By Momin Iftikhar The month of May has turned out to be truly atrocious in terms of highly traumatic incidents occurring within its span, whose enormity and impact has sent the country reeling in their wake. The fateful month saw the nation buffet not only by the landing of US boots on grounds in Abbottabad, […]
Karachi: Association of Health Journalists Pakistan (AHJP) in collaboration with National Maternal Neonatal and Child Health (NMNCH) Programme Sindh and Sindh Health Department is organising a one-day capacity building workshop on MNCH issues for health journalists on June 18 (today) at 11:00am at a local hotel. Sindh Health Minister Dr Sagheer Ahmed will be the […]
ARIFWALA: A man killed his two young daughters through electrocution in a nearby village in the name of honour on Friday. Police said Chak 62/EB’s Zahoor Ahmad Gujjar, now behind the bars, reportedly gave electric shocks to Kishwar (17) and Saadi (15), who died screaming. Source: Dawn Date:6/18/2011
By Naila Anwar Warraich ISLAMABAD: Speakers on Friday opposed the devolution of the Ministry of Women Development, saying the provinces were unprepared to accommodate a ministry crucial for half the country’s population. Speaking at a seminar on the “18th Amendment: opportunities and challenges for women”, the speakers said provinces have not done homework and lack […]
By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh told the National Assembly on Friday the government would go after tax dodgers it had already identified as the house began voting on demands for grants in the new budget. Winding up the general debate on his Rs2.77 trillion budget (not Rs7.7 trillion as inadvertently reported […]
ISLAMABAD: The government ordered on Friday cancellation of more than 5,600 passports which were stolen in Karachi a week ago and ordered investigation amid fears that they could be used by terrorists, a senior official of the interior ministry told Dawn. “The theft of 5,634 passports has raised several questions about the misuse of stolen […]
* 144 cut motions moved by PML-N rejected * Opp slams govt for inability to curb corruption, curtail excessive expenditures ISLAMABAD: Lower House of parliament, on Saturday, approved 20 demands for grants worth Rs 141.45 billion for the Cabinet Division with a majority and rejected 144 cut motions moved by the opposition, which severely criticised […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Human Rights has recommended that the heads of law enforcement agencies should be held responsible in the cases of extrajudicial killings. This was announced by Riaz Fatyana, who heads the NA body, at a press conference. Other members of the committee were also present at the Press Club. […]
LAHORE: Friends and fans were in a shock on Thursday after learning about the demise of famous TV actor Badiuzzaman on Tuesday in Lahore. He was 75. Zaman had left Pakistan for England in the Zia`s regime in the 80s where he emerged as a prominent actor of the British cinema. “I had no time […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar on Friday informed the National Assembly that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in collaboration with Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has detected and dismantled 73 illegal gateways which were being used for long distance calls. Replying to a Calling Attention Notice raised by Raja Muhammad Asad Khan, Nisar […]
LAHORE: Justice Malik Shehzad Ahmed Khan of the Lahore High Court (LHC), on Friday, issued notice to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Ministry of Religious Affairs on a petition filed in LHC requesting to direct the minister of telecommunications to control circulation of obscene literature on Internet. The judge directed the respondents to file replies […]
Sohail Khan ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the federal secretaries of the ministries of information, interior and law to file para-wise comments till June 20 over the progress made thus far in the investigation of the murder of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad. The court also ruled that a powerful commission would be constituted […]
RAWALPINDI: A spokesperson for the ISPR on Friday voiced concern over unfounded and baseless insinuations being voiced in a section of print and electronic media against the ISI with regard to the murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad. Such negative aspersions and accusations were also voiced against the ISI in some previous cases but investigations proved […]
Umar Cheema ISLAMABAD: The brutal killing of senior journalist Saleem Shahzad carries the signature of the intelligence agencies, a Punjab government investigation has found, denying the impression that the murder had been committed by any militant group. These findings would be recorded once the judicial commission is set up by the Supreme Court, sources privy […]
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