ABDULLAH MADANI LOWER DIR – The members of Timergara Press Club on Friday announced to boycott covering all kinds of activities of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and People’s Students Federation in Dir Lower for their ‘misbehaviour’ with senior journalists. The announcement was made during an urgently called meeting of the press club, which was held […]
NEW YORK – Describing himself as ‘a fakir and a safir’ (a wandering mystic and a cultural ambassador), famous folk singer Arif Lohar says he is using music as a bridge to promote understanding between Pakistani and American people as he tours the United States.“I feel that it is very necessary at this critical time. […]
Islamabad: Cases of honour-killings were more widespread in February this year against the preceding month as 24 cases were reported in 16 districts against 19 recorded in 12 districts in January, says a report compiled by Free and Fair Election Network (Fafen). The report, which was released on Friday, said that despite government’s efforts to […]
NADEEM ZUBERI “To me canvas is simply an amazing orchestra and each colour has its own unique sound now it is my conscious to analyse and understand the colours language and unite them with figures to create a painting using my natural instinct,” said Professor Dr Mohammad Ali Bhatti while elaborating his work to me. […]
Umer Farooq PESHAWAR: The family of alleged rape victim Uzma Ayub will move the Supreme Court against the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) verdict to bail out four men who were accused of murdering Uzma’s brother Alamzeb Khattak. Alamzeb was shot dead on December 9, 2011, while escorting his sister for a hearing of her rape […]
KARACHI: Sheema Khan worked for month to create the storyline of Dastan-e-Amir Hamza, which hung majestically in the gallery of Karachi School of Arts (KSA). The hot-pink masterpiece was a fusion of two mediums – miniature painting and printmaking. But the wait was worth it. Khan was one of the 16 faculty members of the […]
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank’s Board of Directors on Thursday approved two projects totalling $550 million aimed at supporting Pakistan’s efforts to strengthen education and natural gas sectors, which are critical to Pakistan’s growth and development. The $350 million Second Punjab Education Sector Project will support the Punjab government’s education sector reform programmeme which is designed […]
ISLAMABAD: The director general of the Supreme Court’s Human Rights Cell has resigned from his post. Sources told Daily Times that DG Saifur Rehman, a BS-22 officer, submitted his resignation over personal reasons. Saifur Rehman was a PCO judge in the high court, and removed in view of the July 31, 2009, decision. However, Chief […]
Amir Zia The institution, which announced Pakistan’s birth and once nurtured the country’s top artists, writers and poets, today struggles for survival. Yes, the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC), or Radio Pakistan, as it’s popularly known, is being subjected to a slow death. Lack of funds, flawed policies of the successive governments and a callous attitude […]
CHARSADDA: The militants blew up yet another school on Friday bringing the number of destroyed schools in Charsadda district to 16. “The militants blew up the Daman Girls Primary School in the limits of Khwajawas Police Station in Shabqadar tehsil early in the day,” a police official said.He added the incident happened despite the fact […]
Muhammad Anis ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Friday challenged the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to bring a no-confidence move against him if it had the courage and also reiterated that it was only the speaker of the National Assembly who could disqualify him whatever the decision against him was. “Whatever is the decision, […]
Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: Convicted and as controversial as ever, Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Friday gave a new twist to the drama surrounding his disqualification by asserting on the floor of the Parliament that it was the House which will finally decide whether or not he would be disqualified as an MNA, The News […]
Khalid Hasnain LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Shairf inaugurated the three-day shopping exhibition at the Expo Centre here on Friday. The event is a part of the ongoing Lahore Shopping Festival (LSF). Officials of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Indonesian ambassador, representatives of national and international companies/firms and stall holders attended the opening […]
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on April 27 directed the provincial police chief to submit a progress report on the efforts made to recover a girl who was kidnapped five years ago at the age of seven in a village in Jacobabad. The apex court had taken a suo motu notice three years ago, where it […]
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