ISLAMABAD: An Indian media delegation, which called on Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday, was briefed on the recent developments in Pak-India relations. Hina said the government of Pakistan was committed to a constructive, sustained and result-oriented process of engagement with India. She also noted that since the resumption of dialogue early last year, […]
Karachi: Two suspected fraudsters were apprehended by the Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC) for allegedly forging Nadra’s computerised NIC cards. The police have also recovered arms and fake NICs from their possession. Superintendent (SP) Ghulam Subhani of the AVCC said that they had received complaints about a group, operating outside the premises of Nadra head office […]
SUKKUR: Two women were killed over alleged Karo-Kari in separate incidents on Friday. Police said that in village Imam Bakhsh Domki in Jacobabad, accused Ghulam Hyder Domki gunned down his sister-in-law Pyari for having illicit relations. Later, he surrendered himself before the police. Separately, in Salim Abad in Kandyaro, Akhtiar Khatoon was shot dead by […]
Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: Friday saw a rather perturbed Aitzaz Ahsan venting his fury at the media in general and the Jang group in particular. After being refused a judicial gag order against The News from the Supreme Court, Mr. Ahsan warned that writing against him may cost journalists their jobs. While making his gag bid […]
Peerzada Salman KARACHI: One of the complaints that you get to hear about the world of art is that it is not readily accessible to all and sundry. This also means that more often than not the prices at which artworks are sold (if sold at all) are a little heavy on the pocket(s) of […]
Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: Despite all the preachings about austerity and promises to take measures to reduce government expenses, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani inducted into his cabinet five ministers and six ministers of state on Friday. All the new ministers belong to the Pakistan People’s Party. With the induction of the new ministers, the […]
THIS is apropos of the news item ‘IT fund chief may step down’ (April 6). After having successfully smothered the Higher Education Commission for a different reason, people are all set to wrap up the National ICT R and D Fund. This institution is the last hope for many fund-starved academic institutions of higher learning […]
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