Islamabad: (Wednesday, August 01, 2012) The Accountant General Pakistan Revenues’ (AGPR) employees, in a hurriedly made decision, have decided to end the strike. The decision to end the strike was made by the Joint Action Committee (JAC), that was convened to reconsider the earlier decision to go on strike. The sources in the AGPR said […]
Aug 1 2012 | Posted in
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YDA Strike: LHC orders doctors to resume work Lahore: (Friday, July 06, 2012) Justice Ijaz ul Hassan of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has ordered the Young Doctors Association (YDA) to return to their jobs in emergency wards at 9:00 AM on Saturday. While hearing the YDA strike case, Justice Hassan said that the Punjab […]
Jul 6 2012 | Posted in
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HRCP calls for an end to bonded labor in Pakistan Lahore, June 25: Bonded labour remains one of the most reprehensible and widespread forms of exploitation in Pakistan even 20 years after the promulgation of a law to abolish it, and therefore the state and civil society both must redouble their efforts to eliminate the evil. This was […]
Jun 25 2012 | Posted in
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Naveed Qamar declares Power crisis as national issue Islamabad: (Thursday, May 10, 2012) Federal Minister for Water and Power Naveed Qamar claimed here today that unannounced loadshedding will end within 24 hours. Sharing details of the ongoing energy crisis that has engulfed the entire country and that is particularly affecting Punjab, the federal minister said […]
May 10 2012 | Posted in
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HRCP calls for end to confrontation between state organs Lahore, (Thursday, April 26): While commenting on the Supreme Court verdict in the contempt case against the Prime Minister, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for an end to confrontation between the state organs. In a statement issued today the commission said: “While it […]
Apr 26 2012 | Posted in
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Load-shedding to end on Tuesday: Naveed Qamar Islamabad: (Monday, February 06, 2012) Federal Minister for Water and Power, Naveed Qamar said today that there will be no load-shedding in the country from Tuesday onwards. Qamar, who was responding to a call attention notice in the National Assembly’s session, while claiming that the government has succeeded […]
Liaquat Baloch alleges intelligence agencies of breaking law and abducting citizens Karachi: (Wednesday, January 11, 2012) Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) secretary general Liaquat Baloch yesterday alleged the intelligence agencies of breaking the law time and again and abducting citizens. Baloch said that his party believed all institutions must operate within the parameters defined by the constitution. However, […]
Jan 11 2012 | Posted in
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