Tag: Stopped

Madaris leadership to protest if crackdown not stopped

Ittehad-i-Tanzeemat-i-Madaris-i-Deenia (ITMD) on Sunday warned the government of initiating a protest campaign in the end of this month, if it did not stop the...

LHC bars SDC chairman from working

Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday stopped Skill Development Council (SDC) chairman from working. However, the court allowed chairman to handle matters relating to...

Delhi-Lahore bus briefly stopped by Hindu hardliners

      The Delhi-Lahore bus service was on Friday stopped by activists of a little-known outfit in protest against the dual terror attack in the Indian-held...

Death sentence implementation temporarily stopped over president’s directions: Rashid

Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid on Monday said the government had temporarily stopped implementation of death sentence on the request of President Asif Ali Zardari. Talking...

Kaira stopped at PA doorstep!

The security staff of the Punjab Assembly on Monday stopped Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Punjab General Secretary and former provincial finance minister Tanveer Ashraf...

Stopped at customs, German claims 49 lizards were for lunch

A German man stopped at customs with 49 live exotic lizards in his bag claimed they were destined for the cooking pot and even...

Access denied

Women voters stopped That women voters were stopped from casting votes at a number of polling stations in Mardan NA-9 and Mianwali PS-44 constitutes a...

Ganguly stopped by ICC ACU

Even in his worst nightmares, Sourav Ganguly would not have seen it coming. It was possibly for the first time in his long cricketing...

No gas even in summers if new gas connections not stopped

The subcommittee of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat Tuesday was briefed on the shortage of natural gas across country, with the...

Doctors threaten to go on strike if govt crackdowns not stopped

Medical professionals on Monday threatened to stop work if the Punjab government did not stop its crackdowns on private hospitals and labs. The Pakistan Academy...

‘We have stopped watching TV after that horror video’

The video clip telecasted on different private television channels on June 8 was the most shocking I have watched in my life and ever...

Petrol supply stopped to police vehicles

The filling stations of the district stopped the supply of petrol and diesel to the police vehicles over the nonpayment of Rs 6 million...

Salaries of more than 60 doctors stopped

LAHORE - The district coordination officers (DCO) of Sheikhupura and Narowal have stopped the salaries of more than 60 doctors in violation of orders of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. These doctors were working in government teaching hospitals, after being recruited by the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) in 2010 on regular basis and denied salaries for the last three months.
These doctors had been adjusted for pay purpose in Narowal and Sheikhupura on those vacant

Qureshi stopped from attending Munich conference

ISLAMABAD - Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who was supposed to leave for Germany on Friday to attend the "Munich Security Conference" on Afghanistan, was stopped from the significant visit by President Asif Ali Zardari due to the expedited dissolution of the federal cabinet, following an announcement in this regard by the ruling party, the Pakistan People's Party.
Qureshi and Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani were to represent Pakistan at the security talk

The boy blew himself up when he was stopped

LAHORE - At about 5:30pm on Tuesday evening a middle-aged police constable stopped a young boy carrying a bag at the first checkpost established near Urdu Bazaar opposite Mori Gate on main Circular Road in a routine check of individuals approaching Data Darbar and Karbala Gamay Shah.
When the constable ordered the boy to open the bag for routine checking, he and his fellow constables could not have imagined that the innocent looking boy was carrying explosives. As soon as they

SSGC stopped from extending JJVL’s contract

ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly Standing Committee on Petroleum on Tuesday directed the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) not to extend the contract for setting up the Jamshoro Joint Venture Limited (JJVL) liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) plant, after observing that LPG quotas were granted illegally.
The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Sheikh Waqqas Akram. Convener Barjees Tahir presented the report of the sub committee that investigated the grant of LPG quotas to various

‘Mangrove encroachers need to be stopped’

KARACHI - Fisher folk communities of Keamari Town on Monday vowed to launch a campaign to stop mangrove-cutting in the area at meeting in Kakapir village.
They pointed out that influential people of the area are carrying out earth-filling projects to encroach mangrove land.
"These influential people collect national identity cards from fisher folk and use their names to tamper old revenue records in their favour," said former councillor Abdul Ghani, Haji Mohammed Siddique