LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the provincial government is constructing sports grounds by retrieving land from the land grabbers, which were patronised by Musharraf and his cronies during their regime. He expressed these views while addressing the inaugural ceremony of Mian Mir Sports Complex at Basti Saidan Shah, Upper Mall […]
By Syed Mohammad Ali The writer is a development consultant and a PhD student at the University of Melbourne [email protected] A landmark bill seeking to deter all forms of domestic violence against women has reached a serious deadlock following heavy resistance by opposition parties, especially the Jamiat UIema-e-Islam (JUI-F) and the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N). […]
ISLAMABAD: The government is implementing the second phase of Citizen’s Damage Compensation Programme (CDCP) and has so far issued 741,058 Watan Cards to ensure compensation for flood victims in the country. National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on Sunday claimed that Rs. 20.362 billion have been disbursed through Watan Cards and it plans to accommodate […]
By Yahya Hussainy One of the key assumptions that triggered an investigation into the memo affair by the ISI was that London’s Financial Times would not have published Mansoor Ijaz’s claims about authoring and delivering a memo to US Admiral Mullen at the behest of “a senior diplomat” without evidence. This assumption has long-term implications […]
SUKKUR: A man shot dead his 13-year-old niece on Sunday in the limits of Kot Mitha Police Station of Naushehro Feroze. Reports said Rasheed Mughairi killed his niece Hajani and, with the help of his son, dumped the body in a ditch near his house.A witness to the crime informed the SSP Naushehro Feroze, who […]
By Abdus Salam BANNU: In what is being described as the biggest jail-break in the country’s history, over 100 militants stormed the central prison here after Saturday midnight and freed 384 prisoners, among them a man sentenced to death for trying to assassinate former president Pervez Musharraf. According to an official, 100 to 150 militants […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Sunday that job creation, food security and meeting energy shortages would be priorities in the next federal budget. Addressing a press conference at Prime Minister’s House, he said more incentives would be given to farmers to increase production for the sake of food security. The cabinet would […]
SWABI: The three-day Indus Food Festival, held at the bank of the Indus River, concluded on Sunday with a promise by its organisers that such events would be arranged across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to revive culture and promote tourism. The festival was organised by Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP). The organisers said that the event was […]
KARACHI: Zainab Sajid opened Day Two of the Pantene Bridal Couture Week 2012 by Style 360 at the Expo Centre with a collection with an ivory to beige base with dupattas in different colours ranging from red to green to shocking pink with a dazzling deep brown sari. The collection spoke of the designer’s versatility […]
Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR: The University of Peshawar (UoP) has planned to streamline work of its examination section and improve procedure for issuance and verification of degrees to ensure transparency and check any sort of forgery by students, according to officials. “We have proposed a system on the pattern of National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) […]
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