LAHORE: Pollution is having dangerous effects not only on the country’s overall economy but also disturbing the lives of the people. Public-private partnership could be very useful in countering alarming effects of environmental pollution. Pollution is destroying major crops and it can escalate energy issue in the country as well. These views were shared by […]
KARACHI: The International Council of SMEs (ICSMEs) has advised the Union of Small & Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) to seek protection from the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) against the kidnapping, extortion and victimisation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by gangsters in industrial areas. While gangsters and extortionists have been on the loose in […]
By: Kamran Mansoor Karachi: While the provincial police chief claims that crime has dropped by half in the city, 14 people, seven of them political activists, were gunned down in the metropolis on Monday. Two Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) activists were gunned down in a clash near Disco Morr, Orangi Town No 15.The two men, […]
By: HASHIM ABRO, Women are considered the backbone of any nation and our Constitution provides for equality of women: however, this provision is often not practiced. The vast majority of Pakistani women, in particular, those in rural areas from Sindh, Balochistan and KPK suffer in absolute misery and wretchedness. In Pakistan women are less valued […]
KARACHI: Samina Ismail Hirani, Kiran Amin and Kinza Murtaza — all students of the Aga Khan Higher Secondary School — clinched first, second and third positions in Grade A-1, respectively, as the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) announced the intermediate (class XII) science (pre-medical) annual examination 2012 results here on Monday. Samina Ismail Hirani […]
By: Hidayat Khan PESHAWAR: Artist Imran Khan is a master craftsman and innovator who aspires to portray the legends of Pakistan on his canvas. His studio is humble and intimate, filled with his painting masterpieces and pottery work. Elaborating on his work, Khan says that through his pottery he has aimed to keep the Gandhara […]
SUKKUR: A district and sessions court in Larkana allowed on Monday a girl to go with her uncle to marry his son of her freewill. The girl had run away from her home on Sunday and taken shelter at a women police station. In her statement with the Civil Lines police, she said that her […]
Karachi: The decomposed body of a 25-year-old woman who had drowned was found in the underground water tank of a house in Nital Colony in Aurangabad in the Nazimabad police limits on Monday.The owner of the house got the stench and informed police, who recovered the body from the tank. The body was shifted to […]
Karachi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the DIG Sukkur to recover a seven-year-old girl who has been missing from Dadu since July 12.The apex court was hearing an application filed by one Saleem regarding the disappearance of his daughter, Sakina. DIG Sukkur Range Dr Amir Sheikh along with other police officials appeared and submitted […]
By: Sohail Khan ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday gave three weeks to Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf to implement its order in the NRO case and directed him to personally reappear before the bench on September 18 with a positive commitment that the court’s order would be obeyed. A five-member special bench of the […]
By: Rana Yasif LAHORE: The father-in-law of one of the victims of CIA contractor Raymond Davis has been acquitted of the charge of murdering his wife and daughter after the witnesses in the case, who included his son, changed their statements. Muhammad Shehzad Butt had been accused of killing his wife Nabeela Shehzad and daughter […]
MANSEHRA: District and Sessions Judge Syed Rafique Shah on Monday extended the ban on meetings with a rape victim till September 5 on the request of the District Bar Association of Mansehra. The lawyers led by president of the association Shahjahan Khan Swati appeared before the district and sessions judge to seek the extension of […]
KARACHI:An exhibition of paintings by Abid Aslam, Manisha Jiani, Maria Khan, Seher Naveed and Shiblee Munir opens at the Canvas Gallery at 5pm on Tuesday. The group show titled ‘Drawing mandalas’ will continue till Sept 6, daily from 11am to 8pm (except Sunday). Dawn
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the release of five persons charged with kidnapping a minor girl and suspension of the investigation officer of the case for producing the suspects in handcuffs in court. It also directed the deputy inspector-general of police, Sukkur region, to recover the girl, missing since July 13, and produce […]
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