HYDERABAD: Syed Panah Ali Shah Model School has been upgraded from Secondary to Higher Secondary level for girls residing at Jamshoro and its suburbs. The decision was taken by Prof Dr. Nazir A Mughal, Vice-Chancellor, University of Sindh in the wake of long-standing demand of Jamshoro community. According to school Administration, the admission in first […]
Qaiser Zulfiqar ISLAMABAD: The world’s first Urdu-Russian dictionary, compiled by Uzbek scholar Dr Tashmirza Khalmirzaev in a record three months, was launched here on Wednesday. Addressing the gathering at the launch ceremony, Khalmirzaev termed the day ‘unforgettable’, saying “it was my life’s mission to compile an Urdu-Russian dictionary to help speakers of both languages come […]
QUETTA: The renowned Baloch poetess, writer, thinker and a lecturer at the Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University (SKB) Nusheen Qambrani was attacked by unidentified armed men at her residence, late Tuesday night. According to the police, unidentified armed men entered Qambrani’s house and threatened to kill her and kidnap her daughter. The armed men also […]
By Ijaz Kakakhel ISLAMABAD: The Upper House on Wednesday urged the government to take measures to restore law and order in Balochistan and regretted that the government totally failed to take sincere efforts in this regard. Expressing serious concerns over deteriorating law and order in Balochistan, the senators said the federal government was not serious […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought reply from a weekly magazine’s chief editor, Mohsin Beg, on the publication of a baseless news item regarding the Supreme Court registrar, who allegedly overstepped his jurisdiction by directly approaching foreign companies and sending them emails seeking information about personal finances related to Dr Arsalan Iftikhar case. A […]
KARACHI: The Malir District and Sessions court charged a woman, Rabia, with aiding and abetting three men in the abduction of her 21-year-old maid, Parveen, and selling her to three men. “You sold her to three unknown men who held her captive and raped her over a period of a year and half,” said the […]
LAHORE: Punjab has made a comprehensive plan to use Zakat for the vocational and technical education to the deprived youth to engage them in healthy activities, keeping them away from terrorism. Under the plan, 1,200 children will be educated in the first phase and soft loans will also be given to them. These views were […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has asked the federal government to formally frame rules and regulations for making transparent the provision of funds/financial assistance to people in the name of journalists from the secret fund of the Ministry of Information. Moreover, the names, amount and details, including the justification, of the people […]
WASHINGTON: The United States has released $1.1 billion to Pakistan under Coalition Support Fund (CSF) amid signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by the two countries regarding restoration of Nato supplies. The money, from a US ‘CSF’ designed to reimburse Pakistan for the cost of counter-insurgency operations, had been withheld due to tensions between the […]
KARACHI: A sessions court dismissed on Wednesday the bail application of an accused in the murder case of renowned artist Ismail Gulgee and others. Mohammad Anwar, a servant of the slain artist, had moved the bail application before District and Sessions Judge (south) Hasan Feroz, who dismissed the plea after hearing arguments from both sides. […]
Dilawar Hussain KARACHI: India overturned on Wednesday a ban on foreign investment from Pakistan, the Indian commerce ministry said. According to reports reaching here, the move is aimed at building goodwill amid a renewed push for peace. “The government of India has reviewed the policy and decided to permit a citizen of Pakistan or an […]
Intikhab Hanif LAHORE: The Pakistan Meteorological Department on Wednesday forecast rain during the next few days but also feared agricultural drought in the plains of the country in the next three to four weeks. According to its latest assessment of weather, the PMD said upper and some central parts of the country were likely to […]
Shoaib Ahmed LAHORE: Shehzad Ahmed, Director of Majlis-i-Taraqqi-i-Adab and poet, died on Wednesday. He was 80. “My father went to office as usual on Wednesday and came back at 4pm. Suddenly his condition deteriorated. He was rushed to hospital but died on the way,” Tauheed Shehzad, the poet’s younger son, told Dawn. He said though […]
I.A Rehman THE hottest subject in our exalted chambers of gossip is neither the executive-judiciary confrontation nor new causes of tension between Pakistan and the US; it is the sudden spurt in cash flows to some television channels. What trends this injection of money will generate within the electronic media industry remains to be seen. […]
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