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Daily Archives: June 23, 2011

Stage semantics: ‘Razia in trouble’ cast and crew booked for vulgarity

By Shamsul Islam Theatre owner said the police were targeting them because they turned down a request for a private performance for the cops. FAISALABAD: Gulberg Police have registered a case against 15 stage show actors including film star, Nargis, for vulgar dancing during a stage performance of ‘Razia in trouble’ on Tuesday. Police officials […]


Launch of Uks’s Internet radio, ‘Meri Awaz Suno’

SLAMABAD: UKs Research Centre, Islamabad, in collaboration with Zong Telecom, has launched its very own Internet radio, titled ‘Meri Awaz Sunno: Giving Voice to Pakistani Women’. The launch ceremony of this unique initiative was organised at the Uks Office in Islamabad on Wednesday from 5pm to 7pm. Women comprise almost half of Pakistan’s population as […]


Journalists boycott PA proceedings against land grabbing

LAHORE: Journalists from the Media Gallery in Punjab Assembly boycotted the assembly proceedings and held a protest demonstration against the mafia allegedly from the PML-N which had illegally occupied their plots at Journalist Housing Colony with connivance of police. The boycott and protest was carried out after squatters’ mafia at Journalist Housing Society tortured Lahore […]


Land mafia and the journalists

By Raja Riaz Look at the issues confronting the nation! These have eroded our peace and tranquility – unchecked weaponisation, drugs, corruption of national institutions and public service individuals, abuse of power by those who matter at minimal or maximum level and the land grabbing mafia. Unfortunately these all evils are patronised by political forces. […]


Why freedom of information?

Yahya Ahmad What is Right to Information? Is it true that an individual can access any official information, by filing a request? What difference does it make, if a citizen exercises this right or not? These are the common question one hears, when Right to Information (RTI) is brought up during a discussion. One conclusion […]


Social media revolution

By Bina Shah AFTER the recent successful Social Media Summit in Karachi, a number of people have started paying attention to the bloggers, the Twitter users and the Facebook addicts. The realisation’s sinking in that social media isn’t just a game or a useless pastime. Summit attendee Mohammed El Dahshan, an Egyptian blogger who was […]


Tribute to Fakhri

LAHORE: Various artistes paid rich tributes to renowned artiste Jamil Fakhri, who passed away a few weeks back, for his acting skills and loving human nature. To pay rich tributes to the artist, a special condolence reference was organized by a literary organization, ‘Yaadain”, at Alhamra Hal-III, The Mall on Wednesday, with Punjab Evacuee Trust […]


‘Saving face’: Man chops off wife’s nose for alleged affair

Victim denies allegation, says she was framed for being infertile. HARIPUR: Sitting in the ENT ward of a hospital in Haripur, a woman recalls her once comfortable marriage and her inability to produce children — the events that led to her disfigured face. Her husband chopped off her nose after accusing her of having an […]


‘Lady Speaker’ alleges gender discrimination

Karachi: The Sindh Assembly session on Wednesday was in a state of disarray as PPP legislators refused to obey the directions of Deputy Speaker Shehla Raza. The session also saw the ruling party’s Javed Shah walking out of the session during a debate on the budget. It all began when Information Minister Sharjeel Memon asked […]


Man kills wife for honour

SUKKUR: A man killed his wife over suspicions she had an illicit affair in Goth Shaklo Kosh near Ubauro on Wednesday. Bashir Ahmed Kosh had been suspecting his wife Anwer Khatoon Kosh of having illicit relations with a youth of area. He opened fire on her while she was at her home. As a result, […]


Five held in Mardan honour killing case

MARDAN: The local police on Wednesday arrested five of the 14 accused who stoned and shot a woman to death in Bairoch village here on Tuesday. Police said that they had been conducting raids for the arrest of the remaining accused, including Mohammad Saeed, husband of the victim Shazia. Rustam police station SHO Shah Mumtaz […]


Doubts over Haripur incident probe

ISLAMABAD: The National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) has expressed reservations about the investigation being carried out in a case of public dishonouring of a woman in Haripur. A delegation of NCSW led by its chairperson, Ms Anis Haroon, met Hazara Division Commissioner Khalid Khan Umerzai and Deputy Inspector-General Police Dr Mohammad Naeem […]


NA approves federal budget 2011-12 20 of Senate’s 66 recommendations accepted

Asim Yasin ISLAMABAD: The government cleared a major hurdle in the National Assembly on Wednesday with the approval of the federal budget for the fiscal year 2011-12, rejecting all amendments moved by the PML-N. Only two loud voices of ‘No’ were heard while the majority said ‘Yes’. PML-Q’s Marvi Memon was one of the two […]


Marvi resigns her assembly seat

ISLAMABAD: In a dramatic and rare move, a disgruntled legislator of the PML-Q, Marvi Memon, set a new moral precedent by resigning from the National Assembly on Wednesday after voting against the Finance Bill and presenting a long charge-sheet against the government and her party. As soon as the final counting on the Finance Bill […]