By: M RAFIQUE GORAYA The River Indus is in low flood level at Tarbela, Kalabagh and Chashma while rivers Chenab and Kabul are also in low at Marala and Nowshera respectively, Flood Forecasting Centre (FFC) said here on Friday. In its daily flood forecast of gauging stations, FCC said that water inflow in river Indus […]
Almost 90 percent of the seized “ancient relics of Gandhara civilization” seized some time ago by police in Karachi are fake and unauthentic, a member of a five-member committee of archaeologists cited a report compiled by the panel on Friday. The committee was formed to verify the authenticity of the seized artefacts by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa […]
KARACHI: A division bench of Sindh High Court gave a last opportunity to the managing director the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) to decide the issue of appointment of a daughter of a deceased PTV employee who was ignored and instead relatives of in-service employees were inducted. The bench, comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Aftab […]
By: Hafeez Tunio KARACHI: Despite two successive mega floods in the past two years and the prediction of 15 per cent more rains this monsoon season, disaster management, contingency planning and humanitarian relief are sectors for which the Sindh government allocated the least amount of funds. This was revealed in report released by Peoples Accountability […]
By: Sumera Khan ISLAMABAD: In an attempt to pacify the charged members, Interior Minister Rehman Malik shared his long claimed ‘documentary evidence’ of involvement of a foreign hand in the turmoil-hit province of Balochistan with the Senate on Friday. The minister for interior, who had been castigated for the government’s failure to deal with law […]
By: Reem Wasay Rape in Pakistan is now flamboyant; a typically male-celebrated rite of passage presided over by lawless jirgas that have ordained victims and victors in a feast of festering morals. From now on, if you are stolen from, have your valuables drastically disengaged from your cautious control and are left bare and broken, […]
By: Sohail Khan ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday struck down the Contempt of Court Act, 2012, after declaring it unconstitutional, void and non est, and ruled that the Contempt of Court Ordinance 2003 shall be revived with effect from July 12, 2012. On July 12, 2012, President Asif Ali Zardari had enacted the Contempt […]
BY: NADIA EHSAN Lahore: Pakistani media has progressed very rapidly and numerous private channels have become a source of information as well as entertainment for all. This has resulted in competition among the channels, a race to stand out. For the attainment of this goal, programmes are produced that would attract a good number of […]
By: Shoaib A Raja ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari Friday asserted that the government would fulfill its promises vis-à-vis the creation of Bahawalpur and South Punjab provinces, and added that the idea of separate provinces was not a ploy to target any particular individual or group, but rather was a part of the Pakistan People’s […]
KARACHI: Chairman of Ansar Burney Trust International, Ansar Burney, has announced that his Trust at Karachi is not collecting any kind of Zakat, Fitra, Sadaqat or any other fund this year in Ramazan. According to a press release, Ansar Burney requested the public not to send any Zakat or donations to Ansar Burney Trust Karachi […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast rain from Friday to Sunday in most parts of the country. According to the Met office, a seasonal low lies over northwest Balochistan and adjoining areas. Monsoon currents are penetrating into most parts of the country. A westerly wave is affecting upper parts of the country and likely […]
RANIPUR: The world can benefit from the philosophy of Sufism as it holds the means to overcome the social and economic issues confronting the globe. This was stated by the Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, as he laid a floral wreath on the mausoleum of Hazrat Sachal Sarmast at Daraz Sharif in […]
LARKANA: Armed men shot dead a woman in her house in Mirokhan on Friday while her husband was injured in another attack. The couple had been living in hiding since their court marriage in April against the consent of the family of the woman. Shahnaz alias Marvi was killed by unidentified armed men in her […]
SOME 2,236 cases of women being kidnapped were reported in Pakistan during 2010, while the figure came down to 2,089 the following year according to an Aurat Foundation report. In order to safeguard women’s rights, two pieces of legislation were passed … but no serious reduction has been witnessed in crimes against them. … Discrimination […]
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