By: Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE: Interior Minister Rehman Malik announced on Saturday that passports issued from Sept 15 onwards would be valid for 10 years. “The validity period of a Pakistani passport will be increased from five to 10 years and the process will start from Sept 15,” Mr Malik said while talking to reporters at […]
FAISALABAD: Three people on Friday slit the nose of a woman and also beat her up for pursuing a case in the Lundianwala police. Tahir, Qurban and Saleem stopped Ruqqaya Bibi, wife of Ghulam Qamar of Jaranwala, when she was returning home along with her husband after seeing her sister at Mehr Town, Syedwala. They […]
By: Ikram Junaidi ISLAMABAD: Preservation of records is the most important factor because a record certifies history. Besides, researchers need references which can only be found from a preserved record. It was stated by renowned scholar and writer I.A. Rehman, during launching ceremony of online searchable databases which contain data pertaining to human rights issues, […]
By: Aamir Yasin RAWALPINDI: Heavy rains on the night between Friday and Saturday raised the water level in Leh Nullah up to 19 feet, just three feet below flood level, causing the dwellers of low-lying areas to pass a sleepless night. Due to the rains, portions of old and dilapidated houses collapsed in the cantonment […]
By: REHMAT ALI JAFFARDOST Chitral: EVERY year Shandur polo festival is celebrated in Chitral and many local and foreign tourists visit the district to attend this event. This results in improvement in socio-economic life of the people. It enhances business and employment opportunities in Chitral. From economic point of view as well as building image […]
LAHORE: The Flood Forecasting Division forecast on Saturday medium-to-high flood in the Chenab river at Marala during the next 24 hours because of heavy rains in its catchments. Medium flood is expected in nullahs of rivers Chenab and Ravi in the Sialkot region and in Kabul, Swat, Kurram and Gambila rivers and their tributaries during […]
KARACHI: A large number of people who staged a demonstration at the Karachi Press Club on Saturday demanded the immediate release of 11-year-old Christian girl Ramsha Misrik arrested on a blasphemy charge and abolition of discriminatory laws. The participants in the demonstration, organised by the All Pakistan Christian League, also demanded a judicial inquiry into […]
Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday restrained Dadu police from arresting a man in a freewill marriage case. A woman, Paras, submitted that she married Sanaullah of her free will on March 27 but her family being annoyed at the marriage registered a false kidnapping case against her spouse and in-laws. She sought […]
SHAHKOT: A man gunned down his estranged wife and sister-in-law here in suburban village Kot Najabat situated in Shahkot Saddr Police here the other day. As per details, Manzoor Ahmed and his wife Shamim Bibi often quarrelled over petty domestic issues due to which the woman had settle to her parents house which had infuriated […]
By: Mohammad Zafar QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister (CM) Nawab Muhammad Aslam Khan Raisani on Saturday ordered a crackdown against criminals involved in kidnappings for ransom and disrupting peace. During a high-profile meeting on the ongoing security crisis at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, CM Raisani also took notice of the ongoing doctors’ strike and directed the […]
LAHORE: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday inaugurated the Integrated Border Management System (IBMS) at Allama Iqbal International Airport. He said it will help to break terrorism networks and track terrorists. He said the system will have the data of outgoing passengers and NADRA and FIA will be able to exchange information using it. He […]
NOWSHERA / DI KHAN: A 15-year-old girl and five-year-old boy were kidnapped and raped in two separate incidents in the province. Rimsha*, was picked up by two men on motorcycles and taken to an unknown location. She was kept in a room and subjected to rape for five consecutive days, the victim said in an […]
LAHORE: Days after creating a stir among prepaid mobile connection users in the country, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday that the connections will not be blocked entirely. “We did not say that the prepaid connections will be blocked, only the SIMs registered on fake identities will be blocked,” said Malik, while speaking to […]
By: Sharjeel Inam Memon Journalism is indeed a noble profession; people from this profession had to suffer a lot to protect their professional integrity and save their spotless character and reputation. However, with the passage of time deteriorating in ethos has begun and some so-called journalists have even given up the sanctity of pen. These […]
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