ISLAMABAD: More than half of the 20 million flood-hit people are women, according to the United Nations Development Fund for Women (Unifem). “Women need to be included in development plans as of the total number of people affected, 51 per cent are women who will face major development challenges in the future,” Unifem’s country programme […]
By Sadia Qasim Shah PESHAWAR: A non-governmental organisation, working on women issues, has said that a large number of women become victims of violence as they remain financially poor due to their deprivation of the right of inheritance. The NGO, Aurat Foundation, has launched a campaign at grassroots level to raise awareness among women about […]
ISLAMABAD: The capital police have established three ladies complaint units (LCUs) at different police stations to ensure speedy justice to women victims of violence. A formal inaugural ceremony was held here at Industrial Area police station on Wednesday. Gender Audit of Police Organisations, a project of Gender Responsive Policing (GRP), was also launched. German Ambassador […]
Karachi: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) informed the Sindh High Court (SHC) that the PTA endeavoured to implement the SHC’s order and had directed all Internet Service Providers, operators from blocking obscene material available on youtube website. The court was hearing petition against uploading of objectionable and obscene clips on internet. The issue came to […]
Sir: Pakistan’s media seems to be the only segment of society at the moment that is prospering. The media personnel have gone ecstatic over the current political climate in the country. Each and every single day they sit in their kiosks and start bullying the helpless politicians with their sarcastic remarks. They are the champions […]
RAJA AQEEL ISLAMABAD: The federal government has withdrawn a press statement issued by the Press Information Department (PID) Wednesday quoting the Minister for Labour and Manpower Syed Khurshid Shah as saying, “Supreme Court should follow the Constitution and not override it.” In the first immediate reaction to a private TV channel on Khurshid Shah’s statement […]
* Media project monitored 1,3656 papers, TV, radio stations ISLAMABAD: Women are still significantly under-represented and misrepresented in news media coverage, according to a new research in 108 countries by the Global Media Monitoring Project, despite significant change since the project started 15 years ago with the coordination of the World Association for Christian Communication. […]
NEW YORK: The influential New York Times is vigorously pursuing the case of Umar Cheema and on Wednesday published an editorial strongly urging the Pakistan government to make it clear that it will no longer abet or condone this behaviour. And it needs to find out who abducted Mr Cheema and bring them to justice, […]
Sir: Pakistan’s media seems to be the only segment of society at the moment that is prospering. The media personnel have gone ecstatic over the current political climate in the country. Each and every single day they sit in their kiosks and start bullying the helpless politicians with their sarcastic remarks. They are the champions […]
By Shahid Iqbal KARACHI: The State Bank once again increased the policy interest rate by 50 basis points, because of fears of higher government borrowing and inflation and lower economic growth and revenue during the current fiscal year. According to a Monetary Policy Statement issued on Wednesday, the SBP increased the discount rate to 13.5 […]
By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD: Amid plenty of pity and concern for US-convicted Pakistan-born neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui, some serious doubts about the claimed chronology of her case were also heard in the National Assembly on Wednesday. A Musharraf-era cabinet minister, Faisal Saleh Hayat, denied the oft-repeated claim that Dr Aafia, sentenced to 86 years’ imprisonment by […]
ISLAMABAD: President All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) Mujib-ur-Rehman Shami has said that different institutions cannot exist unconcerned with one another whenever, the executive starts fight with media it has to face the defeat. He said that Nawaz Sharif started fight with a media group and he told the then prime minister that fight with media […]
SUKKUR: Three persons were killed in different incidents over the charges of Karo Kari here on Tuesday. Reports said that in village Bagho Brohi, accused Hadi Bakhsh Brohi shot dead his sister, Marvi Brohi, over illicit relations and fled. In village Qasim Umrani, accused Qaim Umrani shot dead his wife Zarina and her alleged paramour […]
ISLAMABAD: The first round of the cabinet’s ministerial committee meeting, constituted by the Federal Cabinet for examining the matters concerning the Share Purchase Agreement on Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) with M/s Etisalat and auction of 3G Spectrum and LDI licences, held here Tuesday. Senator Waqar Ahmed Khan Federal Minister for Privatisation is the convenor […]
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