HYDERABAD: Some members of nationalist parties have snatched a few copies of Jang and The News in some areas of Qasimabad. They teared down the copies and burnt them. In Hala also some members of JSQM snatched a few copies of Jang and burnt them. APP adds: Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Hussain Wassan has expressed […]
By Dr Tariq Rahman Syed Saleem Shahzad was killed in May 2011 by unknown abductors. His book entitled Inside al Qaeda and the Taliban published this year by Palgrave Macmillan is his last testament. The book points to the possible reasons why his killers could not tolerate his existence – he knew too much! And […]
KARACHI: Journalists held a demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club on Saturday in protest against attacks on the offices of and burning of the copies of the newspaper. The protesters carrying banners and placards chanted slogans against the attackers. They termed the attacks a move to gag the media and vowed to thwart it. Speaking […]
LAHORE: Muhammad Akram Shaheedi, former federal information secretary has been appointed Press Secretary to Prime Minister, says a notification issued by Establishment Division on Saturday. Akram Shaheedi, a retired officer of information group held various important posts in the country and abroad including Principal Information Officer (PIO) and Director General Public Relations Punjab. Meanwhile, Shabbir […]
KARACHI: A large number of people belonging to different political parties, civil society and professional bodies on Saturday turned out to take part in the Sindh government-sponsored peace rally from the Clifton heliport to Do Talwar for the restoration of a durable peace in the city. This was the first-ever rally in the city where […]
LAHORE: PPP leader Fauzia Wahab has said there seems an element of bias in matters of Hamid Saeed Kazmi and Chaudhry Moonis Elahi. Talking to the media after launching the website of the Lahore PPP here Saturday, the PPP leader, without naming anyone said that that two elected representatives were behind bars at the moment […]
MULTAN: A married woman sustained serious burn injuries when her husband threw acid on her face on Saturday. According to hospital sources, Irshad Ahmed of Anaetpur (Khangarh) was an alleged gambler and his wife Gulnar Bibi was not happy over it. She asked him several times to give up gambling. After an exchange of hot […]
SUKKUR: A man stabbed to death his sister and injured another sister on the pretext of Karo Kari near here on Saturday. Police said Ehsan Tunio stabbed his sister Bilqees and Navida in his house in the jurisdiction of Baqapur police in Larkana. Bilqees died on the spot while Navida was seriously injured and was […]
LAHORE — TheNation Editor-in-Chief and Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust Chairman Majid Nizami has urged the women to follow the footsteps of Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah in making Pakistan a modern Islamic welfare state. Addressing a special sitting held at Aiwan-e-Karkunan Tehrik-e-Pakistan on Saturday to celebrate the 119th birth anniversary of Madr-e-Millat, the NPT chairman said there could have […]
This last week has been a sad one for Pakistani media. Jang and Geo offices have been attacked in interior Sindh by miscreants who forcibly entered the premises, damaged equipment and manhandled staffers. The attackers also set fire to copies of Jang and The News. Hawkers and distribution agents were also roughed up, as a […]
HYDERABAD: People thinking and talking about the division of province should keep in mind that the Sindhi-speaking people were strong enough to protect their motherland from such conspiracies. Chairman, Sindh Taraqi Passan Party, Dr Qadir Magsi said this in reaction to a debate aired on a private television channel. He also warned an ethnic party […]
KARACHI: The Coordination Committee of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has strongly condemned the attacks on the offices of Geo TV and Jang in interior Sindh. In a statement issued on Friday, the committee deplored the manhandling of journalists and damage and destruction of property by certain elements in interior Sindh. The MQM Coordination Committee […]
KARACHI: Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) President Jameel Athar Qazi, Secretary General Alyas Shakar, Joint Secretary Javed Mehr Shamsi and Finance Secretary Mushtaq Ahmad Qureshi have expressed great concern over the news appearing in the media that some handful of elements in Sindh want to deprive the people of their due right to have […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Friday that artistes were an asset of the country and the government was seeking their views to help devise a policy to project Pakistan’s soft image and fight extremism and terrorism. The premier said that terrorism was a major threat confronting the country, adding that artistes could […]
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