Tag: Removal

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) Office on Tuesday raised objections on a petition seeking Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer's removal from office for traveling to Sri Lanka without informing the authorities concerned and returned it to the petitioner.
According to sources, the LHC Office termed the petition as non-maintainable and returned it to petitioner Noshab A Khan advocate. Noshab told Pakistan Today that the LHC deputy registrar (judicial) wrote on the petition-file

LAHORE - A petition was filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday seeking Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer's removal from office for illegally proceeding on a four-day visit abroad without informing the authorities concerned.
The petition was filed by Noshab A Khan advocate submitting that the governor's mysterious absence from his office for four days was a violation of Article 104 of the constitution, as he could not go on a foreign visit without giving acting charge to the

LAHORE - Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal on Saturday wrote a letter to the prime minister urging him to advise the president to remove Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer from his office for violating the constitution by leaving the country without informing the authorities concerned.
The letter alleged that the governor remained away from the country from December 5 to 8. The speaker has also sent a copy of the letter to President Asif Ali Zardari. This is the first case

ISLAMABAD: The change of Indus Water Commissioner will have no effect on Pakistan's case which is likely to be taken up by the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) for hearing in January next year, official sources said. The Indus Water Commissioner Jamaat Ali Shah was made an officer on special duty (OSD) on Wednesday by the government and his deputy Sheraz Memon was appointed as acting commissioner till further orders. The sources said the Water and Power Ministry had no

ISLAMABAD - Information and Broadcasting Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira denied reports of differences between President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani over the removal of Hamid Saeed Kazmi and Azam Swati from the federal cabinet, a private TV channel reported on Tuesday.
Talking to journalists, the minister defended the sacking of Hamid Saeed Kazmi and Azam Swati as federal ministers, saying that it was the demand of the judiciary and the media. He quoted the

ISLAMABAD: The Food and Agriculture Ministry sent a summary to the prime minister for the removal of Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) Chairman Dr Zafar Altaf, a PARC source told Pakistan Today on Saturday.
The tenure of Dr Zafar Altaf had expired on August 11, this year but he continued holding office without obtaining extension in his service. Taking notice of the issue, National Assembly Standing Committee on Food and Agriculture had asked the ministry to take up

LAHORE: The Kissan Board Pakistan (KBP) has announced a countrywide protest from December 13 against the removal of subsidy on agriculture inputs and other agriculture related issues faced by farmers. KBP Secretary Information Haji Muhammad Ramadan has asked the government to ensure a minimum sugarcane price of Rs 280 per maund.
In addition, he has demanded restoration of subsidy on agricultural inputs and urged the authorities to ensure payment of agriculture produce through

LAHORE: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Chairman Gohar Ejaz has demanded the immediate withdrawal of six percent import duty and anti-dumping duty imposed on the import of Polyester Staple Fiber (PSF) to allow the textile industry to manufacture competitive blended textile products for both domestic and export markets.
An APTMA delegation, led by central Chairman APTMA, called upon the federal minister for textile industry and made a detailed presentation on the

KARACHI: After receiving numerous sexual harassment complaints, the Sindh government has decided to remove all male teaching and non-teaching staff from girls' schools and colleges in the province.
Education Department directed all executive district officers (EDOs) to enlist all the male staff working in the province. The male officials were also asked to report to the Sindh secretariat till further notice.
"There have been many complaints against the male staff members

Karachi: The federal government, it is alleged, in a surprising move, is directing the Sindh government to pursue the relocation of a functioning sugar mill from Benazirabad (Nawabshah) to the nearby Sanghar district, citing the environment hazard the mill posed.
Interestingly, a senior bureaucrat, a member of the Board of Revenue who also holds the additional charge of Chief Secretary Sindh, Ghulam Ali Shah Pasha has summoned a meeting of the management of the above-mentioned