ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday appointed Anwar Mehmood as information secretary replacing Khushnood Akhtar Khan, says a notification issued by the Establishment Division. Anwar Mehmood belongs to the Information Group and had served as the information secretary before his appointment as health secretary. According to the notification, Khushnood Akhtar, who was recently promoted to BS-22, […]
KARACHI: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has sought the cooperation of University of Karachi for identifying civic problems with their scientific solution for the future development of the metropolis. Speaking at a two-day seminar titled ‘Local Government System: Challenges and Operations,’ organized by the Department of Public Administration here on Monday, the nazim said that the […]
ISLAMABAD: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has announced Award for Journalists 2007 on “Protection of Civilians in Conflicts”, said a press release on Monday. The award is open to all in the English and Urdu print media and the final date for submitting the entries is 30 April 2007. The winners of […]
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) will set up a plagiarism detection cell to monitor PhD theses and research publications. The HEC plans to acquire high quality software that will compare the publication materials with international literature and will review copied items instantly. According to a statement from the HEC on Monday, over the past […]
KARACHI: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Monday, expressing concern over the vulgar advertisements being produced and telecast in the country, has urged the authorities to check this growing menace that is affecting the morals of society. In a statement issued here, MMA leaders Mohammad Hussain Mehnati (MNA) and Laiq Khan (MNA) said that various cell […]
KOHAT: An Afghan woman, who was found abandoned after being subjected to violence, has been shifted to the Women’s Crisis Centre after she could not provide any information about her relatives or the ordeal she went through. Legal adviser of the Women’s Crisis Centre said the 20-year-old woman – Niazmeena, who is also known as […]
KARACHI: Pakistani filmmaker Jamil Dehlavi’s film “Infinite Justice” won the Best Feature Film award at the European Independent Film Festival in Paris on 18th March. The film was shown in Karachi at the Kara Film Festival last December. Jamil Dehlavi was invited as a special guest at the festival where a retrospective of his films […]
WASHINGTON: Asma Jahangir, chairwoman of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), in an interview made light of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry’s concern for the “disappeared”. She told Newsweek, “As far as the missing people are concerned, Chaudhry has not given a single judgment on it. He kept the Human Rights Commission’s petition pending […]
GUJRANWALA: A woman died on Monday after she was allegedly poisoned by her in-laws for being ‘infertile’ at Garjakh. Reports said Zahid contracted love marriage with Shamim. But, the couple remained childless after four years of the marriage. Shamim’s in-laws were not happy with the situation, and held her responsible for that. They allegedly served […]
LAHORE: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan secretary-general Iqbal Haider has urged the government to invite United Nations Special Rapporteur on Independence of Judges and Lawyers Leandro Despouy to study the judicial crisis in the country. He said in a statement here on Monday that the UN official had issued a statement expressing his concern over […]
LAHORE: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan secretary-general Iqbal Haider has urged the government to invite United Nations Special Rapporteur on Independence of Judges and Lawyers Leandro Despouy to study the judicial crisis in the country. He said in a statement here on Monday that the UN official had issued a statement expressing his concern over […]
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