Posts tagged as: Karachi

PPP, PML-N don’t want change in Pakistan; says Imran Khan

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Saturday said the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) did not want to see “any change” to come in the country, adding that, both parties were colluding with one another.   While speaking to media representatives in Karachi, the former cricketer-turned-politician said […]

CEC Fakhruddin G Ebrahim vows to implement Karachi’s delimitation order

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (Retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim on Thursday pledged that the task of drawing up new constituency boundaries in Karachi would be completed in the light of the Supreme Court verdict despite reservations of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).   While chairing a consultative meeting of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) which […]

50 MW Wind Power Project to operationalize from next week in Sindh

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded 56.4 megawatts wind power project Jhampir is expected to start generating electricity from next month as the implementing company has completed all necessary work in this regard.   This is in addition to the project of Fauji Fertiliser Company Energy Limited (FFCEL) that is likely to become operational from […]

Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan declines to represent Altaf Hussain in Supreme Court

Renowned lawyer and Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Senator Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan has declined to represent Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain in the contempt of court notice against him.   Speaking to media representatives in Islamabad, the legal expert said he could not take the case due to the fact that Chief Justice Iftikhar […]

Attacks on polio teams: World Health Organization stops field work in Pakistan

As a continuity of the orchestrated attack on polio campaigning teams, the World Health Organization (WHO) has directed its field staff to stop work in Pakistan.   At least two people were killed and two others were injured when three teams involved in the nationwide polio vaccination drive were attacked in Peshawar, Nowshera and Charsadda, in […]

Terrorist attacks complicate Pakistan’s anti-polio campaign

Terrorist attacks on volunteers of anti-polio teams in Karachi and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday and Wednesday, which claimed lives of five women and a male in only 24 hours, have raised serious concern about the success of the campaign in Pakistan.   All law enforcement agencies have miserably failed to apprehend the culprits who fled […]

Prime Minister Ashraf vows to eradicate polio from country

Strongly condemning the firing incident at anti-polio campaigners and seeking arrest of the culprits, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has reiterated the resolve of the government that it would not rest until the country is rid of polio.   While chairing a meeting of Polio Task Force in Islamabad, he said seeking a polio-free life […]

Unknown militants kill five anti-polio campaigners including four women in Karachi

In another setback to the country’s polio eradication efforts, at least five anti-polio campaigners, four of them women, were gunned down in Karachi in an hour in two separate incidents on Tuesday.   Reports said two women campaigners were on their duty in Gulshan-e-Buner area of Landhi when they were shot at and killed. Only […]

MQM chief Altaf Hussain seeks opinion about his political future

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has sought opinion from his party workers whether he should continue to lead the party or quit politics.   Addressing MQM Rabita Committee, lawyers and other activists in Karachi, the MQM chief said ,”If my clear stance on the issue is creating problems than the party workers and […]

Consistent economic policies will be ensured: President Zardari

President Asif Ali Zardari has said that consistent economic policies will be ensured in the country.   While addressing 36th Export Award Ceremony in Karachi on Tuesday night, he said that the PPP led government made constitutional reforms and is continuing war against terrorism throughout the country.   He said we will make Pakistan more […]

Altaf Hussain vows continued support to government

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain has said his party would continue to support the present government for the cause of democracy in the country.   The MQM chief phoned President Asif Ali Zardari and the two leaders discussed the current situation in the country. He congratulated the President for pursuing the policy of […]

Fall of Dacca: What have we learnt from our past mistakes? (Part Three)

To a few others it was a case of misplaced egoistic velour – not to be dubbed as the ‘chickens’ in the army parlance. The true information was not only denied to the common man in West Pakistan but even to those at the helm also. Handling of the East Pakistan issue at the International […]

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