Tag: Steps

New steps to save the euro are raising anxiety levels among Germany's influential economic policy establishment, which sees them as an existential threat to...

The illness of Sonia Gandhi, India’s most powerful political leader, may have set off a risky succession that could propel her inexperienced son Rahul...

England took the first step towards their dream of becoming the number one Test team when they completed a comprehensive victory against India in...

The provincial government has taken concrete steps to restore law and order in Karachi and other parts of the province, Sindh Home Minister Manzoor...

The International Monetary Fund called on Tuesday for "decisive implementation" by Italy to cut its public debt, as the country sought this week to...

Pakistan must take certain steps which the United States administration has often "outlined" to ensure the delivery of American military assistance to Islamabad, Secretary...

Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba stepped down from government on Friday to concentrate on his coming election campaign to succeed unpopular PM...

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif was on Wednesday forced into stepping in to handle the worsening situation in the wake of Rana Sanaullah’s remarks...

The government’s seriousness in meeting budget targets will become apparent very soon. The numbers suit our needs on paper, but achieving them is another...

“Including a huge city like Karachi, there are only 37 government blood banks in 23 districts of Sindh. However, to cope with the demands...

Stand up for Sindh Finance Minister Murad Ali Shah. Ever shy of media publicity, Shah’s performance during the Sindh Assembly’s budget session was one...

MULTAN - Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) has established SME sub-contracting and outsourcing for forging strong links between big and medium or small engineering units to bring further business to small firms from large well established corporations operating both omestically or abroad. Alina Durrani, the Multan coordinator of SMEDA, told media that the initiative has been launched as a pilot project at Gujranwala to later cover the engineering sector across

KARACHI - Prominent economist Dr Shahid Hasan Siddiqui has said that only revolutionary steps can restore the economy of the country and if not taken in the forthcoming budget, any betterment in economy should not be expected.
He said this while speaking at a meeting of the Hamdard Shura themed 'National Budget 2011-2012: Apprehensions, Expectations and Difficulties' held at a local hotel recently. The session was presided over by former Federal Shariat Court chief justice

HAFIZABAD - The federal government is serving the masses according to the manifesto of PPP and taking steps to provide basic needs of life to the people at their doorsteps. These views were expressed by PPP Hafizabad President and Standing Committee for Labour and Human Resources Punjab Chairman Malik Fayyaz Ahmad Awan, addressing a ceremony held to pay tributes to Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Local leaders and activists of the party, in their speeches, paid glowing tributes to

Sean Hayes is gearing up to play The Three Stooges' Larry Fine after Sean Penn backed out of the Farrelly Brothers' latest project. The former 'Will & Grace' star joins Canadian funnyman Will Sasso, who will play Curly Howard in the upcoming comedy. Peter and Bobby Farrelly are still looking to fill the role of Moe Howard.
The quirky moviemaking duo had originally cast Penn to play Larry, Jim Carrey as Curly and Benicio del Toro as Moe. The film will not be a biopic; instead, it

TOKYO - Japan's trade ministry ordered nuclear power plant operators to take immediate steps to improve emergency preparedness and will review energy policies to promote renewable sources and ease power shortages as it grapples with a nuclear safety crisis.
The ministry said on Wednesday that nuclear plants would be required by mid-April to deploy back-up mobile power generators and fire trucks able to pump water, while beefing up training programmes and manuals, aiming to avoid

SYDNEY - Ricky Ponting, the most successful captain in 134 years of test cricket, resigned as the Australian test and one-day skipper but aims to continue playing the game at the highest level.
The 36-year-old had led Australia in one day internationals since 2002 and tests since 2004, a period encompassing his country's absolute domination of world cricket and steady decline after the retirement of a golden generation of players.
With Cricket Australia under pressure to