PESHAWAR: To send Eid greetings to one another as family members, teachers, friends, colleagues and loved ones via card is a conventional trend, which is declining with the advent of internet-based social media, mobile texts and other new communication technologies these days. A few years ago there was a great rush on the Eid cards […]
KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Culture Saussi Paleejo on Sunday inaugurated an exhibition of rare manuscripts of the holy Quran at the National Museum of Pakistan. Addressing on the occasion, the minister said after the passage of the 18th Amendment, many assets had been handed over to the provinces and the provincial government of Sindh had […]
SHEIKHUPURA: The police have arrested four suspected rapists on the special direction of District Police Officer (DPO) here at Safdarabad the other day. As per details, a woman Sughran Bibi, a resident of Nawan Kot village was allegedly abducted and later gang raped by four armed culprits. Reportedly, Sughran Bibi was busy in washing clothes […]
By: Shoaib-ur-Rehman Siddiqui KARACHI: Partly cloudy/cloudy weather with chances of light rain is expected in the port city during the next 24 hours, the weather forecast said on Sunday. It said the maximum temperature is expected to remain in the range of 32 to 34 degree celsius. The weather forecast added that thunderstorm/rain may occur […]
By: Muhammad Uzair Niazi MIANWALI: Every developed nation in the world has progressed by utilising the talents of all its citizens, including women. Both men and women are equipped with different skills and expertise and both have the ability to trigger change. Women in the developed world play a key role in the development process […]
Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed of the Supreme Court, who has recently joined the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf, has got together with an ex-Ameer of the Jamaat-e-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmad, and complained to the Supreme Court about obscenity on TV channels. This has caused Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to deliver an instant obiter dictum: “TV channels are […]
LAHORE: The South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA) has arranged exchange visits of peace delegations from Pakistan and India for August 14 and 15, the independence days of the two countries, said a Safma press release. “We have been celebrating the Independence Days of both countries for several years in collaboration with Hind Pak Dosti […]
By: Shamsul Islam FAISALABAD: Four officials of Peoples Colony police were sent to the Central Jail on Sunday after a department inquiry against them in a sexual assault case found them guilty and recommended their expulsion from service. The suspects – Rizwan Javaid, Asif Mehmood, Basharat Ahmed and Ali Imran – were arrested and an […]
ISLAMABAD: The consultation on ‘civil-military relations and their impact on human rights’ organised by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) maintained that the country’s survival depends on strengthening the democratic process so as to remove tensions between the military and civil society. The attendees stressed the importance of the military, saying its services cannot […]
Karachi: Increasing cases of murders of women and girls in Pakistan has fully exposed the gender vulnerability in Pakistan, as 432 women have been killed in the first six months of the current year, said president Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid (LHRLA) Zia Awan. He said the growing gender discrimination and violation of […]
By: Ahtesham Azhar KARACHI: The Arts Council of Pakistan (ACP), Karachi recently organised a three-day Islamic Calligraphy Exhibition, featuring the calligraphies of more than 15 renowned artists, here at its Ahmed Parvez Hall. The exhibition was inaugurated by Speaker Sindh Assembly, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro and attended by the ACP Karachi president, Ahmed Shah; ACP Karachi […]
KARACHI: Zahid Hussain Narejo, a youngster from Gambat, Khairpur, on Saturday filed a petition in the SHC, seeking recovery of his wife as well as protection for himself and the family. Narejo submitted that he had married Nadia Narejo in the City Court on April 27, 2012 and later filed a petition in the SHC […]
By: Prof. Farakh A Khan Not just Murree, the area as a whole needs in-depth scientific studies of production of waste and its impact on water in the area Waste (solid waste and excreta) management should be a civil society and government priority to save our future environment with unabated population increase. I was surprised […]
QUETTA: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has successfully accomplished its mission of building a shelter village for flood victims in the district of Jaffarabad, UNHCR Balochistan head Charles Lynch said in a briefing to reporters after a three-day visit to the district. The shelter village would benefit around 8,550 families hit by […]
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