Tag: System

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's dysfunctional electoral system has hampered democratic development, political stability and the rule of law; major electoral reforms would bolster a still fragile democratic transition, says a report of the International Crisis Group.
Reforming Pakistan's Electoral System War report, examines the electoral system having a troubled history of widespread rigging and fraud, facilitated by the civil-military bureaucracy, and identifies measures to make

KARACHI - Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Ali Mirza has given formal approval for bringing reforms in the policing system through a public-private partnership. An official statement on Monday said that Mirza has asked Home Affairs Consultant Sharfuddin Memon to convene a joint meeting with the Karachi Capital City Police officer (CCPO) and a non-governmental organisation (NGO) at the earliest. Mirza observed that the public-private venture is very much in line with the concept of

LAHORE - As Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif loses interest, the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) has suspended the meter parking system at four places, which was designed to resolve parking problems and overcharging issues, Pakistan Today has learnt.
After the successful installation of the meter parking system at the Liberty Market and from the Shahdin Manzil to Mazjid-e-Shuhda, a plan was on the cards to install the system at Anarkali Bazaar, Panorama Centre, Lahore

LAHORE - Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Khursheed Shah on Thursday announced that the system of random draws for Haj has been abolished. He also announced to award Haj pilgrims' quota to 96 group organisers, who had been enrolled on the orders of Supreme Court of Pakistan. Speaking at Haj Conference 2011 being held under the auspices of Punjab Haj Organisers Association Pakistan, Shah said that Haj applications will be accepted from April 10 to April 30, 2011.
He

LAHORE - Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) Chairman Javed Kayani has written a letter to the FBR chairman, proposing a fix assessable value, at a uniform rate of Rs 55 per kg, for sales tax collection. He said that this system of fixed assessable value was introduced in April 1998. However, under the recently promulgated presidential ordinance, calculation of sales tax is to be made on the floating ex-mill rate and incidence of sales tax would continue to increase. Kayani

KARACHI - The Sindh Tsunami Early Warning Centre might be equipped with sophisticated gadgets, but those responsible for sending warnings are perhaps a tad tardy - certainly very tardy by disaster standards.
On Monday, a 5.7 magnitude earthquake jolted Islamabad, Peshawar, Swat, Nowshera, Khyber and Mohmand tribal regions as well as parts of Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa, Kashmir and upper Punjab. The earthquake occurred at 2.49pm, but the Tsunami Early Warning Centre sent an alert some

FAISALABAD - Punjab Governor Latif Khosa has underlined the need to adopt the modern irrigation system based on conservation to avoid water catastrophe in future. The governor was speaking as the chief guest at a seminar to mark the World Water Day held at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) under the aegis of Department of Agriculture and Technology and Water Management Research Centre of the varsity.
He said, "We will run into serious water crisis unless we replace

KARACHI - Though the incumbent Sindh government is bemoaning its worst-ever financial crisis, at least Rs 6 millions are set to be spent on the purchase of a new video conferencing system for the World Bank-assisted Sindh Cities Improvement Programme, Pakistan Today has learnt. The expenditure, however, is not needed: the parent department of the Sindh Cities Improvement Programme - the Planning & Development (P&D) Department - is in possession of three sophisticated video

KARACHI - Democratic system has never been allowed to flourish

LAHORE - An application was filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday seeking termination of Dr Majid Naeem, head of new online system for all education boards and abolition of the boards' online system that could not issue role number slips to students on time. The application was filed by Advocate Muhammad Azhar Siddique as an addition to his already pending main petition against the new Matric exams system.
The petitioner alleged that Dr Naeem was a corrupt person and he

SIALKOT - Punjab Food Minister Abdul Ghafur said the provincial government was striving to ensure the transparent examination system across the province under the supervision of Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif. He said this while talking to the journalists after visiting a matriculation examination center in Daska.
Members provincial assembly (MPAs) Yahiya Gul Nawaz Ghuman, Rana Arif Iqbal Harnah and Jamil Ashraf Baryar, Gujranwala Division Board of Intermediate and

FAISALABAD - Following the successful launch of Sweet Home schools in various cities, Pakistan Baitul Maal has decided to launch the project in Faisalabad to open a live-in school system for orphan boys aged between 4-6 years.
All the arrangements to start the project by the end of March, including selection of children, recruitment of staff, hiring of a hostel building and transportation have been completed by the Pakistan Baitul Maal task team. A 33-member task force team,

KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly on Monday passed a resolution unanimously demanding of the Sindh government to ensure implementation of the 60-40 percent ratio of quota in government jobs and promotions of employees in government departments as well as autonomous bodies.
PPP's Ghulam Mujadid Isran presented the resolution on Private Members Day of the assembly; the MQM, PML-F and other parties also supported the resolution.
Isran, while explaining his resolution, said that

SYDNEY - Cricket's decision referral system is sapping the confidence of match officials and should be scrapped, according to former Australian test umpire Darrell Hair. The system, where decisions can be referred to an official who reviews the television pictures before passing his verdict on to the umpires, is making its World Cup debut in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
The controversial Hair, once described by former Pakistan captain Imran Khan as an "umpiring

KARACHI - The PPP hinted on Wednesday that it might accept the MQM's local government (LG) system formula in Karachi and Hyderabad. "Our allies have interest in two districts - Karachi and Hyderabad - and we cannot afford to lose the remaining 21 districts of Sindh," said PPP leader and Sindh Local Government Minister Agha Siraj Durrani, while talking to journalists after attending the Sindh Assembly session.
He said that both parties have agreed to resume talks on the

LAHORE - An accountability court on Monday extended the physical remand of Danish Shamshad, accused of involvement in the Lahore Mass Transit System Project scam until February 26. Danish is a shareholder in more than 10 properties purchased by his father and key accused in the said reference.
Former Punjab Transport Department cashier Shamshad Gulzar embezzled Rs 401.155 million from funds allocated for the Lahore Mass Transit System Project. Separately, National Accountability

LAHORE - The Punjab government has written to the Inter-Provincial Coordination Committee (IPCC) of the federal government to take up measures to revive the old system of magistracy in Punjab, Pakistan Today has learnt. In the letter, the provincial government has requested the centre to take up the matter and "make relevant amendments" in the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) to revive the old system of magistracy in the province.
The federal government abolished the magistracy