CHINIOT: A medium flood warning was issued to 60 villages on Saturday as 100,000 cusec water will flow the Chenab at Chiniot on Monday (tomorrow) at 10am. About 150,000 cusec water has been discharged at Marala point which is likely to reach Chiniot on Monday and its intensity will be about 100,000 cusec. A meeting […]
KARACHI: The working hours of the Press Information and Electronic Media Cell of Sindh Information Department (SID) have been extended to 1 a.m. to enhance the utility of SID, said Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon. The Minister took this decision while presiding over a meeting of officers of his ministry, said an official statement […]
By: Madeeha Nasir “FM Mullah” is a popular term in Swat. FM Mullah was the nickname given to Maulana Fazlullah, who gained international attention through his FM radio broadcasts. Maulana Fazlullah is the leader of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM), a group that aims to enforce Shariah in the country. The party made in the name of […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Senator Faisal Raza Abidi on Sunday asked the CJP to quit for taking oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) and for alleged involvement of his son in a financial impropriety case. Addressing a press conference at the PPP Secretariat on Sunday, Abidi alleged that the son of the CJP, […]
SUKKUR: Sindh Culture Minister Sassui Palejo on Sunday said that Sufisim is a complete message of harmony and is based on the principles of equality and peace. She said that the Culture Department is taking all kinds of efforts to promote this culture. She was addressing a National Literary Conference at the Sachal Complex in […]
KARACHI: The who’s who of the corporate and health sector enjoyed a qawwali night with Amjad Sabri to celebrate CyberKnife, a robot that works with radiation to get to hard-to-reach tumours. Sabri donated his fee to the charity. CyberKnife is a whole body Stereotactic Radio Surgery robot which uses 1,200 pencil-thin beams to deliver radiation […]
ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist and Editor Investigations of The News, Ansar Abbasi, has served a legal notice for defamation on Special Assistant to Chief Minister Sindh and PPP leader Sharmila Farooqui for her unfounded, false, provocative, instigating and highly slanderous allegations against the reputed journalist in a July 17, 2012 TV talk show. Barrister Ehtesham Amir-ud-din, […]
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that stern action will be taken against the officials responsible if rainwater accumulated anywhere in the provincial metropolis. He said that he wanted results and would not be satisfied merely with reports, adding that had the system been functioning properly, the rainwater would not have accumulated on roads […]
By: Mohammad Asghar ISLAMABAD: A four-year-old girl was kidnapped by two unidentified persons from outside her house in Shahzad Town on Sunday, police and the family of the missing girl said. Four-year-old, Hamail Najeeb walked out of her house after finding the main door open, but shortly afterwards, she went missing. A lady doctor who […]
By: Faiza Ilyas KARACHI: The fundamental challenge facing Karachi is a disorganized, ill-coordinated institutional and governance framework with substantial capacity deficits, according to a recent study assessing the city’s vulnerability to possible climate change impacts. The 65-page study, Karachi city climate change adaptation strategy a road map, is conducted by Shehri-Citizens for a Better Environment, […]
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Music loses half its charm if it is not played with a consuming passion. This is why a capacity crowd of music lovers enjoyed each riff and every beat during a live performance by seasoned guitarist Aamir Zaki accompanied by four other talented musicians at T2F on Saturday evening. A dash […]
By: Shoaib Ahmed LAHORE: The Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) will launch a publication and a documentary in the memory of the legendary ghazal singer, Mehdi Hassan, at a ceremony after Ramazan, officials told Dawn on Sunday. “The tribute will include a session of paper readings on the late singer, a ghazal festival, the […]
By: Intikhab Hanif LAHORE: The River Chenab nearly attained the level of high flood at two places on Sunday as the monsoon spell continued to generate heavy rains in upper parts of the country and in Lahore and other cities and towns of north and north-eastern Punjab. Low-lying areas of central, northern and north-eastern Lahore […]
By: Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: Having burnt its fingers by not filing a review petition against the order which declared former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani guilty of contempt of court, the government has decided to challenge the Supreme Court’s Aug 3 decision which struck down the controversial Contempt of Court Act (COCA) 2012. In April […]
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