Lahore: President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF) and former provincial minister Mian Zahid Hussain on Wednesday demanded of the government to provide enabling environment to local paper and board industry which is on the verge of collapse. He said that on average a person in Pakistan consumes 210 grams of ... Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionPakistan Hindu Council calls for National ‘Banyan Day’ for Interfaith Harmony
Lahore: Patron-in-chief Pakistan Hindu Council and Member National Assembly, Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani has emphasized the need to engage different segments of society regularly in interfaith collaboration, community work, spiritual development and peaceful co-existence, saying that annual celebration of National Interfaith Day on state level could teach people belonging to different ... Read More »
JI Shoora calls for expediting electoral reforms
Lahore: The central Shoora of the Jamaat e Islami, has called for expediting the process of electoral reforms in order to remove the weaknesses in the election system and ensure free, fair and transparent elections. A resolution adopted by the JI Shoora stressed upon the 33- member Electoral Reforms committee ... Read More »
PBIF calls for enhance trade with neighbouring countries
Lahore: President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF) and former provincial minister Mian Zahid Hussain on Saturday called for enhanced trade among neighbouring countries which is key to peace and prosperity.Business community fully supports efforts of the government to enhance trade with Iran, he said. He said that international trade ... Read More »
HRCP calls for halting execution of Shafqat Hussain
Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has called upon the prime minister and the minister of the interior to intervene to spare the life of Shafqat Hussain, a death row prisoner who was around 14 years old at the time of commission of the offence that he has been ... Read More »
JI calls for emergent Islamic summit to check blasphemy
Lahore: Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Sirajul Haq, while condemning the fresh publication of the blasphemous cartoons of the Holy Prophet (SAW) has called for an emergency Islamic summit to give a clear message to the west that the recurring incidents of profanity in the name of freedom of expression were ... Read More »
HRCP calls for urgent steps to address challenges in Thar
Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for immediate steps in consultation with the local population to address the many problems confronting Thar, including those leading to death of children and those brought forth by a drought in the area. In a statement issued at the conclusion of ... Read More »
HRCP calls for appropriate response to children’s massacre
Lahore: A prompt and thorough probe into the children’s massacre in Peshawar should name all actors who facilitated the terrorists, directly or indirectly, to kill the nation’s future generation, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Thursday. The Commission said in a statement: “HRCP urges the government that ... Read More »
PEW calls for improved collateral laws, proper implementation
Lahore: The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday said lack of access to credit is on the key factor keeping Pakistan underdeveloped. Like many other developing countries, private sector in Pakistan is facing problem of insufficient collateral which has restricted its access to loans, it said. Some banks in country ... Read More »
JI calls for national unity to help the flood affected
Lahore: Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Sirajul Haq, has said that the widespread destruction caused by the rains and floods called for complete national unity and all out efforts for the help and rehabilitation of the affected millions. In a statement here on Tuesday, he said that vast areas had ... Read More »