LAHORE: Rights activist Asma Jehangir has expressed concern over reported migration of Hindu families to India. In a statement on Friday, she said Hindus, Sikhs and Christians living here are Pakistanis. The government should come up with a positive solution to the issue. She said those doing politics in the name of religion should be […]
By: Imaduddin ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat was informed on Friday that it was a matter of concern that a country like Afghanistan uses 3G-technology, while several complications hinder the auction of 3G spectrum licences in Pakistan. However, Chairman PTA Farooq Awan assured the committee that the PTA would finalize the […]
I am a frequent viewer of TV talk shows. Basic idea behind these shows is to educate people on certain issues. There should be an exchange of views in a polite way, but now it appears that our TV talk shows have lost their utility as well as credibility. Anchors and guests are shown screaming, […]
Karachi: Senior Director Information Technology Masood Alam has said that information technology is an important need of the modern era and therefore any organisation without IT is considered incomplete.This he said while talking to officers after assuming his charge as senior IT director of the Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC).He directed the officials to arrange latest […]
Karachi: The Met Office has forecast partly cloudy/ cloudy weather with chances of light rain and drizzle in Karachi on Saturday with a maximum temperature ranging between 32 and 34 degrees centigrade. Hot and humid weather has also been forecast for Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas divisions, and hot/ very hot and windy weather for Sukkur and […]
MANSEHRA: The officials posted at the city and Kaghan police stations allegedly raped a teenaged girl who had left home to marry a man earlier this month. Sonia, who was taken to Darul-ul-Aman in Abbottabad on August 5 after being arrested by the Mansehra Police while wandering alone, recorded her statement before a judge. According […]
By: Habib Hyder Laghari The migration of seven Hindu families from Jacobabad to India is a bad omen for the country. Civilised nations around the world ensure the safety and prosperity of the minorities living among them. It must also be noted that the responsibility of providing safety and security to the minorities and ensuring […]
By: Abdul Sattar Khan LAHORE: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has ordered all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block numerous scandalous internet sites, specifically the audio recording of a sensual conversation between two sitting parliamentarians. The footage of a press conference in which a lady TV artist claimed that she and a man working with […]
The United Nations former expert Advisor on Human Rights and Chairman of Ansar Burney Trust International, Ansar Burney on Thursday evening reached Frankfurt, Germany to attend conference on human rights, human trafficking and ‘modern day slavery’ related issues in Asia, Middle East and Arab region, stated a press release. Burney will also receive in Germany […]
PESHAWAR: Taking notice of the demolition of the house of an alleged murderer of a constable, the Peshawar High Court (PHC) Friday directed the Police Department to reconstruct the house and stop harassing the female members of the family. A two-member bench headed by Justice Mian Fasihul Mulk also asked the woman to file a […]
TAKHT BHAI: The police busted a gang of kidnappers and recovered a minor girl here on Friday, police official said. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Shakirullah Bangash said that four-year old Hamalia Najib was kidnapped from Shahzad Town in Islamabad on August 5 and was shifted to Takht Bhai tehsil in Mardan. He said that […]
By: Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: The latest DFID-sponsored Gallup survey shows that after a recent controversy, the popularity graph of the chief justice of Pakistan has gone up and people are more satisfied with his performance. The nationally representative poll shows that a vast majority of Pakistanis were happy over the performance of the chief justice […]
SUKKUR: The Sindh High Court, Sukkur circuit bench, has taken suo motu notice of press reports about the kidnapping of a girl and her subsequent “sale.” Sindhi newspapers had reported that Mohammad Usman Gaho kidnapped a girl in her early twenties from Orangi Town, Karachi three days ago. Later, the man sold the girl for […]
SUKKUR: A shopkeeper has claimed that a 14-year-old Hindu girl who went missing from her home in Jacobabad has embraced Islam and “married me of her free will”. Ghulam Murtaza Channa, who deals in mobile phones, stated in a petition he filed in the Sindh High Court’s Sukkur circuit bench on Thursday that Mansha Kumari, […]
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