NAVEED BUTT ISLAMABAD: The ‘Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Bill, 2012’ for women protection would be presented for adoption in the next session of the National Assembly to be held on April 25, it is learnt. Senate has already unanimously passed the bill. Nilofar Bakhtiar presented it in the upper house of parliament. When former […]
Mobile vans deployed across country to ensure every woman is registered. ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) registered around 40 million women in the country, a majority of whom are eligible to cast their ballots in the next general election. Officials told The Express Tribune on Friday that NADRA had dedicated mobile vans […]
ISLAMABAD: Concluding his arguments in a contempt case against Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, Aitzaz Ahsan told the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday that under law, a letter could neither be written against the president nor should it be written. “If according to your stance, the president enjoys immunity then why a letter is not […]
Fazalur Rehman OKARA: Ruling out a unilateral withdrawal of Pakistani forces from the Siachen, President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday said if India calls back its forces from Siachen, only then will Pakistan follow suit. President Zardari was addressing a convention of PPP’s divisional party workers at the residence of Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs […]
LAHORE: The three-day Pakistan Cultural Festival opened at Alhamra Cultural Complex, Qadhafi Stadium, on Friday. Culture Secretary Muhayyudin Wani, film and TV artistes like Bahar Begum, Irfan Khoosat, Kanwal and Masood Akhtar inaugurated the festival. The inauguration was marked by leaving hundreds of balloons in the air to the tune of live music, bhangra and […]
KARACHI: Murtaza Razvi, senior assistant editor and head of Dawn’s magazines, who was found murdered on Thursday, was laid to rest in the Defence graveyard on Friday. His funeral procession was taken out from his residence in Khayban-i-Rahat while his Namaz-i-Janaza was offered after Juma prayers at Yasrab Imambargah in DHA Phase IV. Besides his […]
RAWALPINDI: Additional Sessions Judge of Rawalpindi Mohammad Naveed Iqbal on Friday announced death sentence for an acid thrower who took the life of her ex-girlfriend in 2009 by burning her face and sensitive body parts with it. The court also imposed a fine of Rs500,000 on the convict Mohammad Asif. However, the co-accused in the […]
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