PDF Print E-mail ISLAMABAD, Nov 1 (APP): The Ministry of Health has been directed to devise a comprehensive media outreach plan to tackle the incidence of Dengue fever in the country. Minister for Health, Sherry Rehman who was given a briefing by senior officials and [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 9, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman said that the in-camera session for the Parliamentarians is a new chapter in the democracy of Pakistan. “The ongoing briefing session for the Parliamentarians is a step towards strengthening the democratic system as it is aimed at taking public representatives on-board on the most important challenge [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 21, 2008
Pakistan has released security camera video footage of a suicide attack The attacker blew himself before the big blast and no other attack was made at the Marriot hotel here Saturday evening. Sources revealed that this has been revealed in close circuit TV footage during the investigations that the suicide attacker driving the truck blown himself [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 13, 2008
Pakistan has condemned the several serial blasts in New Delhi Saturday in which at least 18 people were killed and more than wer 90 injured according to officials. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani while condemning the blasts said that it was a cowardly act by the enemies of humanity. “We share the grief of the [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 6, 2008
The head of PML-N, Mian Nawaz Sharif has congratulated Asif Ali Zardari upon his election as President of Pakistan. Nawaz Sharif has been known to telephoned the PPPP co-chairman to congratulate him over his success, and assured his (Nawaz Sharif’s) support for Zardari and democracy. Nawaz Sharif expressed his hopes that Asif Ali Zardari would [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 4, 2008
ISLAMABAD : Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ms Sherry Rehman has said that Senator Asif Ali Zardari’s lead position in recent opinion polls conducted by media organizations indicate public support for his candidature for the post of the President. “The public support is for the political ideals that a candidate stands for. The [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 17, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Ruling coalition’s draft committee has finalized the charge-sheet against President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday. The final round of the consultations of draft committee was held at the residence of Federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman in Islamabad. Talking to media men, Sherry Rehman said the draft of charge-sheet has been finalized which will be [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 16, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman has said that in the new democratic set up, the roles of the Information Ministry and PEMRA are that of facilitators and not regulators for media. Speaking the meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting in Islamabad on Saturday, she asked the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 12, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Sherry Rehman has said the alliance would welcome any information from Pakistan Muslim League-Quid-e-Azam (PML-Q) to further strengthen the charge sheet against Pervez Musharraf. Talking to media here on Wednesday she said the coalition partners have worked out charge sheet against the President adding it is a difficult time but expressed the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 12, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman has described the resolutions passed against President Pervez Musharraf by the Punjab and NWFP assemblies with thumping majority as an overwhelming endorsement of the coalition government’s decision for impeachment. “The verdict of the people is already out,” said the Information Minister in a statement. She further said “impeachment [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 12, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman and Former UK Ambassador in Pakistan Mark Loyal Grant held a meeting on Monday, sources have revealed. Former ambassador on the behalf of his country tried to put pressure on government of Pakistan as UK wanted a ‘safe passage’ for President Musharraf. The former ambassador wanted to avoid [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 11, 2008
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Minister for Information Ms Sherry Rehman moved a bill to revoke amendments in the Press, Newspapers, News Agencies and Books Registration Ordinance 2002 (PNNABRO) on the first day of the National Assembly session on Monday. Amendments in the PNNABRO were introduced by the previous regime that initiated a clampdown on the media, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 8, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Federal Information Minister, Sherry Rehman Friday said impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf by the ruling coalition is “a historical moment for democracy in Pakistan. Talking to private TV channel, she said’ “It is a process that symbolizes that no individual or institution is above accountability. It is step towards democracy and parliamentary sovereignty. We [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 24, 2008
PM has requested for postponement of by-elections MNAs, MPAs are protest ing against Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification Sherry said Nawaz Sharif should be free to contest elections Farooq H. Naek said Govt opposes disqualification of Nawaz Sharif Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has raised issue of disqualification of Nawaz Sharif Popularity: 19% [?]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 5, 2008
ISLAMABAD:The Federal Cabinet meeting in Islamabad has decided in principle to regularize the services of contract employees from Grade 1 to 15 who have rendered more than two years of service. The meeting was chaired by the Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday. Briefing newsmen after the meeting Information Minister Sherry Rehman said [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 29, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Sherry Rehman Thursday said the government of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and its allies would take all political parties into confidence to run affairs of the state. “Restoration of the constitution of 1973 and the initiation of the agendas of Charter of Democracy (CoD) are not something ordinary, it [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 24, 2008
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Women Development will launch a five point programme named after Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed. In this programme the government will move the long overdue Domestic Violence Bill in the Parliament; all government land allotment will be done in the name of the woman of the house; the number of crisis [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 23, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman Friday said that Pakistan Peoples Party government was adhered to the principle of free media as it was the cornerstone of democracy. She was addressing the concluding session of a round table conference organized by the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) on “Media Freedom, Laws and [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 17, 2008
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Minister of Health Ms Sherry Rehman has taken a strong note of the rise in polio cases in the province of Sindh, as one more case was reported this week bringing the total number of affected children to eight. Expressing her concern at the reports, the Federal Minister of Health has directed [...]
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Saturday, November 1, 2008
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