Tag: Sanaullah

Awan moves SC against Sanaullah

Former federal law minister Dr Babar Awan has filed an application in the Supreme Court on Monday seeking the constitution of a judicial commission...

PLF holds protests against Sanaullah

The People’s Lawyers’ Forum (PLF) held a protest against Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah for declaring Senator Dr Babar Awan as liable for murder,...

LHC rejects petition for FIR against Rana Sanaullah

Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry on Monday rejected a petition seeking registration of a criminal case against Punjab Law Minister Rana...

Sanaullah offers security to Awan within Punjab

Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has offered security to former federal minister Babar Awan for his movement across the province. Talking to reporters on...

PPP condemns Rana Sanaullah’s ‘wajibul qatl’ howler

Speaking on a point of order in the Sindh Assembly, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and Sindh Education and Literacy Minister Pir Mazharul Haq...

Dismiss Sanaullah for being a fanatic: SCBA

Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has demanded of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to sack Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaulah from the provincial cabinet...

Punjab rejects US aid: Rana Sanaullah

The government of Punjab has cancelled six aid agreements with the United States in protest over the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden,...

Plot allotment cancelled on SC orders: Sanaullah

The Punjab government cancelled the allotment of a plot to Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) Chairman Fazal Karim on direction of the Supreme Court (SC),...

Formation of new provinces out of question: Rana Sanaullah

LAHORE - Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has made it clear that his party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz will oppose formation of new provinces. In an exclusive chat with a private TV channel, the provincial law minister said that Punjab cannot be divided and if formation of new provinces is mandatory then Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa should be divided. Answering a question, he said, there is no space of technocratic government in the constitution and law.
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Sanaullah and PCS officers hold ‘positive talks’

LAHORE - A thaw has been finally created in the ongoing conflict between PCS officers and the District Management Group (DMG) after Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah met a delegation of PCS officers on Wednesday.
The PCS Officers' Association has been on a strike for nearly 10 days, with several provincial service officers abstaining from work not only in the secretariat but in the districts as well. The Punjab government had initially refused to budge, claiming that all the

‘Sanaullah issuing false statements’

SAHIWAL - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) MPA Muhmmad Hafeez Akhter said the Punjab government had engaged Provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah for making false propaganda.
He said the provincial law minister stated that all the matters with Provincial Civil Service (PCS) officers had been settled, but, 100 PCS officers were arrested outside the Secretariat. He said the point of prestige would be placed in the provincial assembly due to the false statement of the law minister.

Malik issued visas to BlackWater agents: Sanaullah

LAHORE - Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has said that Federal Minister for Interior Affairs Rehman Malik issued visas to agents of (US security agency) BlackWater and he (Malik) was responsible for their activities in Pakistan.
He was talking to reporters after a meeting of the Unification Bloc members with Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif at the CM secretariat on Saturday. Sanaullah said that Malik played the main role in facilitating the 'infiltrators.' He criticised

Doing our best to protect Davis: Sanaullah

LAHORE - Pakistan said on Monday it was taking steps to keep Raymond Davis, imprisoned in a jail for shooting two Pakistanis, safe from harm. US officials have expressed fears about the safety of Raymond Davis as anti-US sentiments have flared after he shot and killed two Pakistanis in Lahore in what he said was an attempted robbery last month.
Surveillance cameras monitor the area where Davis has been locked in a cell isolated from other prisoners, the prison sources said. A

Rs 14.5 billion allocated for mega health projects in Punjab: Sanaullah

FAISALABAD - Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has revealed that Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has allocated Rs 14.50 billion for various health projects in the province. He was speaking at Circuit House Faisalabad after a briefing on the progress of the proposed second medical college in Faisalabad.
Punjab Medical College Principal Professor Dr Riaz Hussain Dubb briefed the audience that included Divisional Commissioner Tahir Hussain, District Coordination Officer (DCO) Nasim

No local, international pressure will be accepted: Sanaullah

LAHORE - Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has said that the Punjab government would not give in to any "national or international pressure" in the trial of US consulate employee Raymond Davis, who killed three people on Thursday. He said the investigation would conducted on merit.
Addressing a press conference on Friday at the Director General Public relations (DGPR), the law minister said there "is no pressure on the Punjab government. We will not accept any pressure in this

Ch Zaheer and Raja Riaz target Sanaullah

LAHORE - The war of words between the troika in Punjab Assembly Rana Sana ullah, Raja Riaz and Ch Zaheer continued even outside the assembly on Friday.
Both Punjab Assembly opposition leader Chaudhry Zaheer and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) parliamentary leader Raja Riaz targeted the Punjab law minister and Rana Sana responded with the same coin while they were talking to the media after assembly session. Opposition leader and PML-Q parliamentary leader Chaudhry Zaheer pointing

I predict Ch Zaheer will switch camps in next election: Sanaullah

LAHORE - Rana Sana Ullah has said that Forward Bloc in Punjab Assembly has majority of members and the leader of Opposition should be from the group instead of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q).
Talking to the media outside Punjab Assembly here Wednesday, Punjab Law Minister predicted that present leader of PML-Q and Opposition leader in Punjab Assembly Ch Zaheer Ud Din would contest next elections on the ticket of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N). He resembled PML-Q with