Karachi: The Sindh High Court on Friday issued notices to the chief secretary, the Home Department, the IG Prison and other officials on a petition requesting arrangements for a video conference system in trial courts of the province. The petition, submitted by the Innocent Citizen Welfare Trust, a non-government organisation, through their representative Haji M […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Friday issued notices to Geo News, Dawn News, News One and Dunya News for allegedly being irresponsible and provoking anti-national sentiments among viewers by sensitising events unnecessarily. According to a Pemra press release, some of the talk shows and programmes of these channels were observed to be […]
By Ali Hazrat Bacha PESHAWAR: A lady doctor arrested from a local private hospital on Thursday night on the charge of selling newborn babies was sent to jail on 15-day judicial remand by a local court here on Friday. “We have recovered a five-month-old baby boy from her possession, which was sold for Rs360,000,” an […]
By Hamna Zubair Willi Germund covers South Asia for 10 newspapers and regrets he did not learn the languages of the places he visited. KARACHI: At first sight, it is hard to believe that this quiet, unassuming German man has been travelling extensively throughout Afghanistan, Pakistan and India for over 20 years. However, journalist Willi […]
By Miranda Husain The writer is special correspondent at Newsweek Pakistan and has worked for The Friday Times, Daily Times and Express News [email protected] “It’s sad what happened to Syed Saleem Shahzad”, a reporter for a local national daily told me the day after the body of the Asia Times Online bureau chief was found. […]
Dr Hiba Tohid Virulent statements suggesting the country does not need an army at all have been passed during several trials held on the sets of different television channels over the past week. Yes of course! While the gun battle ensued in the perimeters of the PNS Mehran late last Sunday, tripod stands were being […]
THE people in Pakistan are being deceived. The sequence of events is that Saleem Shahzad’s mobile calls were tapped for a long time by intelligence agencies. They knew, by listening in on that fateful day, where he was headed. He did not reach his destined TV station for an interview which might have been potentially […]
By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD: With Rs300 billion revenue adjustment through reduction in subsidies and withdrawal of tax exemptions, sweetened with relief to government servants and pensioners, Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh announced on Friday the PPP-led coalition government’s fourth budget which envisaged a federal expenditure outlay of Rs2.504 trillion and budget deficit of Rs975 […]
* Total transfers to provinces to be Rs 1.270 trillion in 2011-12 By Sajid Chaudhry ISLAMABAD: The federal government is to transfer to the provinces Rs 1.270 trillion under the 7th National Finance Commission (NFC) Award as revenue share and grants during the next fiscal year 2011-12, as against the Rs 1.022 trillion in the […]
Rawalpindi: Bemoaning the apathy of the federal government in failing to provide any substantial relief for the common man in the budget for fiscal year 2011-12, the general public expressed the fear that prices of all items would witness further increase in the coming days. The government employees, who had been given a meagre 15% […]
LAHORE: The target killing of teachers and political activists in Balochistan is outrageous and unacceptable, says the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP). It calls upon the government to make a greater effort to stop the killings than it had so far. A statement issued by the HRCP on Friday said: “In circumstances that are […]
* Club says it believes in free press, supports fellow journalists in Pakistan, working under very challenging circumstances LAHORE: The Press Club of India and its members mourn the death of Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad, said a press release issued on Thursday. Shahzad’s body was found from a canal in Mandi Bahauddin on May 31, […]
LAHORE: The Punjab Union of Journalists (PUJ) organised a protest rally against the killing of Asia Times Online bureau chief Syed Saleem Shahzad, and demanded immediate arrest of those involved in the brutal killing. The rally was led by senior journalists, including IA Rehman, Hussain Naqi, IH Rashid and Rana Azeem. A large number of […]
Karachi: Journalists covering proceedings of the Sindh Assembly on Friday staged a token walkout from the Press Gallery to lodge their protest against the killing of journalist Saleem Shahzad. They demanded arrest of the killers and a judicial inquiry into the circumstances leading to his kidnapping and murder. They also urged the government to provide […]
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