KARACHI (April 13 2008): The Federal government is considering to deduct salaries of law enforce if the latter is convicted violating the human rights. Federal Minister for Law, Justice, Human Rights and Parliamentary Affairs, Farooq H Naek stated this in a meeting here at Regional Office of Human Rights Department in Sindh Secretariat on Saturday. […]
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad lawyers on Friday threatened to stage a march on Karachi if Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) continued with their terror acts like Wednesday’s violence against lawyers in the port city. “Karachi is not MQM’s property to which it may use as it likes. MQM will have stop disturbing the city’s peace and if this […]
KARACHI, April 11: Twenty-one members of the Sindh cabinet were sworn in at the Governor House here on Friday. Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan administered the oath. The new cabinet includes four women minister. The oath-taking ceremony was attended by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Prime Minister’s Adviser for Interior Rehman Malik, Speaker […]
LAHORE, April 11: Rana Mohammad Iqbal Khan and Rana Mashhud Khan of the Pakistan Muslim League-N were elected unopposed as the speaker and deputy speaker of the Punjab Assembly on Friday as candidates of the PML-Q forward bloc withdrew their papers. Outgoing speaker Mohammad Afzal Sahi administered the oath to Rana Iqbal as the house […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) on Friday admitted an adjournment motion seeking a debate on publication of blasphemous sketches. The NA was adjourned till Monday amid a discussion on water and power crisis. Sahibzada Fazl Karim moved the motion condemning the blasphemous sketches and seeking a debate to determine the government’s proper and prompt action […]
ISLAMABAD, April 10: Both the government and the opposition on Thursday blamed an unexplained conspiracy for the latest political violence in Karachi and Lahore with Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani vowing in the National Assembly to “bring the culprits to justice” and not let “anti-democratic forces” succeed. The opposition, comprising parties of the previous ruling […]
KARACHI, April 10: When an armed mob set fire to Tahir Plaza in what appears to be a pre-planned attack, the horrifying deaths suffered by six people who were unfortunate enough to be at the wrong place at the wrong time illustrate that it is always ordinary citizens who bear the brunt of politically-triggered unrest. […]
ISLAMABAD (April 11 2008): The Speaker, National Assembly, Dr Fehmida Mirza has said that Pakistan attaches great importance to its relations with United States and both the countries have similar perceptions on many international issues. She said this while talking to US Ambassador Anne W. Patterson, who called on her in Parliament House on Thursday. […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman said on Thursday the countdown for the restoration of the deposed superior courts judges would begin after installation of all the provincial governments. Talking to journalists at the Parliament House here before the start of the maiden sitting of the new National Assembly’s regular session, she […]
KARACHI, April 10: The Sindh High Court Bar Association on Thursday said that all acts of violence and terrorism that took place on Wednesday were “undoubtedly a repetition and link of the chain of the events a political group had committed on May 12 for the attainment of their evil designs”, and announced mourning for […]
ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into the attack on former federal minister Sher Afgan Khan Niazi. The president discussed the roughing up of Niazi with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Punjab Governor Lt-Gen (retd) Khalid Maqbool over telephone and expressed grave concern over the incident. The president condemned the […]
ISLAMABAD: Amir Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Qazi Hussain Ahmed and tribal JI leaders on Tuesday proposed election for members of Jirgas and enforcement of Islamic Shariah in the tribal areas as an alternate to the Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR), asking the government to refrain from introducing the police system to replace the FCR. Addressing a news conference […]
Terming the attack on Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim in Sindh Assembly as an act of “state terrorism”, Pakistan Muslim League Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has demanded of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to accept the responsibility of the incident and seek “unconditional apology” over it. “PML-Q will boycott the proceedings of all provincial […]
KARACHI, April 8: With paint peeling off, an ill-equipped kitchen, no doctor to assist in case of emergency, ill-paid staff, the only government day care centre in the city does not appear to be a very exciting place for children. Comprising a hall with a small section for the manager, the day care centre has […]
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