By Riaz Ahmad PESHAWAR: “Shave my head, paint my face black; Mount me on a donkey and make fun of me.” Either militants didn’t take kindly to Nisar Khan’s comedic song referring to an incident where Taliban insurgents seized thieves, shaved their heads and mounted them on donkeys; or they took it a bit too […]
“ I cannot accept that a six-year-old girl was cleaning the rifle; it is not physically possible for such a young girl to even hold a shotgun,” Human Rights Activist Gulnaz Shah. MANSEHRA: The death of a teenage girl by her six-year-old sisterin Bhonja village raised quite a few questions by human rights activists on Tuesday. […]
By Farrukh Khan Pitafi The writer hosts a show called “Capital Circuit” for News One The day Bhoja Air’s plane crashed, so did common sense. Amazingly, the petulance of many people that was evident on the social media, revolved around the television coverage of the debacle, and not the tragedy itself. Outrage and disbelief over […]
LAHORE: A bomb blast at the railway station caused chaos in the city, resulting in the cancellation of all entertainment and cultural events. At least three people were killed and numerous others were injured in the blast, causing fear and panic in the city. All cultural and entertainment events have been cancelled due to bomb […]
Kamran Mansoor and M. Waqar Bhatti Karachi: The police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a serial killer, who has allegedly killed two women and a girl after sexually assaulting them during the last few months. He would dismember the bodies of his victims and dump the pieces in different parts of the city. The […]
KARACHI: Following the recent changes in the federal cabinet to achieve political benefits, the Sindh government has also agreed upon a reshuffle in the Sindh cabinet. According to sources, Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wassan has been removed and he is now planning to go abroad on a ëlong leaveí.Sources said the home minister had submitted […]
Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party government on Tuesday failed for the third time in a month to obtain a gag order against the media from the Supreme Court. The government, which is openly defying Supreme Court’s judgement, has sought curbs on the media from the apex court in three hearings of contempt of […]
The judicial magistrate (South) on Tuesday remanded an accused in the murder case of senior journalist Murtaza Razvi in police custody till April 30. The face of the accused, Waqas alias Waqar, was covered by police when he was produced before the court. Razvi, who was a senior assistant editor and head of Dawn’s magazines, […]
FAISALABAD: Speakers at a seminar have urged media to ensure implementation of the media ethics and give solutions to the social issues of common man instead of focusing on crime and politics at large. The seminar on media ethics was arranged by the Public Relations and Publications Department, the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, the Higher […]
Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: Will the prime minister survive after Thursday when the Supreme Court will give its judgment in the contempt case? Political and legal experts are unsure of what the outcome will be. But a senior Supreme Court lawyer, who has decades of experience under his belt, told Dawn that the most likely decision […]
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