LAHORE: In a similar vein as when Napoleon Bonaparte said, ‘give me good mothers and IÂ’ll give you a good nation’, Shoaib Mansoor has proved true through “Bol” his own version of this saying, ‘give me a good script and good cast and I’ll give you a great movie’. Proving to be the biggest event […]
Hindu community lacked a sense of identity due to the absence of proper documentation of their marital status. ISLAMABAD: For several years, Hindu women have been forced to convert to Islam and marry Muslim men even though they are already married to Hindus. Since there is no evidence to prove their marital status, they are […]
PESHAWAR: The first inter-provincial trade fair showcasing products made by women entrepreneurs from across the country is being held in Peshawar on Saturday (tomorrow). The Women Business Development Centre (WBDC), a subordinate agency of Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (Smeda), is organising the Summer Trade Fair that will offer linkages to the local women […]
By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD: Gender bias marked the end of a tumultuous budget session of the National Assembly on Thursday when the house passed a Rs564 billion supplementary budget for the outgoing fiscal year but opposition manipulation blocked a pro-women resolution. The house also discussed supplementary demands for charged expenditure, which is not subject to […]
Summary Urdu Newsletter June 24 To June 30, 2011 Date 6/24/2011 Download ppf newsletter vol 9 no-25.pdf
ATTIYA IMDAD Globalisation is a reality now with far-reaching consequences and influences on our lifestyles, pattern of thinking and life choices. Its because of globalisation that more and more girls are getting educated and hence preferring to delay marriage and motherhood for the sake of careers. The West where this phenomenon started is at the […]
By Nizamuddin Siddiqui KARACHI: Ask any sailor. Making it to land after being at sea for a few months is like re-entering the world of the carefree because you leave most of your cares (and your work) at your ship. Doing so after more than six months is like regaining paradise. Making it to your […]
Karachi: The Sindh government on Thursday urged the private sector to raise the minimum pay of workers from Rs7,000 to Rs10,000 per month keeping in view the surging inflation. Minister for Finance Murad Ali Shah informed the Sindh Assembly that he had held a meeting with businessmen and traders at the Chamber of Commerce and […]
ISLAMABAD: This is with reference to the news item published in daily ‘The News’ on June 23, 2011 regarding the functioning of Telecom Foundation (TF) subsidiary, M/S Pak Datacom Ltd (PDL). The following is clarified. Pak Datacom Ltd (PDL), a public limited company listed on all the three stock exchanges of Pakistan has its 55% […]
LAHORE: As some nine million CNICs have expired, the National Database and Registration Authority has asked their holders to have them renewed immediately to avoid any inconvenience in legal, financial and other matters. Col M. Iqbal (retired), Nadra’s Punjab general manager, said in a statement on Thursday that more than nine million CNICs had expired. […]
ISLAMABAD: A lawyer who briefly served as deputy attorney general during the Musharraf government filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking an order restraining the media from criticising the armed forces, intelligence agencies and other security and defence institutions. Advocate Sardar Muhammad Ghazi said the media should be restrained from levelling baseless […]
ISLAMABAD: A lawyer who briefly served as deputy attorney general during the Musharraf government filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking an order restraining the media from criticising the armed forces, intelligence agencies and other security and defence institutions. Advocate Sardar Muhammad Ghazi said the media should be restrained from levelling baseless […]
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