KARACHI: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday directed the additional district and sessions judge of Shaheed Benazirabad district to decide within six months a case pertaining to double murder allegedly committed over an allegation of Karo-kari (honour killing) in 2010. A two-member bench, comprising Justices Anwar Zaheer Jamali and Amir Hani Muslim, passed this […]
By: Muhammad Anis ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Tuesday said President Asif Ali Zardari is using billions of rupees from the national exchequer for distribution among his favourite television channels and to buy leading anchorpersons of independent channels before the next general elections. Chaudhry Nisar said the government has […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday asked the nation to boycott those media houses which highlighted anti-Pakistan and anti Two-Nation theory material. Belum Hasnain, the chairperson, requested TV viewers and newspaper readers to boycott those media houses which give coverage to statements of persons who spoke against the country […]
SWABI: The militants blew up a government school for girls in the limits of Kalu Khan Police Station on Tuesday, police said. They said the militants had planted two explosive devices in the veranda of under-construction building of the Government Girls’ High School Dagai and the explosions took place in quick succession at around 2:00am. […]
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Five artists, five schools of thought and five ways of interpreting life: this seems to be the idea behind a group show titled ‘Drawing Mandalas’, which opened at the Canvas Art Gallery on Tuesday. The artists belonging to five prominent art colleges in the country are participating in the show curated […]
By: Dilshad Azeem ISLAMABAD: The PPP-led government is all set to put in place a selected media squad in the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) to counter the independent judiciary and use it against the opposition in the general election. “Some 70-100 media persons are to be inducted in the Special Grade, Grade 1 […]
By: IFTIKHAR MIRZA THIS is apropos of your editorial ‘Immobile communication’ (Aug 23). You have rightly pointed out that in case of medical emergency there was no way of seeking medical help over mobile phone. The same will happen in the case of accidents. Indeed, this is not the first time people have been denied […]
By: Ali Hazrat Bacha PESHAWAR: Traffic remained suspended on Charsadda-Peshawar Road for about 12 hours on Tuesday as torrential rains in parts of Khyber Agency and suburban areas of Peshawar caused heavy flood in the Budni Nullah (stream). The delay on part of rescuers to reach the area also led to a strong protest demonstration […]
By: Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: The attorney of a lawyer, who was seeking bail for the Christian girl charged under blasphemy and suffering from Down syndrome, was superseded as four other lawyers on Tuesday filed fresh papers of attorney before the district and sessions judge of Islamabad in the alleged blasphemy case. Anjum Riaz, a Lahore-based […]
By: Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: The Transparency International Pakistan gave a clean chit to the National Database and Registration Authority on Tuesday in the award of a contract for preparation of national identity cards for overseas Pakistanis and observed that Nadra had not compromised on the secrecy of its database. The TI had taken notice […]
ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Interior Chairman Senator Talha Mahmood on Tuesday claimed that the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) issued Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs) to around half a million aliens, including Afghans. Chairing the standing committee meeting, he said that majority of CNICs were issued to aliens with the approval of Chief […]
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) on Tuesday issued a policy note to the Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) recommending the withdrawal of the directive issued by the MoIT proposing establishment of International Clearing House Exchange (ICH) for international incoming calls for long distance international (LDI), fixed-line local loops, […]
KARACHI: One of the biggest challenges facing the country as it embarks on the path of sustainable development is for the government to realise the importance of having an environmental framework. Global vice president of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Javed Jabbar expressed these views as he spoke on “An Introduction […]
By: Sher Alam Shinwari PESHAWAR: Due to the threat of extremism and militancy in the tribal areas, many professional singers and artists have either quit their profession or left for safer havens. Hailing from an aristocratic family of Kurram Agency, Naeem Turi is the only surviving amateur singer in the region. He has taken it […]
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