Archive | May, 2008
New controversy on Kala Bagh Dam
Pakistan Muslim League Quaid leader Chaudhry Pervez Elahi said Wednesday that Kalabagh dam was lifeline of Pakistan that would never be allowed to be shelved. While addressing a rally in Attock, PML-Q leader said that any attempt to end the Local Bodies System would not be tolerated. He said people witnessed that promises made by [...]
Continue reading...Low income groups are the top most priority in forthcoming budget: PM
29. May 2008
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that providing tangible and concrete relief with specific financial allocations to the people especially those in the lowest income groups should be the topmost priority of his government in the forthcoming budget. The Prime Minister expressed these views while chairing a briefing on the budgetary matters [...]
Continue reading...Petition filed against Musharraf living in Army House
29. May 2008
Political parties, lawyers and retired army generals are demanding Musharraf should leave army house as he is no more the army chief. LAHORE: A lawyer group, ‘Adleya Bachao Tehrik’ (Save Judiciary Movement) filed the petition in the Supreme Court registry in Lahore, seeking President Pervez Musharraf out of the army house, was filed in the Supreme [...]
Continue reading...PM meets Senator Dr. Muhammad Akbar Khawaja
29. May 2008
Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said the government is paying special attention to the development of under-developed areas of the country and will take urgent steps for the provision of basic necessities of life to the people. He was talking to former Senator Dr. Muhammad Akbar Khawaja who called on him on Wednesday. [...]
Continue reading...Munir Akram promoted positive image of Pakistan: PM
29. May 2008
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations Munir Akram paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani here on Wednesday. The Prime Minister lauded the services of Mr. Munir Akram regarding projection of Pakistan’s image in the comity of nations. Mr. Munir Akram apprised the Prime Minister of various matters [...]
Continue reading...ISPR rebuffs peacekeepers involvement in child abuse
29. May 2008
ISLAMABAD: A spokesman of ISPR has denounced and termed as propaganda a news report of BBC World quoting ‘Save the Children’ organization about alleged involvement of Pakistani peace-keepers in a case of child abuse in Ivory Coast. The spokesman said as per our preliminary investigation, the report is malicious, unfounded and baseless. Nothing was reported [...]
Continue reading...IA flays Bush for supporting Musharraf
29. May 2008
LONDON: Amnesty International has criticized the support of US President George W. Bush’s administration for Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf when he imposed a state of emergency, clamped down on media and sacked judges. In its annual report, the world human right watchdog urged the United States to close the Guantanamo Bay camp and other secret [...]
Continue reading...Australia provides $ 8.5m for WFP Programme in FATA, Balochistan
28. May 2008
ISLAMABAD: The Australian Government will provide US$ 8.5 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in support of its programme in FATA and Balochistan. The agreement was signed by Australian High Commissioner Ms. Zorica McCarthy and WFP Representative Wolfgang Herbinger at a ceremony held in Peshawar. Honourable governor of NWFP Mr. Owais Ahmed [...]
Continue reading...US wants pretext to invade Pakistan: Qazi
28. May 2008
ISLAMABAD: Commenting on a report that Osama Bin Laden has been located in Northern Pakistan, Jamaat-e-Islami Chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said that the United States has been in search of a pretext to invade Pakistan’s tribal and northern areas for a long time. “I quoted from George Friedman’s book wherein he has written [...]
Continue reading...10TH anniversary of nuke tests celebrated on May 28
28. May 2008
ISLAMABAD: 10th anniversary of nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan in 1998 was celebrated on Wednesday. Foreign office spokesman in a statement in Islamabad on Wednesday described it as an historic day in the nation’s quest for security. He said Pakistan has taken its responsibility as a nuclear weapon state seriously and not relented in its [...]
Continue reading...People’s verdict implies Musharraf should quit
28. May 2008
Pakistan People’s Party Co-chairman, Asif Ali Zardari has endorsed the action to remove President Musharraf, he informed, adding the people decided to bring a change in the country on February 18. “If I could, I would have removed (President) Musharraf on February 19 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Mian Nawaz Sharif Wednesday said the people [...]
Continue reading...WB Vice Chairman calls on President, PM and Zardari
28. May 2008
Economic reforms should be people friendly: Zardari RAWALPINDI: Mr. Praful C. Patel, Vice President, World Bank called on President Pervez Musharraf today at Presidential Camp Office, Syed Naveed, Qamar, Minister for Finance & Economic Affairs was also present in the meeting. The Vice President of World Bank congratulated the President for the economic progress achieved by [...]
Continue reading...World Bank mission assesses Balochistan education support programme
28. May 2008
QUETTA: A World Bank mission now on a visit to Balochistan for assessing pace of development over Balochistan education support programme (BESP) called on the Governor Balochistan Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi on Wednesday. The World Bank had provided twenty-two million dollars for the programme which is being implemented through Balochistan Education Foundation. Balochistan Education Foundation [...]
Continue reading...An update on judges issue
28. May 2008
Judges’ issue to be resolved in parliament: PM Lawyers to hold peaceful march for restoration of disposed judges AHRC urges Gilani to move resolution of judges’ issue in NA Nawaz Sharif summons PML-N CEC meeting on May 30 Popularity: 13% [?]
Continue reading...Peoples Lawyers Forum to support the constitutional package
28. May 2008
ISLAMABAD: Peoples Lawyers Forum will fully support the constitutional package that Pakistan Peoples Party will introduce in the parliament after building consensus with the coalition partners. A meeting of the lawyers from Peoples Lawyers Forum from NWFP and Punjab held at the Zardari house assured the PPP Co- Chairperson Senator Asif Ali Zardari that the [...]
Continue reading...UNDP to launch health programme in Sindh
28. May 2008
KARACHI: The United Nations Development Programme would provide fifty million dollars to launch Mother Child Health Programme in ten districts of Sindh from next financial year. The offer was made by a nine-member delegation of doctors from Norway, representing UNDP, during meeting with Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah in Karachi. Popularity: 18% [?]
Continue reading...Canadian troops ask for vehicle to withstand Afghan bombs
28. May 2008
KANDAHAR: The ever-increasing explosive power of roadside bombs in Afghanistan has Canada’s Defence Department and the army examining the idea of buying larger, more heavily armoured vehicles to shuttle troops around the battlefield. Defence sources in Ottawa say the department will consider “a more robust combat vehicle” as it looks toward eventually replacing the hardy [...]
Continue reading...US Army surgeon general says mental health services ‘not adequate’
28. May 2008
WASHINGTON: The number of Army troops suffering from severe combat stress is skyrocketing, rising from just over 1,000 new cases in 2003 to more than 28,000 soldiers today diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, the Army surgeon general said today. Lt. Gen. Eric B. Schoomaker, the Army’s top medical officer, said that he does not know [...]
Continue reading...Alarming Rise of Suicides Among Afghan Women
28. May 2008
WASHINGTON: Greater freedom for the women of Afghanistan was one of the promises of the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. U.S. and Afghan officials say there have been significant improvements, noting that some two million women and girls are now attending school, something that was forbidden under the extremist Taliban government. But despite Western efforts, many [...]
Continue reading...Kashmir studies within Indian thought
28. May 2008
SRINAGAR: For the first time in recent history, a high profile academic centre to study Kashmir, its tumultuous history, religions, cultures and politics has come up in the valley. The focus of the study, however, will be “within the broader perspective of Indian thought and culture.” The Vision document of the Institute of Kashmir Studies, [...]
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