Politics & Policy
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Secretary Finance regarding the non-issuance of sovereign guarantee for Nandipur Power Project, which delayed its completion.The notice was issued by the three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry and Justice Gulzar Ahmed during the hearing of a petition submitted by Khawaja Muhammad Asif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).The court noted that the project, which commenced in 2008, was due to be completed in April 2011 but it was still in limbo.The bench was apprised that already billions of rupees had been spent on the 450 Mega Watt power project which could not be completed due to the lethargic behaviour of the Ministry of Finance.During the course of proceedings, Khawaja Asif told the bench that the machinery worth millions of rupees, which arrived at the Karachi Port Trust about two years back, was ...
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by Muhammad Hussain Mehnati, Ameer Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), Karachi regarding the rigging in the mega city during the general elections. The three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry and Justice Gulzar Ahmed heard the constitutional petition filed by Mehnati under Article 184 (3) of the Constitution. The Chief Justice remarked that how a political party, which did not take part in ...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senior Leader Javed Hashmi on Thursday said people wanted a change and prosperity in the country and only his party could fulfill their wishes.
Talking to APP, he said that PTI is determined to provide a credible leadership to set the course for a sovereign and economically strong Pakistan.
To a question, he said that there would be no future of the country unless the corruption is uprooted from the country.
To another question, ...
ISLAMABAD: Analyst Zia-ud-Din has termed the policy of reconciliation a good step as PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif is trying to make a consensus on national agenda while taking all the stakeholders alongside.Talking to Radio Pakistan, he remarked that PPP is also following policy of reconciliation and wants to form coalition government in Sindh.However, he added that previously PPP formed a coalition government in Sindh along with MQM and ANP to restore peace in Karachi but ...
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