Tag: Suspended

HAFIZABAD - Taking notice of a torture incident in a government school, Hafizabad Executive District Officer (Education) Sohail Azhar Khan suspended Headmistress Ghulam Sughran and constituted an enquiry committee to probe into the matter.
Reportedly, Rubina, a teacher at Government Community Model Primary School Marh Bashi, found Rs 500 missing from her purse on the other day and suspected that Yasmin, a student of class three, had stolen the money. Rubina and the headmistress

LAHORE - Qasim, Navy and WAPDA won their respective matches, while Amry were held to a draw in the 58th National Hockey Championship, which is in progress at Faisalabad Hockey Stadium. Port Qasim beat Steel Mills 2-1, Navy defeated PTV 1-0 and WAPDA edged SSGC 4-2. Army and HBL remained even as their match ended in a 1-all draw.
Meanwhile, Salman Akbar, goalkeeper of the SSGC team has been suspended by the Tournament Director for one match after he misbehaved with the umpires.

KARACHI - The degree of the suspended Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), Imtiaz Lodhi, will be send to Higher Education Commission or a charter accountancy firm for verification in the board meeting of PSM scheduled on February 4, 2011.
While the current acting CEO Wasif Mehmood appointed by the board had been posted to Lahore as a Deputy Manager before being appointed as CEO, he was serving as Director Production in the mills for the last three years,

SIALKOT - Gujranwala DIG Tariq Masood Yaseen has suspended 16 police officials in a fake encounter case. According to details, Motra Tehsil Police Station had killed Shahid, a resident of Gujranwala, in a fake encounter.
The police had claimed that Shahid was involved in firing at a police van to get prisoners freed. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry took the suo motu notice and SP Muhammad Shaukat was appointed as an investigation officer.
According to the report, it

LAHORE - Fixing tainted fast bowler Mohammad Amir has apologised from the Pakistan Cricket Board for violating the instructions of the ICC regarding his suspension. The bowler participated in a practice match at a Rawalpindi ground at a time when the verdict in to the spot-fixing saga was expected on Feb 5 and till then Aamir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt cannot take part in any cricket related activity.
An official of the PCB said that Amir apologised from them for breaking his

LAHORE - Pakistan's tainted former skipper Salman Butt has called on the Pakistan Cricket Board to appoint senior batsman Misbah-ul-Haq as captain for the World Cup to be held in the sub-continent next month.
Butt, who along with pace bowlers Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Aamer, will have to wait till February 5 to learn his fate in the spot-fixing row, also described flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi as a "clueless" captain.
"This is more or less the same team that plays in

LAHORE - Punjab University (PU) administration on Friday suspended its Estate Officer (EO) Muhammad Shokat and Assistant Security Officer Muhammad Shokat on allowing Islami Jamiat Taliba (IJT) to hold programs inside the varsity.
IJT activists also protested against the PU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Mujahid Kamran after the Friday prayer, chanted slogans against the VC on disturbing their functions and claimed they were 'innocent' while VC was 'revengeful'.
According to PU

LAHORE - Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt on Monday said if any of the three suspended players is cleared of spot-fixing charges, they can be included in Pakistan's World Cup squad. The International Cricket Council anti-corruption tribunal is due to announce its verdict on the charges filed against Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir on February 5.
The Pakistani selectors will announce the final 15-member World Cup squad on January 19. "The squad is to be

LAHORE - Gas supply to domestic consumers and CNG stations remained suspended on Monday creating a lot of problems for citizens. The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) had announced to supply gas to CNG stations and industries for five days a week but according to SNGPL sources, gas supply to CNG stations in Lahore would be restored on Wednesday at 6am while the industrial sector would also get gas for five days a week. Earlier, industries in Punjab were given supplies for

LAHORE - The International Cricket Council (ICC) said Thursday that the suspended Pakistan trio can become the part of World Cup squad if they are declared innocent by the independent tribunal. The ICC had suspended three Pakistani players former skipper Salman Butt, fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir for their alleged involvement in spot fixing after claims by a British tabloid News of the World (NOTW) in August last year during the fourth npower test match between Pakistan

KARACHI: Pakistan's suspended former captain Salman Butt said Tuesday he asked an anti-corruption tribunal to put off a hearing next month so he can deal with any possible criminal proceedings in London. The 26-year-old, along with pacemen Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer, was provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on charges of spot-fixing during Pakistan's Lord's Test against England in August.
The trio face an ICC tribunal in Doha from January

LAHORE - Former Pakistan Test captain Rashid Latif feels bad for the three suspended players - Salman Butt, Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif. Latif, who blew the whistle on the match-fixing menace in international cricket, said the ICC had dragged its feet on reaching a decision on the case.
"The ICC has put these players through a lot of mental torture. Perhaps they don't realise the sort of tension and pressure the players go through when confronted with such a situation," PTI

LAHORE: Gas supplies to industries and CNG stations in Punjab remained suspended while pressure at domestic connections was low as well, on Tuesday. Businessmen asked Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to raise the issue with the prime minister, warning him that most of the industries in the province were about to close.
Pakistan Industrial and Traders Association Front (PIAF) Chairman Irfan Qaiser Sheikh and Vice Chairman Iqbal Baig Chughtai and Lahore Township Industries

LAHORE: The Punjab University (PU) on Monday suspended Agricultural Officer Rana Qurban Ali for allegedly torturing journalist Abdul Manan and directed him to submit a written reply within five days. Disciplinary action was also initiated against Qurban's friends who had helped him in beating and trying to abduct Manan on December 3.
The PU resident officer-II (RO-II) has written to the Law College principal and sports sciences and physical education department chairman to take

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said Friday he was likely to be suspended from parliament, after a disciplinary probe against him refused to hear his defence.
The government in April urged action against Anwar after he criticised its "One Malaysia" national unity slogan, saying it had been copied from the "One Israel" political alliance of former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak in 1999.
Muslim-majority Malaysia has no diplomatic relations with

DUBAI: The chief executive of cricket's governing body on Wednesday said an urgent solution would be sought in resolving the case of three Pakistani players who have been suspended for suspected spot-fixing.
Test captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer were provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) last month following spot-fixing allegations. The suspensions, handed down by the Pakistan Cricket Board, followed allegations in the

LAHORE: The Pakistani captain, along with the two speedsters, who were suspended over allegations of spot fixing have been barred from practising at the national academy until investigations are complete, an official said on Wednesday.
Former Test captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer, suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) last month during Pakistan's tour of England, were turned away from the academy late on Tuesday.
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