AGL 38.00 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
AIRLINK 213.91 Increased By ▲ 3.53 (1.68%)
BOP 9.42 Decreased By ▼ -0.06 (-0.63%)
CNERGY 6.29 Decreased By ▼ -0.19 (-2.93%)
DCL 8.77 Decreased By ▼ -0.19 (-2.12%)
DFML 42.21 Increased By ▲ 3.84 (10.01%)
DGKC 94.12 Decreased By ▼ -2.80 (-2.89%)
FCCL 35.19 Decreased By ▼ -1.21 (-3.32%)
FFBL 88.94 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
FFL 16.39 Increased By ▲ 1.44 (9.63%)
HUBC 126.90 Decreased By ▼ -3.79 (-2.9%)
HUMNL 13.37 Increased By ▲ 0.08 (0.6%)
KEL 5.31 Decreased By ▼ -0.19 (-3.45%)
KOSM 6.94 Increased By ▲ 0.01 (0.14%)
MLCF 42.98 Decreased By ▼ -1.80 (-4.02%)
NBP 58.85 Decreased By ▼ -0.22 (-0.37%)
OGDC 219.42 Decreased By ▼ -10.71 (-4.65%)
PAEL 39.16 Decreased By ▼ -0.13 (-0.33%)
PIBTL 8.18 Decreased By ▼ -0.13 (-1.56%)
PPL 191.66 Decreased By ▼ -8.69 (-4.34%)
PRL 37.92 Decreased By ▼ -0.96 (-2.47%)
PTC 26.34 Decreased By ▼ -0.54 (-2.01%)
SEARL 104.00 Increased By ▲ 0.37 (0.36%)
TELE 8.39 Decreased By ▼ -0.06 (-0.71%)
TOMCL 34.75 Decreased By ▼ -0.50 (-1.42%)
TPLP 12.88 Decreased By ▼ -0.64 (-4.73%)
TREET 25.34 Increased By ▲ 0.33 (1.32%)
TRG 70.45 Increased By ▲ 6.33 (9.87%)
UNITY 33.39 Decreased By ▼ -1.13 (-3.27%)
WTL 1.72 Decreased By ▼ -0.06 (-3.37%)
BR100 11,881 Decreased By -216 (-1.79%)
BR30 36,807 Decreased By -908.3 (-2.41%)
KSE100 110,423 Decreased By -1991.5 (-1.77%)
KSE30 34,778 Decreased By -730.1 (-2.06%)

Japan's new prime minister apologised Sunday after one of his ministers was forced to quit for describing the no-go zone around the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant as a "town of death".
Yoshihiko Noda came under heavy fire after Yoshio Hachiro stepped down late Saturday as the minister of economy, industry and trade, a post responsible for tackling the nuclear crisis sparked by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
"I profoundly apologise to the people of Fukushima for the incident which has hurt their hearts so much," the premier told reporters Sunday as the country marked six months after the multiple disaster.
"There has been no change in my belief that there will be no revival of Japan without the revival of Fukushima. My government will work hard as one to regain public trust in us."
But opposition leaders and newspaper editorials criticised Noda for picking Hachiro for a 17-member cabinet only nine days ago, with the now-departed minister among 10 members who were newcomers to ministerial jobs.
Hachiro's comments were only the latest in a series of gaffes by new ministers.
"The prime minister should be held responsible for the appointment in a cabinet which he claims to have the right people in the right positions," Nobuteru Ishihara, secretary general of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, told Japanese media. The business daily Nikkei said: "The prime minister cannot avoid being called to question over the appointment. The incident has become a major blow to the new administration which started with high approval ratings."
Noda, Japan's sixth new prime minister in five years, initially received approval ratings of around 60 percent.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2011

Comments

Comments are closed.