PESHAWAR — Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information and Public Relation Mian Iftikhar Hussain has directed the authorities concerned to expedite the work on the establishment of provincial television (TV) channel. The minister was briefed by the representatives of the, short-listed bidders here on Tuesday. The bidders while making ‘presentation before the minister highlighted various aspects […]
KOHAT: A man on Tuesday allegedly burnt to death his wife after having a brawl with her in Mir Ahmed Khan here and fled. The police said Fayyaz who was married to Madeeha two years back had very tense relation with his wife and used to beat her. On Tuesday he sprinkled kerosene oil on […]
The body of Syed Saleem Shahzad, one of Pakistan’s best investigative journalists, was found yesterday from Mandi Bahauddin. Mr Shahzad was Pakistan bureau chief of Asia Times Online. He went missing on May 29, 2011 from Islamabad when he was on his way to a local television channel to participate in a talk show but […]
ISLAMABAD – A ceremony was held to honour the recently published work of columnist and poet, Aisha Masood, titled ‘Sukhan Us Key Sitarey Hain’ on Tuesday. Renowned writers and poet including Mansha Yad, Shabnam Shakil, Jamil Yousaf, Jaleel Aali, Dr. Inam-ul-Haq Javed, Hameed Shahid, Saeed Akhter and Fida-ur-Rehman commended the work of Aisha. Federal Information […]
By Shamshad Ahmad Sharmila Faruqui Although the apex court’s decision acquitting five persons went against Mukhtaran Mai, yet she remains victorious. To many it would seem strange, but the way in which Mai raised her voice throughout the world to get justice has no parallel. In fact, she can be called the Rosa Parks of […]
Economic independence for women can provide a partial solution to the extent that if a rape victim becomes economically independent, her family will not consider her an economic burden though the social problem will still persist. Paradoxically, our otherwise divided society has a strange commonality in itself – belief in subjection and inferiority of womenfolk. […]
By Munawer Azeem and Waseem Ashraf Butt ISLAMABAD / GUJRAT: Tuesday added another chapter to the bloody history of Pakistan’s press freedom record when the body of missing journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad was found. It was confirmed by the capital police as well as its counterparts in Mandi Bahauddin that a body buried in a […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has launched a pilot project, the Economy Watch, designed to monitor, from a human rights perspective, the allocation and actual utilisation of resources. The project will draw upon the collective wisdom of economists, industrialists, working people, journalists and human rights activists to encourage the people to track […]
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistan was earning around $1.4 billion through Information Technology related exports annually and therefore Government was giving foremost priority to develop IT in the country in view of its importance in today’s rapidly growing communication system. Chairing a high-level meeting of Information and Technology […]
LAHORE—President, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Asma Jahangir has strongly condemned the mysterious killing of renowned journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad after he was kidnapped. Asma demanded of the federal government to conduct complete inquiry into the murder of Saleem Shahzad and expose the forces behind the incident wherein an innocent journalist has lost his life. […]
ISLAMABAD: Syed Saleem Shahzad was kidnapped in 2006 by the Taliban in Helmand in southern Afghanistan, accusing him of being a spy but set him free after seven days. Several Pakistani journalists have been found dead in such circum-stances as surrounded the death of triggering protests by reporters and media organizations. Journalists have also been […]
LAHORE: South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) and South Asia Media Commission (SAMC) has demanded judicial probe into the killing of a journalist, Syed Saleem Shahzad, after abduction in Islamabad. “We are outraged at Shahzad’s killing after mysterious disappearance. It is greatly worrying that such gruesome events have been happening frequently against the backdrop of […]
KARACHI. The president of Council for Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) Khushnud Ali Khan and Secretary-General Amir Mehmood have expressed resentment over the mysterious murder of Hong Kong-based Asia Times Online correspondent Syed Saleem Shahzad and have demanded a speedy completion of investigations into and action against the persons and organisations responsible. In their statement, the […]
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani and Member National Assembly Farahnaz Ispahani have condoled the tragic death of journalist Saleem Shehzad. They urged an immediate investigation into kidnapping and murder of the journalist, who went missing in Islamabad while on his way to a TV station on Sunday and was found dead […]
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