LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Monday expressed outrage at inhuman torture and humiliation of several death row prisoners at the Toba Tek Singh district prison as well as official indifference to demands for an inquiry. A press statement issued by the HRCP read: “The commission is alarmed at credible reports of […]
ISLAMABAD: The alternative energy policy will address the need of all social segments of the society including rural women, as the sources of alternative energy can help improve their lives by providing access to clean energy. This was stated by Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) Chief Executive Officer Arif Alauddin at a consultative workshop on […]
By Ishaq Tanoli KARACHI: A sessions court on Monday sentenced a man to five years in prison in an attempted murder case. The court found Aleemuddin guilty of trying to kill his wife and her two relatives in June 2008 within the remit of the Quaidabad police station. District and Sessions Judge (Malir) Syed Kausar […]
By A.B. Arisar UMEKROT: Afraid for their daughters’ honour majority of parents of more than 100,000 students have stopped them from attending schools, colleges and coaching centres in Umerkot, Mirpurkhas and Sanghar district following a shocking gang-rape incident in Khipro town. More than 70 government and private girls colleges, high secondary schools, high schools and […]
ISLAMABAD: National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) dispelled the impression that the Cash Assistance Formula through Watan Card was not carved by Nadra, but the Council of Common Interest (CCI) approved this formula after thorough discussion. “Business rules, eligibility criteria for Cash assistance and responsibility matrix of four major functionaries of Watan Card Scheme, which […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has denied a news item published in a section of the press on Monday with regards to closure and change in channel position of Geo TV on different cable TV networks across the country. It was alleged in the news story that on the instructions of the […]
Islamabad: The supreme body of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) u Federal Executive Council (FEC) has announced to observe October 13 (Wednesday) as black day across the country against massive retrenchments in various media houses. The decision was taken at the meeting of FEC, chaired by PFUJ President Pervez Shaukat that also decided that […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has denied a news item published in a section of the press on Monday with regards to closure and change in channel position of Geo TV on different cable TV networks across the country. It was alleged in the news story that on the instructions of the […]
By Shahid Javed Burki IT might seem excessively optimistic – perhaps irresponsibly so – to put out the thought that the Pakistani economy, troubled as it is, could bounce back quickly provided the country can somehow devise a set of policies to address the problems that have led to the present crisis. We should remember […]
Fasi zaka Dr Aafia has been hijacked, and not just by the Americans, who had her flown to the US and gave her a dubiously excessive punishment for attempted murder, but by the Pakistani media itself. Just recently Meher Bokhari conducted a TV programme on Samaa on Dr Aafia Siddiqui, and it was an atrocious […]
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