Tag: Slams

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani slammed the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leadership once again on Tuesday for accepting turncoats and said it was preferable for the Pakistan People's Party to sit in the opposition rather than indulge in politics that went against the people's trust and were based on personal interest.
Gilani told National Assembly members Riaz Hussain Pirzada and Jamshed Khan Dasti at his chambers that the government had taken every possible in the

ISLAMABAD - Criticizing the decision of the government that artists, writers, journalists and civil society activists must obtain No Objection Certificate (NoC) from the Ministry of Interior prior to their visits abroad, particularly to India, South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) has called for immediate withdrawal of the condition.
"We do not accept this NoC policy and demand of the government to immediately withdraw its decision as it reflects mindset of Hitler's regime,"

BERLIN - Despite some improvements, oil and gas firms must do more to help stop corruption in the poor but resource-rich countries where they operate, watchdog Transparency International (TI) said on Tuesday. "Two-thirds of the world's poor live in resource-rich countries. They have a right to know how much money their governments get from companies to exploit these resources," Berlin-based TI said as it published a new report.
"It is good news that transparency is improving,

Chris Brown has hit back over the publication of shocking photos showing his ex-girlfriend Rihanna following their infamous fight, branding the leak a "strategic chess move". Previously unseen photos of Rihanna's swollen and bloodied face emerged online this week, showing the injuries she suffered after Brown attacked her in 2009.
The 'Kiss Kiss' hitmaker took to his Twitter page to comment about the photos, which have surfaced just weeks before the release of his upcoming album

LAHORE - The family of the late Punjab governor Salman Taseer, who was assassinated earlier this year, expressed shock and anger on Wednesday at comments in a news report claiming that it had not made sufficient effort to ensure that the investigation of the governor's assassination was carried out properly.
A source close to the family said that it was deeply upset by the comments, and said how it followed up on the investigation was entirely the family's business. The late

MOSCOW - The last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Monday accused Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin of arrogance over their plan to jointly decide who should run in next year's presidential elections. President Medvedev and his predecessor and current prime minister Putin have repeatedly said they will sit down and privately decide which of them should run in elections scheduled for March 2012.
The decision could effectively decide the fate of the presidency in a country where

NEW YORK - A veteran music executive has lambasted the Grammy Awards as "a series of hypocrisies and contradictions," in a full-page advertisement that ran a week after last Sunday's annual ceremony. Steve Stoute's open letter to Grammy organizers ripped the organization and its 12,000-odd voters for snubbing Eminem and Justin Bieber at this year's ceremony, as well as Eminem and Kanye West at past events.
"Over the course of my 20-year history as an executive in the music

KARACHI - The Joint Action Committee of Doctors (JACD) has condemned the thrashing of a doctor at the Sindh Government Hospital, Saudabad. In a press statement issued on Saturday, Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Karachi President and JACD Chairman Dr M Idress Adhi stated that a hostile group of people, armed with wooden sticks, barged into the office of Deputy Medical Superintendent (DMS) Dr Kazim Raza.
They beat up the doctor and warned him that he should not come to the

KARACHI - SITE Association of Industry Senior Vice Chairman Asad Nisar Barkhurdaria has expressed serious concerns over the rise in power tariff in the head of fuel adjustment charges by National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA). He said that a 96 paisa per unit increase in KESC tariff in the head of fuel adjustment charges, as announced by NEPRA, is detrimental for the industries, already faced with crises.
He stated that the present rate of power tariff is

Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke has slammed studio bosses behind acclaimed boxing film 'The Fighter,' insisting they refused her an interview because she's a woman. Hardwicke was in control of the hugely successful first installment of the vampire series and helmed the highly-anticipated big screen retelling of the 'Little Red Riding Hood' fairy tale.
But Hardwicke insists that despite her successes behind the camera, sexism in Hollywood still stops her getting jobs -

LAHORE - The Academic Staff Association of the University of Education (UoE) held a meeting at its Township Campus. The meeting was chaired by ASA President Khalid Mehmood. The main objective of the meeting was to communicate the UoE's statement regarding the current issue and to condemn the illegal acts which are being committed by the terminated professors for presenting the bad image of the university to the media and other stakeholders.
Almost three weeks ago, University of

MELBOURNE - Novak Djokovic belted out Serbian folk songs in an all-in party after clinching the Australian Open, but shrugged off a poor night's sleep to focus on more glory on the clay-courts of Roland Garros. "We brought two Serbian guys who played our traditional music for two hours ... We went out of the changing room at 2 a.m. That's all I remember," said a glassy-eyed Djokovic of celebrations at Melbourne Park after his stunning straight sets victory over Briton Andy Murray.