By Fasahat Mohiuddin KARACHI: The Muttahida Muslim League, an alliance of four League factions, has been formed under the chairmanship of Pir Pagara. The parties that formed the alliance were PML (F), PML (like-minded), PML(Z) and PML(Awami). PML (F) chief Pir Sahib Pagara announced the formation of the alliance at a large gathering of Muslim […]
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Friday passed a bill into law to establish a modern city to be known as Zulfikarabad in district Thatta. “The Zulfikarabad Development Authority Bill 2010” will make the way to construct new city, which will decrease the increasing burden on large cities of the province. After disposing of other items […]
PESHAWAR: Chief Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan of Peshawar High Court has ordered compulsory retirement of five judicial officers — three district and sessions judges (DSJs) and two additional district and sessions judges (ADSJs) – after charges of corruption were proved against them. The CJ issued the orders on Friday after accepting recommendations of the Authorised […]
KARACHI: An aged woman and her widow daughter were gunned down in Qaimkhani Colony on Friday night allegedly by a family friend after she turned down a marriage proposal for the latter, police said. They said the firing incident occurred inside the home of Raeesa Khatoon, where the accused Khush Dil jumped in with an […]
SANGHAR: A man and woman were killed on the pretext of karo-kari near Mian Pir Mohammad village in the Perumal area late Thursday night. Villager Mohammad Yousuf Kundhani surrendered at the Perumal police station and confessed that he had killed his sister Marvi and a man, Rafiq Mughal, as he saw them in compromising position […]
LAYYAH: Two visually impaired people recently got married in Layyah and have sought government protection from their relatives. According to their Lawyer, Nazar Hassan, Layyah resident Kamran and Attock resident Rozina fell in love while they were being schooled at an institution for disabled people in Multan. “Rozina’s uncle violently opposed the match and she […]
By A.G. Noorani THE precious right to freedom of the press rests on several subsidiary rights; weaken them and the fundamental right itself is affected. For example, access to newsprint and advertisement, reduced postal rates, protection against onerous taxation and the like. These are rights, not favours from the state. The courts in Pakistan and […]
Farooq Sulehria Pakistan’s airwaves used to be a complete state-monopoly. There was only the state-owned PTV and Radio Pakistan. In the late 1990s, quasi-government or privately-owned entertainment channels like STN and NTM entered the arena. It was in 2001 that the state surrendered its sole right over the airwaves. This led to a mushrooming of […]
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani journalist based in North Waziristan Agency has served legal notices, for the damages amounting to $500 million, on top three US officials for carrying out drone attacks in Pakistan’s bordering areas and killing his family members. Kareem Khan, a journalist by profession, through his counsel has served legal notices on US Secretary […]
ISLAMABAD: Daily Times and Daily Aaj Kal were given full membership of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) on Monday. The standing committee of the CPNE, under the chairmanship of its president, Khusnood Ali Khan, decided with a majority vote to allow full membership to the Media Times’ newspapers. The CPNE annual elections would […]
By A.G. Noorani THE precious right to freedom of the press rests on several subsidiary rights; weaken them and the fundamental right itself is affected. For example, access to newsprint and advertisement, reduced postal rates, protection against onerous taxation and the like. These are rights, not favours from the state. The courts in Pakistan and […]
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