Tag: Warns

LAHORE - The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) threatened on Friday to start a long march if the government released Raymond Davis. "Raymond Davis's release can trigger an Egypt-like political upheaval in Pakistan. He is a spy not a diplomat, therefore we will resist the release of the killer of innocent citizens," SIC leaders said during a protest outside Press Club.
SIC leaders Pir Ather-ul-Qadri, Mufti Haseeb, Maulana Mohammad Ali, Nawaz Kharal and Zia-ul Haq Naqshbandi led the

ISLAMABAD - Wanting the land evacuated in 7 days, Capital Development Authority (CDA) warned all unauthorized occupants and encroachers on state land, especially the slum dwellers (Kachi Abadis) in sector I-11. A press release warned of an operation that will be carried out irrespective of the loss incurred by the occupants. CDA has launched an operation in light of the direction of Supreme Court of Pakistan to get its occupied land released from its illegal occupants. The Islamabad

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) issued warning on Thursday to all presiding officers of accountability courts in Punjab over poor performance. The court warned Ali Hassan Rizvi, Ahmad Nawaz Ranjha, Mian Subah Sadiq Wattoo, Falak Sher Farooqa, Mian Muhammad Younas, Muhammad Tariq Abbasi, Wamiq Javaid , Syed Najam-ul-Hassan Najam and Abdul Haque. Earlier, the chief Justice expressed his displeasure over the judges' explanations to the court. CJLHC Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry had expressed

LAHORE - The government says Pakistan is in the midst of an educational emergency with disastrous human and economic consequences, the BBC said on Wednesday. A report prepared by a government commission mentions that half of all Pakistani school children cannot read a sentence. It says funding for schools has been cut from 2.5 percent of GDP in 2005 to just 1.5 percent - less than the national airline gets in subsidies.
It describes the education crisis as a self-inflicted

LAHORE - Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F chief MNA Fazlur Rehman on Saturday met Jamaat-i-Islami head Syed Munawar Hassan at Mansoora. In the meeting, that lasted about 30 minutes, both the leaders discussed issues of mutual interests, after which the JUI-F leader addressed a press conference during which Munawar Hassan and other JI members remained silent.
The JUI-F head warned that they would not allow anyone to use the murder of Minorities Affairs minister Shahbaz Bhatti as a pretext

ISLAMABAD - Chief of Muttahida Mahaz Bahawalpur (MMB) and former information minister Senator Mohammad Ali Durrani Saturday warned the Punjab government of a long march if the 'loot sale' of Bahawalpur state lands is not stopped.
Addressing a press conference, Senator Durrani warned those who had acquired the state lands to vacate the lands or be ready to face public wrath. "Those who have bought these lands as front men of the influential will be tagged as 'traitors' of the

BEIJING - China's state media on Saturday warned citizens to ignore calls for weekend anti-government rallies in major cities, saying that similar protests across the Middle East had created "chaos". The message - carried by the Beijing Daily, a mouthpiece of the city government - came as Premier Wen Jiabao noted the public's "great resentment" over a number of issues in his speech to open the annual parliamentary session.
Authorities in China have shown increasing nervousness

KARACHI - The Federal Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has warned against 'partisanship' on issues critical to national interest, while the government is determined to develop political consensus over "difficult economic decisions" including reformed General Sales Tax (GST) to fulfill its commitment with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He stated that the PPP-led government would opt for "other steps" to mitigate the immense politico-financial pressure, currently faced by

SEOUL - South Korea's leader warned troops on Friday to guard against North Korea's "reckless" provocations as a new dispute erupted over four defectors from the communist state. President Lee Myung-Bak stressed the need for separate branches of the military to work together to counter the threat from the North's special warfare forces, which Seoul says number 200,000.
"Through reckless military provocations, they (the North) are continuing to threaten peace," he told a

LAHORE - Lahore High Court gave a last chance on Wednesday to Lahore Development Authority (LDA) on behalf of the Punjab government on a petition challenging the proposed conversion of recreational park at the Lahore Press Club Journalist Housing Scheme Lahore into a residential area by carving out plots for 295 newly-inducted members of the club.
Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed of the LHC adjourned the hearing till March 22 and ordered the LDA to produce all relevant records of the

GENEVA - The UN human rights chief on Tuesday warned Yemeni authorities against the violent repression of peaceful protests, saying that people have the right to express their grievances.
"People have the legitimate right to express their grievances and demands to their government," Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a statement. "We have seen over and over again in the past few weeks that violent responses, in breach of international law, do not make the

LAHORE - Senior Pakistan People's Party leader Naheed Khan and her husband Senator Safdar Abbasi has criticised the government for not investigating Benazir Bhutto murder case properly and said if things were not handled correctly, the 'tsunami' of jiyalas (the diehard PPP workers) would wipe everything out.
They were addressing a meeting on 'Future of Pakistani Politics' in the metropolis on Sunday. They said the government had failed to fulfil the desires of PPP workers and

ISLAMABAD - Hearing a joint petition against the Parliamentary Committee's (PC) rejection of one year extension in the service of four additional judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC), the Supreme Court on Thursday expressed dismay and warned the committee of ex-parte proceedings, when it came to know that no representative of the committee had turned up to pursue the matter.
The four-member bench of Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Khilji

LOS ANGELES - A judge warned troubled US starlet Lindsay Lohan on Wednesday that she faces jail, as she appeared in court again over the theft of a $2,500 necklace from a Los Angeles jewellery store. Judge Keith Schwarz told the 24-year-old that she would be sent to jail if she pleads guilty under a deal offered by prosecutors, connected with an earlier probation violation.
"This case does involve jail time -- period," he said. "If you plead in front of me -- if this case

KARACHI - Interior Minister Rehman Malik has warned against money laundering, saying the government would take all possible measures to check the menace. The interior minister stated this while inaugurating a crisis management cell at the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) here on Saturday.
"The government would take all measures to curb money laundering or what it is locally called 'Hawala' in the country," he assured businessmen. The minister said that usage of

CHENNAI - India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has warned controversial fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth to cut out the hot-headed theatrics at the World Cup. Dhoni was left unimpressed by trouble-prone Sreesanth's latest antics in Wednesday's 117-run warm-up win over New Zealand when he fired a verbal volley at Kiwi opener Brendon McCullum.
The outburst came just four days after the bowler went face-to-face with Australian skipper Ricky Ponting when he made a gesture of a 'L'

GUJRANWALA - Gujranwala Chief Traffic Officer Makhdoom Qaisar Bashir has warned encroachers to remove encroachments in a week otherwise an operation cleanup will have to be launched.
Addressing a meeting of Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), he said an educational wing had been established for traffic awareness, adding a traffic campaign would be started in the city soon. The GCCI president chaired the meeting while senior members and traffic officials were also