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ISLAMABAD: Top leaders of mainstream political par

ISLAMABAD: Top leaders of mainstream political parties and leading figures in print and electronic media are expected to attend the two-day Pak media conference on ‘Media freedom, Se­curity and Laws’ begins here Friday (today) against the backdrop of the current countrywide struggle for Press freedom. Arif Nizami, President Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), will […]


Electronic Urdu dictionary with translation facility

ISLAMABAD (November 30 2007): Pakistan on Thursday took a frog leap in bringing e-governance in public service by launching an Urdu software that would provide an electronic Urdu lexicon, (dictionary) and also enable English text to be read in Urdu translation as well as instant Urdu translation of English manuscripts, all this on one click […]


Dubai rulers let Geo go on air

ISLAMABAD: The authorities of Dubai Media City (DMC) and IMC Dubai have restored the Geo News channel immediately and asked the administration of the channel to start telecasting its programmes from the facility in the DMC from Thursday midnight. The abrupt shutdown of Geo News on the 16th of this month, caused unease across the […]


Urdu Newsletter Nov 23 To Nov 30, 2007

Title Urdu Newsletter Nov 23 To Nov 30, 2007 Date 11/30/2007 Download ppf newsletter vol 5 no 46.pdf


Urdu Newsletter Nov 30 To Dec 07, 2007

Summary Urdu Newsletter Nov 30 To Dec 07, 2007 Date 11/30/2007 Download newsletter no .47.pdf


PSEB to boost equity base of IT companies

ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) is launching various initiatives to facilitate access to Venture Capital, strengthen the equity base of IT companies and promote world class entrepreneurial culture in the IT industry. The projects are aimed at raising the fast track development and robust growth of Pakistan’s IT industry. One such programme, […]


=> KHAIRPUR – One person shot dead over Karo Kari nea

KHAIRPUR – One person shot dead over Karo Kari near Ranipur on Thursday. According to report five armed men entered in the house and shot Hamid Ali Junejo, 43, killed at the spot in Daraza Sharif in jurisdiction of Rani Per police station. The cause of murder was stated to be fine of Rs four […]


=> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s state of emergency has sever

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s state of emergency has severely limited the chances of challenging President Pervez Musharraf on rights abuses, campaign group Amnesty said on Thursday. It said it was particularly concerned about legal orders that legitimised the state of emergency and, in turn, the arrests of critics including senior judges and lawyers. Deputy Director Amnesty for […]


Amnesty still concerned over abuses in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s state of emergency has severely limited the chances of challenging President Pervez Musharraf on rights abuses, campaign group Amnesty said on Thursday. It said it was particularly concerned about legal orders that legitimised the state of emergency and, in turn, the arrests of critics including senior judges and lawyers. Deputy Director Amnesty for […]


NGOs accused of misusing quake funds : Protest held in Mansehra

MANSEHRA, Nov 29: Hundreds of people held a protest demonstration in the Jabory area on Thursday against non-governmental organisations which, they alleged, had plundered the funds meant for earthquake survivors and spread vulgarity in the name of help extended to women of the Siren valley. They held a rally and blocked the Jabory-Nawaz Abad road […]


=> KARACHI – The Pakistan People’s Party Central Info

KARACHI – The Pakistan People’s Party Central Information Secretary Sherry Rehman on Thursday expressed her concerns over media curbs imposed by the government. In a press statement the PPP central leader pointed out that with the gunning down of Zubair Ahmed Mujahid, a correspondent of the national local daily newspaper last week, Pakistan earned the […]


CDGK agrees to give encroachers 60% of land

KARACHI: For the speedy construction of the city’s first-ever multi-storey parking plaza at Empress Market, Saddar, the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has offered to give two-thirds of the space already occupied by over 50 petitioners as an incentive for them to abandon their encroached land, CDGK’s EDO Law told a bench of the High […]


Emergency to end on 16th, says president

ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday promised to lift the state of emergency and withdraw the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) on Dec 16. In a brief address to the nation on the state television and radio, he urged opposition parties for the second time in the day to refrain from boycotting the elections. […]


Plainclothes policemen in rallies banned

ISLAMABAD: The National Public Safety Commission has imposed a ban on deputation of plainclothes policemen to handle the public in rallies. This was decided in the 18th meeting at the National Police Bureau under the chairmanship of Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Nawaz Khan, Federal Minister for Interior and the Chairman of NPSC. During the meeting, the […]