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Daily Archives: October 28, 2010

Govt withdraws IDP tax; money to be refunded

By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: As the government struggles to decide whether or not to impose a flood tax, it has finally taken a decision on the Internally Displaced People tax it had imposed last year. It has decided to return the amount collected during the last fiscal year to corporate employers. Almost three months after […]


Rights ministry faces 40% cut in funds

ISLAMABAD: The government has cut 40 per cent of the budget allocated for the federal ministry of human rights, disbursing 60 per cent the remaining funds for employees’ salaries, officials said on Wednesday. An official source told The Express Tribune that the ministry was previously allocated Rs20 million in annual budget for fiscal 2010-11 to […]


CM Qaim inaugurates Tailoring Centre

KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Wednesday inaugurated a Tailoring Centre under Economic Development Project for Women established by National Commission for Human Development in collaboration with Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Youth Development Program at Razzaqabad Relief camp. The centre will initially impart training to 50 ladies in tailoring, cutting, sewing etc. According […]


Killer of wife jailed for life

By Ishaq Tanoli KARACHI: A sessions court on Wednesday sentenced a man to life in prison on charges of killing his wife in 2009 in Malir Cantt. The court found Ammar Yasir Ali guilty of killing his wife Sadaf Rizvi in May 2009 within the remit of the Malir Cantt police station. District and Sessions […]


IT education imperative for growth of economy

FAISALABAD: Education of Information Technology is imperative for the growth of national economy, said Tanvir Safdar Cheema Chief Executive Officer Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO). He was addressing a function at the certificate distribution ceremony. He distributed diplomas among the successful participants of computer course held under the aegis of Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central […]


Culture Ministry holds key to screening of Noor Jehan’s pre-partition film

By Jamal Khurshid Karachi: The screening of Melody Queen Noor Jehan’s pre-partition film, Anmol Ghari, is contingent on the Culture Ministry taking a decision on a recommendation forwarded by the Central Board of Film Censors to lift the ban on import of Indian films made before the 1965 Pakistan-India war. Film exhibitor M/S Mehboob Pictures […]


Ace comedian Lehri in distress

By Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Wheeled onto the Karachi Press Club premises, ace film actor and comedian Lehri looked physically frail but was mentally agile as he cracked jokes despite his failing health, at a meet-the-press programme of the KPC on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, comedian Farid Khan claimed that he was the biggest Lehri […]


Durrani expects LG polls in March or April next year

* Says journalists’ problems will be solved on priority basis KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Local Government, Agha Siraj Durrani hinted that elections of the local bodies would be held in March or April, 2011. He said this while talking to media persons at the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Wednesday. Durani said that new local […]


Nizami completes 50 years in journalism

LAHORE: To celebrate 50 years of journalistic career of Majid Nizami, Editor Nawa-i-Waqt and Editor-in-Chief TheNation, Majlis Karkunan-e-Tehreek-e-Pakistan Islamabad-Rawalpindi is organising a ceremony in Islamabad today at 3pm. President Azad Jammu Kashmir Raja Zulqarnain, Federal Minister for Information Qamar Zaman Kaira, Law Minister Dr Babar Awan, former Chief of Army Staff General (r) Mirza Aslam […]


Akhbar Farosh stand by Jang Group: Tikka Khan

By Muhammad Anis ISLAMABAD: The leaders of All Pakistan Akhbar Farosh Federation coming from across the country have pledged to keep good relations with Jang Group of Newspapers. These views were expressed by Akhbar Farosh Union leaders from Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Hyderabad and other cities at a reception hosted by Universal Distribution Network (UDN), […]


Court defers Jang Group petition hearing against Bhutta till Jan 15

By Asim Jawaid ISLAMABAD: The Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Akmal Khan has deferred the hearing of the petition filed by the Jang Group of Companies against a PTV employee and owner of a dummy newspaper Shoaib Bhutta till January 15. On the occasion of hearing, the accused took the stand that his counsel […]


Ace comedian Lehri in distress

By Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Wheeled onto the Karachi Press Club premises, ace film actor and comedian Lehri looked physically frail but was mentally agile as he cracked jokes despite his failing health, at a meet-the-press programme of the KPC on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, comedian Farid Khan claimed that he was the biggest Lehri […]


Asma wins to become first woman head of SCBA

LAHORE / ISLAMABAD: Asma Jahangir defeated Ahmad Awais on Wednesday by 38 votes in one of the most hotly-contested elections ever to the presidency of the Supreme Court Bar Association. It was a double victory not just for progressive forces but also for women rights as Ms Jahangir, Pakistan’s face internationally for human rights, waded […]