Tag: Suspends

Spain’s cash-strapped Catalonia suspends grant payments

The government of Catalonia, Spain's most indebted region, said Tuesday it could not afford to make its grant payments to social institutions such...

SHC suspends notification to unseat Arbab

A division bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Saturday suspended the Sindh Assembly’s notification to unseat former Sindh chief minister Arbab Ghulam...

LHC suspends sentence of 7 policemen

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday suspended the three-year sentence each awarded to seven policemen, including former SHO Rana Ilyas, in the Sialkot...

LHC suspends LPG Policy 2011

The Lahore High Court on Monday suspended the operation of LPG Policy 2011 till 5th October, on a petition challenging it and subsequent notifications...

NATO suspends Afghan jail transfer

NATO’s military coalition in Afghanistan has suspended the transfer of prisoners to some Afghan jails following allegations of torture in an as-yet unpublished UN...

US suspends work of aid groups in Gaza Strip

The United States has suspended operations of the aid organizations it funds in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip because the Islamist group had demanded confidential...

KESC suspends field operations in Karachi

The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has suspended its field operations and has announced that all offices will remain closed until the government acts...

SC finally suspends notification of FIA official’s transfer

The Supreme Court on Friday suspended the transfer notification of FIA Additional Director General Capt (r) Zafar Ahmed Qureshi until further orders and directed...

Rescue 1122 DG suspends CSO

The Punjab Emergency Service Rescue 1122 director general (DG) on Monday suspended the community safety officer concerned and boat driver and constituted a committee...

Court work suspends owing to ‘threat’ miscommunication

The subordinate judiciary in the city suspended work after a civil judge received a life threat on Monday. The life threat to a member...

SC suspends PC’s decision of denying extension to 2 SHC judges

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Monday suspended the decision of the Parliamentary Committee (PC) which denied one year extensions in the service of two additional judges of the Sindh High Court and restrained the respondents from issuing any notification in pursuance of the PC's recommendations.
A four-member larger bench comprising Justice Mahmood Akhtar Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Parvez was hearing petitions against the

Court suspends Elahi’s warrants

LAHORE - An additional district and session judge on Wednesday accepted an application filed by Moonis Elahi's lawyer and suspended the impugned orders by judicial magistrate Irfan Basra regarding proclamation for Elahi's arrest for allegedly being involved in National Insurance Corporation (NIC).
The court also set aside the arrest warrant of the suspect issued by the judicial magistrate. The application had been filed by Moonis Elahi through his counsel Muhammad Amir submitting

PHC suspends show-cause notice issued by PCO judge

PESHAWAR - The tussle for power and authority among the judicial circles took another twist Friday when a three-member bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) suspended the show-cause notice served on four judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Justice Jehanzaib Rahim of PHC through an order on Thursday had issued the show-cause notice to the PCO judges in a contempt of court notice. Justice Jehanzaib, a PCO judge, had questioned the authority of the SC judges of serving

PSM suspends Imtiaz Lodhi as acting CEO

ISLAMABAD - An emergency meeting of the Board of Directors (BOD) of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) was held in Karachi. The directors have suspended Imtiaz A, K, Lodhi who is currently acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Pakistan Steel Mills with immediate effect.
As an interim arrangement, the BOD has placed Principal Executive Officer Wasif Mehmood, as acting CEO in addition to his present assignment. The BOD had requested the concerned

Hungarian exploration giant partially suspends Pakistan operations

ISLAMABAD - The Hungarian oil and gas exploration and production giant, MOL, on Friday announced an immediate suspension of its operations from Maramzai well due to security issues, resulting in suspension of the production 40MMCFD of gas and 1,600 barrels of oil per day.
The company has withdrawn all its personnel from its Maramzai site in Tal block to avoid any further loss of life.
The block is spread over areas in Kohat, Karak, Hangu and Bannu districts and some areas of

Sindh suspends subsidy on brand new tractors

KARACHI: The Sindh government has ceased provision of subsidy on brand new tractors to the poor growers and has hence caused further trouble to the already suffering agriculture sector of the province, it is reliably learnt.
The Agriculture Department of the Sindh government had launched a scheme of granting subsidy on tractors and disbursed at least 5,000 tractors to growers in the initial phase.
However, the facility has recently been withdrawn as the provincial