While the staff member of a local bakery in Lahore may have survived being killed by the “Encounter Specialist” of Punjab before the video evidence of his thrashing was made public by the media, this whole series of events does lead towards people asking a number of questions on what happened and how it was […]
Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif on Monday took notice of a video that had been circulating on social media websites, alleging police brutality by guards of his daughter, Rabia Imran. The CCTV Video shows men accompanied by a police party, beating up a bakery employee and forcefully taking him away. Earlier, a worker at a […]
Oct 16 2012 | Posted in
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Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that an act of terrorism couldn’t be ruled out as one of the possible reasons in the incident of fire in a garments factory that killed hundreds of people in the provincial metropolis city. While speaking to the media, the minister said that a probe is underway to […]
Sep 14 2012 | Posted in
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Sharif Brothers, Shahbaz Sharif and Nawaz Sharif, are among many leading other politicians are on the hit-list of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Media reports quoting intelligent report circulated among law enforcement agencies said that the TTP was mulling to target prominent politicians of the country. Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) leader Fakhar Imam and the head […]
Sep 12 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said that his party was not taken on board on probable names for a caretaker prime minister, rejecting the claims made by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. While addressing a press conference, the cricketer-turned-politician said, “PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari have struck a deal to award […]
Sep 10 2012 | Posted in
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Lahore: Chief Minister Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif said here today that any delay in bringing the culprits to the task by police will not be tolerated. He said that no negligence by police will be tolerated any more. The chief minister Punjab said this while meeting two bereaved families from Lahore’s Samanabad and Hujrah Shah Muqeem […]
Aug 31 2012 | Posted in
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Lahore: Chief Minister Punjab, Mian Shahbaz Sharif said here today that the police have been provided with all sorts of resources and now it was their turn to show the results. In order to beef up the police force for their enhanced capacity to fight the crimes in Lahore, the CM has ordered for the […]
Aug 28 2012 | Posted in
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After hectic efforts, the Khosa family reportedly agreed to patch up with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz from which it separated ways for unknown reasons. According to PML-N Leader Raja Ashfaq Sarwar, Sardar Zulfiqar Khosa and PML-N President Nawaz Sharif held one-one-one meeting at the Sharif residence in Raiwind and have reconciled their differences. While speaking to […]
Islamabad: (Wednesday, August 8, 2012) Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, the Federal Minister for Water and Power has responded to the complaints mentioned by the Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif in the council of the common interest and has ordered for uniform loadshedding in the entire country. After Mukhtar’s orders, the Energy Management Committee (EMC) will review […]
Aug 9 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Wednesday, August 08, 2012) Upon the protest of Punjab’s chief minister Shahbaz Sharif, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has formed a committee with the mandate to ensure uniform loadshedding across the country. The ECC meeting held here in today in the chairmanship of the Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf. The ECC committee will first […]
Aug 8 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Wednesday, August 08, 2012) The Council of Common Interest (CCI) that convened here today, has approved the new petroleum policy for the country. According to the sources, Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf chaired the CCI meeting. During the meeting, while raising his voice against the discriminatory attitude shown by the federal incumbent towards Punjab, […]
Aug 8 2012 | Posted in
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Declaring President Asif Ali Zardari responsible for energy crisis, Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday said ongoing spells of load shedding have ransacked the economy of the country. Speaking to the media, he was of the opinion that the province was being subjected to the revenge of worst kind with President Zardari playing the […]