KARACHI: The government on Sunday lifted ban on Geo TV programme Aaj Kamran Khan Ke Sath, which was suspended after the channel gave comprehensive coverage to the incidents after Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry made non-functional by the government. After the government’s permission the programme, hosted by senior journalist and analyst Kamran Khan, will now […]
KARACHI, March 18: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has termed the local government system ‘the best one’, predicting that it would bring about a silent revolution in the country and lead to empowerment of the masses in the governance. For the first time in the history of Pakistan, men and women from grass-roots level were […]
KARACHI: City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the mega projects to facilitate citizens will be incorporated in Asian Development BankÃs Mega City Development Project, as the same could not be initiated owing to the shortage of funds. He said the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board and Works Services Department of City District Government […]
CHITRAL: Local journalists should promote positive journalism in Chitral, said Chitral Tehsil Nazim Sartaj Ahmad Khan during a tea party in honour of the newly elected Chitral Press Club and Hindukush Journalist Forum cabinet. He said that Chitral was a remote area with numerous problems that could only be solved through proper coverage. He said […]
ISLAMABAD: A press release issued by the Supreme Court on Sunday dismissed a media report that acting Chief Justice (ACJ) Javed Iqbal met suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry at his residence a couple of days ago. The release said the media “misinterpreted” a statement by Mr Iqbal in this regard. It clarified that Mr Iqbal […]
BAHAWALNAGAR, March 18: The local police on Sunday booked 25 journalists for protesting against the police action on Geo TV office in Islamabad and violence against lawyers. Reports said that press club members had gone to the hunger camp of lawyers on the premises of the district courts and expressed solidarity with them. Similarly, eight […]
PESHAWAR/MARDAN, March 18: A watchman was killed and two people were injured in attacks on video shops in Peshawar and Mardan on Sunday morning. In Peshawar, an explosive device went off in a video market, damaging three shops. “An unidentified man had left a plastic bag with the watchman of the Gulshan CD Market on […]
PESHAWAR, March 18: Three Peshawar University students have developed linguistics software after carrying out ground-breaking research on various aspects of Hindko language. This was stated in a function organised on Saturday by the Gandhara Hinko Board to acknowledge the thesis work carried out by Saima Jabeen, Mudassar Niaz and Bilal Khan of the university’s computer […]
WASHINGTON, March 18: A political storm seems to be brewing in Pakistan but the country’s rulers are still underestimating its strength, warn reports and analyses published in the US media this weekend. “The suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, who did not shy away from taking on cases that challenged the government, has set […]
KHAIRPUR, March 19: Two women were kidnapped from their house in Joyo village near Kamaldero on Sunday night. Reports said that 20 men barged into the house of Qabil Joyo and kidnapped Amna and Jamila. Two members of their family, Ms Hakimzadi and Manthar, were injured by the kidnappers as they offered resistance. Qabil Joyo […]
LISBON, March 19: A Pakistani woman was on Monday awarded a European human rights prize, five years after she was stripped naked, gang-raped and left for dead on the orders of a tribal council. “All women want equal rights,” Mukhtaran Mai, who since her ordeal has become a leading campaigner for women’s rights, said through […]
KARACHI: In a domestic violence case, a man, identified as Rizwan, physically abused his wife, Quratulain, 25, on Sunday burned her body in several places with a heated electric iron. After the incident, the Quratulain’s family contacted the Yousuf Plaza police station. The police took the tortured woman to JPMC for a medical examination. A […]
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