Tag: Resignation

MQM leader Altaf Hussain has demanded Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani tender his resignation over his government’s ‘failure’ to stop violence in Karachi. Reportedly,...

The Pakistan Cricket Board on Saturday made it clear that Waqar Younis' resignation as head coach of the national team has nothing to do...

Following PPP government’s somersaults on the local government system, its failure to control the law and order in Karachi and Quetta, allegations of corruption...

The mystery shrouding the resignation of SBP governor Shahid Kardar was finally resolved on Monday when the government notified the acceptance of his resignation...

While the country’s top economic managers remained busy on Friday convincing State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Shahid Kardar to withdraw his resignation, the...

Resignation of Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Shahid H Kardar is a very serious development which has added to worries of the business...

Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Dr Shahid H. Kardar is reported to have resigned under mysterious circumstances on Wednesday. “Governor State Bank Shahid Kardar...

The issue of resignation of Dr Ishratul Ebad as the Sindh governor has become a mystery as spokesperson for the President House has denied...

Acting Chairman Senate Jan Muhammad Jamali Monday accepted the resignation of Leader of the Opposition in Senate, Wasim Sajjad, paving the way for the...

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...

Demanding the resignation of President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Sunday said the government...

BEIJING - China said on Thursday that the Dalai Lama was playing "tricks" on the world, after the Buddhist monk announced plans to step down as political head of the exiled Tibetan government.
"He has often talked about retirement in the past few years. I think these are his tricks to deceive the international community," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters. "The government-in-exile is an illegal political organisation and no country in the world recognises

LAHORE - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) top brass has shown willingness to address Evacuee Property Trust Board (EPTB) Chairman Syed Asif Hashmi's reservations, as the Presidency and the Prime Minister's Secretariat contacted the irked party stalwart and asked him to withdraw his resignation, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The PPP leadership took serious notice of the issue and in order to retain the loyalty of an old stalwart, contacted Hashmi and assured him of addressing his

KARACHI: The ongoing impasse between the PIA administration and employees finally came to an end after four days of violent protests, with the national flag carrier's Managing Director (MD) Aijaz Haroon's resignation on Friday.
With the announcement that the MD had resigned, there were scenes of jubilation at the Karachi airport as PIA employees, who were brutally baton-charged and beaten up by the law enforcement agencies earlier in the day, celebrated their success. The Defence

LAHORE - Resignation of seven officers which were "re-employed" by the Punjab government is a mere "eye-wash", as scores of such officers are still working in various government departments across Punjab, Pakistan Today has learnt. Seven important officials considered "dear" to the Punjab government resigned on Wednesday before hearing of the case at the Supreme Court on Thursday, as Punjab government spokesman Senator Pervaiz Rashid termed the resignations "in pursuance of the court

LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron began looking for a new media chief on Saturday to replace Andy Coulson after he quit over a tabloid phone-hacking row, in a test for the nine-month-old government.
"So far, our worst day in government," a senior Cameron aide told The Guardian newspaper after Coulson quit Friday, bowing to pressure over what he knew about hacking at the News of the World (NOTW) when he was its editor.
The dramatic development also renewed

ISLAMABAD - Former minister of state for ports and shipping Nabeel Gabol on Friday stuck to his position and did not withdraw his resignation despite Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani asking him to reconsider the decision.
"I have not withdrawn my resignation ... a follow-up meeting with the prime minister will take place on Saturday (today)," Gabol told Pakistan Today after meeting the prime minister on Friday. Asked about media reports that said he had withdrawn his resignation,