Tag: Slams

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took Syria and Belarus to task for their human rights record on Friday, and also warned that women...

The Upper House of parliament on Wednesday slammed Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah for his “illegal and immoral” remarks against former federal law minister...

Air Marshal (r) Asghar Khan on Friday demanded the government cut the defence budget and revisit the country’s foreign policy, especially its ties with...

The Diplomatic Correspondents Association of Pakistan (DCAP) condemned on Thursday the murder of Asia Times Online Bureau Chief Saleem Shahzad, calling it “a shocking...

Former chief selector Abdul Qadir has lashed out at Shahid Afridi for his non-professional approach. Talking to journalists here, he said that Afridi has...

NEW DELHI - India's former deputy prime minister and senior Opposition BJP leader L.K. Advani has hit out at the Congress-led UPA government, saying its sincerity in tackling corruption would be visible only through actions taken by it in scams that have rocked the country.
"Even before the Parliament meets for its Monsoon Session and takes up the Lokpal Bill being considered by the Committee secured by Anna Hazare, the real test of Government's sincerity about tackling

ISLAMABAD - The office bearers of All Pakistan Newspapers Editors Forum (APNEF) along with scores of journalists staged a protest demonstration against the APNS here on Saturday. They were condemning the resolution recently passed by the APNS for delisting all the non-APNS members from central media list.
The APNEF chanted slogans against APNS President Hameed Haroon and demanded the government to launch accountability of the APNS members. Addressing the gathering Rana Imran,

DUBLIN - The Irish government promised full backing to their cricketers Friday in efforts to overturn their removal from the next World Cup, slamming the decision as flying in the face of sportsmanship. On Tuesday the International Cricket Council confirmed a decision to slash the 2015 and 2019 World Cups to just 10 teams in a move that was described by Cricket Ireland's chief executive Warren Deutrom as "frankly outrageous".
Sports Minister Leo Varadkar, at a special reception

KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)'s Rabita Committee has criticised the two-rupee increase in public transport fares, terming it as a gross injustice to the people of the city.
According to the committee, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority had increased Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (POL) prices a few days ago; but the increase has not been withdrawn despite government's assurances. The increase in POL prices and the consequent increase by the public transporters in the

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's defeated cricket team returned home Sunday to calls from state-run media demanding a probe into blunders right from the start. "Who picked the final XI of the Sri Lanka team for the World Cup final against India?" the Sunday Observer asked.
It questioned the dropping of spinner Ajantha Mendis in favour of Suraj Randiv who failed to impress after only joining the squad as an injury replacement on Friday.
The Observer also questioned the wisdom of playing

LAHORE - The All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) on Saturday condemned the Punjab government's attitude towards protesting doctors and demanded the provincial government to accept the demands of the doctors. APML Secretary General Barrister Saif and APML Spokesman Fawad Chaudhry met a delegation of the Young Doctors Association (YDA) and termed their demands as genuine. Fawad said that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has proved to be a failed administrator due to his poor

ISLAMABAD - Condemning the release of Raymond Davis on Wednesday, the PML-Q, JI, JUI-F, PTI and PML-Q Likeminded alleged that both the federal and Punjab governments were responsible for clandestine arrangements to save the Raymond Davis. PML-Q Information Secretary Kamil Ali Agha said both the federal and provincial governments had played their role to get Davis released.
"The Punjab government pressurised the heirs of victims to accept blood money," he said, adding that both

CHITTAGONG - Dutch captain Peter Borren blamed poor batting for the six-wicket loss to Bangladesh, the fifth consecutive defeat for the minnows in a miserable campaign.
"We just kept losing wickets at crucial times," said Borren. "We were trying to form partnerships but failed. Four run-outs and a couple of poor dismissals is criminal at this level. I am a bit disappointed with that."
Borren credited Bangladesh's success to seamer Shafiul Islam, who conceded just seven

ISLAMABAD - The opposition parties - the PML-N, PML-Q, JUI-F and JI - on Friday strongly condemned the PPP's strike call in Sindh against the Supreme Court's verdict against the Justice (r) Deedar Hussain Shah's appointment as the NAB chairman.
However, the government's coalition partners, the ANP and the MQM, chose not to comment on the strike call. Commenting on the PPP's strategy, Senator Pervez Rashid of the PML-N said the strike call had exposed the party's true face.