Tag: Trust

‘MPs’ role crucial to remove Indo-Pak trust deficit’

ISLAMABAD - The Indo-Pak parliamentarians' dialogue in Islamabad concluded on Friday, with both sides issuing a joint declaration that recognised the parliamentarians' importance in removing the trust deficit between the two countries.
The parliamentarians held constructive, candid and comprehensive dialogue, agreeing that the trust deficit could be removed by building on commonalities and positives, with a view to resume bilateral dialogue and promoting a people's movement for

Qazi’s clout, lack of trust delaying MMA’s imminent revival

ISLAMABAD - Internal bickering and a lack of trust among the Jamaat-e-Islami's (JI) top leadership, coupled with the absence of substantial support from powers that be, appears to have minimised the prospects of an imminent revival of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).
Discussions with JI leaders have revealed that former party chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed and incumbent Syed Munawar Hassan were divided over the religious alliance's revival. A JI source told Pakistan Today that Qazi

Who to trust? – Class 8 Computer textbook still unavailable

LAHORE - Unavailability of the prescribed Computer Science book for Class 8 has become a headache for the parents and young students as the exams approach, Pakistan Today has learnt.
According to Punjab Examination Commission (PEC), the Punjab Textbook Board will not publish the Computer Science book now but the exam will be taken according to the National Curriculum 2006. PEC official told Pakistan Today that the course outline was clear enough in National Curriculum 2006 and

Ambassadors urge Haiti to trust in vote review committee

PORT-AU-PRINCE: Key ambassadors to Haiti called on the country's leaders to resolve a post-election crisis, which has been aggravated by a controversial vote recount expected to begin on Monday.
Envoys from the United Nations, the United States, the Organization of American States and the European Union urged Haiti's presidential candidates to avoid violence by pursuing legal means to challenge the election results. The joint statement, on the eve of a Provisional Electoral

LDA grants building period waiver to Nazria-e-Pakistan Trust

LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has given a 100 percent building period waiver for the second time to the Nazria-e-Pakistan Trust flouting its own decision taken in 2001 and making a mockery of all slogans of merit and rule of law of the Punjab government, Pakistan Today has learn.
The LDA extended the building period free of surcharge twice for a 40 kanal, 22 square feet plot number 20 at Block J/I and 3 kanal, 18 marla and 205 square feet plot number 27 to 31 at

Building trust with Pakistan, Afghanistan a long-term effort: US

WASHINGTON: The US has said that building a partnership of trust with Pakistan and Afghanistan required a long-term commitment, as top American officials acknowledged Pakistani efforts in the fight against terrorism operating in the region.
In a joint appearance on an American TV channel, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defence Secretary Robert Gates noted that Pakistan was working to root out the Taliban and Al Qaeda, as they pledged long-term US engagement with the