. Authorities say many were killed the violence, which saw corpses burnt beyond recognition and bodies reportedly thrown into wells, but have refused to give a toll, saying it could spark reprisals and would be inaccurate.
There were reports of fresh clashes in the northern state of

KARACHI - An anti-corruption court on Tuesday rejected the pre-arrest bail application of former Education Department officer Zaheer Ahmed and also the post-arrest bail plea of the department's Deputy Secretary Bashir Brohi in the case of appointment of fake lecturers. The suspects, with the assistance of some other colleagues, are alleged to have issued appointment orders of 19 lecturers including two sisters of Kalsoom Chandio, an MPA of Sindh, which after an inquiry were found to

BEIJING - China hit back Tuesday at US criticism of its handling of unrest at a major Tibetan Buddhist monastery that prompted the Dalai Lama to warn of "catastrophic consequences" if the situation worsened. The United States last week criticised the use of force by Chinese authorities to put down demonstrations by monks at Kirti monastery in a Tibetan region of the southwestern province of Sichuan. The unrest at the monastery was triggered by the self-immolation of a monk last month,

LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has strongly rejected truce offered by former President and chief of army staff general Pervaiz Musharraf, saying it is out of question and even absurd.
PML-N Chief Mian Muhamamd Nawaz Sharif and former President Musharraf developed animosity after latter sent Nawaz-led government packing in October 12, 1999. Both always exchanged salvo and have never sat down to reconcile. This is the first time that former general Musharraf offered an

ISLAMABAD - A special central court on Thursday rejected bail plea of former federal minister for religious affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi who is in the custody of the FIA for his alleged involvement in the Haj corruption case. The former minister was brought to the court of special central judge M Farooq amid tight security as dozens of his supporters assembled outside the courtroom.
After hearing the arguments of the defence and the prosecution, the court rejected Kazmi's bail plea

SANAA - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Friday a plan to negotiate his resignation in the face of mass protests was a "belligerent intervention", apparently rejecting a Gulf Arab plan to end his 32-year rule.
Saleh, facing an unprecedented challenge from hundreds of thousands of protesters across the country, initially had accepted an offer by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to hold talks with the opposition.
But on Wednesday, Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh

LAHORE - The Farmers Associates Pakistan (FAP) has rejected the government's decision to levy 17 percent sales tax on agricultural machinery, fertiliser, pesticides, seeds and other agricultural inputs, in a meeting of the Board of Directors held under the chairmanship of FAP Vice Chairman Syed Hussain Jahania Gardezi.
FAP spokesman Tariq Bucha said that, seemingly, certain unfaithful hands in the bureaucracy exist; who formulate polices against the interest of farmers and the

DHAKA - Bangladesh's highest court rejected on Tuesday an appeal by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus against his dismissal as managing director of Grameen Bank, the microlender he founded, lawyers said.
Associates say Yunus's removal is prompted by government vendetta after he briefly considered a political career to challenge Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Yunus, 70, made the plea last month after the country's high court upheld a central bank order dismissing him from the

KARACHI - Karachi traders announced a strike on April 5 against increasing incidents of extortion in the city, as both the federal and the provincial government failed to control criminal activities.
Karachi Chambers of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) announced a strike after the attack on two auto parts traders by extortionists on Tuesday. KCCI President Muhammad Saeed Shafiq told Pakistan Today that in the face of the government's failure to curb extortion, the chamber finally

KARACHI - Karachi traders announced a strike on April 5 against increasing incidents of extortion in the city, as both the federal and the provincial government failed to control criminal activities.
Karachi Chambers of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) announced a strike after the attack on two auto parts traders by extortionists on Tuesday. KCCI President Muhammad Saeed Shafiq told Pakistan Today that in the face of the government's failure to curb extortion, the chamber finally

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the appeals of 10 men sentenced to death in an attack on former president Pervez Musharraf.
During the hearing, the appellants' counsel Colonel Ikram said that he was not heard at any forum, a private TV reported.
Moreover, during the proceeding, Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said certain public representatives were openly disrespecting the courts' rulings.
However, the judiciary would continue to make

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Monday dismissed as 'baseless' the comments attributed to the Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir that the Pentagon had financed Western media to destabilise the Arab countries. The Foreign Office spokesperson, in a statement, dubbed the comments 'wholly concocted' released to the newspapers and channels by a private wire service. The news agency had quoted the Foreign Secretary as telling the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign affairs on Saturday that the

SEOUL - South Korea on Thursday rejected an offer from North Korea to discuss its new nuclear programme and return to six-party disarmament talks, saying its neighbour must first show peaceful intentions. Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan said Pyongyang should demonstrate its commitment to denuclearisation "not through words, but through action". "This (offer) is insufficient and does not fit the position of the (five) other countries that the right conditions should be created," he told

QUETTA - Referring to the remarks of PPP MPA Ali Madad Jattak during the Balochistan Assembly's session that the PML-N ministers should be sacked from the PPP-led cabinet, Raisani Tuesday said Jattak spoke in his personal capacity and had nothing to do with his coalition government.
He said that he would not let the political situation of Punjab to affect the politics in Balochistan. Talking to journalists after Balochistan Assembly's session, the chief minister said several