KARACHI – Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah on Saturday announced development package worth Rs3 billion for Umerkot district.According to official statement issued here from CM Secretariat, the CM chaired a special Sindh Cabinet meeting at DCO office of Umerkot, which was attended by the provincial PPP ministers, elected representatives of the party and officials, which […]
BY: ZULFIQAR AHMAD A thorough probe should be initiated into allegations that President Asif Ali Zardari is stuffing the pockets of some journalists, former Secretary of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad told Business Recorder on Saturday. “This is a very serious allegation, which may influence the whole process of transparency in […]
By: Saadia Qamar KARACHI: Friday evening at The Second Floor (T2F) proved to be a rather dazzling affair, where the quartet from Cultures in Harmony performed with sisters Zoe and Rachel Viccaji. The NGO aims to promote cultural understanding through music and was founded by an American musician, William Harvey. The Viccaji sisters performed several […]
LAHORE: Neither the courts nor the government have the right to decide a moral code for all Pakistanis to follow, said speakers at a seminar – ‘Intellectual vigilantism in the name of piety’ organised by the South Asia Free Media Association (Safma) here on Saturday. “Many people are trying to turn this non-issue into an […]
By: Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: The blasphemy case took a new turn on Saturday, when a witness in the case disclosed before the executive magistrate that the Imam of a local mosque of Mehra Jaffer included two pages of the Holy Quran in the burnt pages in order to exacerbate the situation. Hafiz Mohammad Zubair, a […]
FAISALABAD: A woman was killed in an axe attack in Bhowana area ‘in the name of honour’. The FIR accused Muhammad Imran of killing Sajida Bibi after an argument over her separation with her husband. It said the woman had moved out of her husband’s house and was staying with her parents for some months. […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said on Saturday he and the Supreme Court (SC) wanted to resolve the issue of Balochistan immediately, adding that it was the PPP’s priority to meet lawful demands of the disgruntled Baloch. During a meeting with Balochistan Chief Secretary Babar Yaqoob, the prime minister ordered the authorities concerned to […]
By: Saroop Ijaz Once the society is told what is acceptable in one sphere, it inevitably extends to everything else. We already have one version of history, one version of religion and now we are on track for one version of morality. This is the cost of not defending Manto and Chughtai; it is about […]
By: Asim Yasin ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started the evaluation of responses of five telecom companies that were submitted to its investigation team regarding alleged Rs47 billion tax evasion. The NAB had asked the five telecom companies two weeks ago to submit their replies. The deadline for submitting replies was extended and […]
KARACHI: In view of the importance of music and its immense popularity the world over, Geo TV is airing from September 8 a mega reality show ‘Sur Kshetra’ which translated means: ‘Victory of tunes; triumph of music.’ In this competition, young singers from India and Pakistan will put to test their talent and it is […]
PML-N STALWART Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has accused the federal government of using secret funds to buy the loyalty of journalists but has stopped short of naming the beneficiaries of this benevolent scheme or spelling out how an aspirant could enrol for the dole-out. Others before him have called for the outright abolishing of the […]
By: S.K. BARLAAS SHARMEEN Obaid-Chinoy of Pakistan won the prestigious Oscar for her praiseworthy documentary ‘Saving Face’, and gave a hope to Pakistanis that they must not keep quiet over the injustice that is prevalent in their society. Such practical measures certainly help educating the masses and helping them comprehends the injustice in society. Crimes, […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Capital has got seven new special courts as the Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has approved the summary for the establishment of these courts. After the establishment of seven special courts the total number of special courts established in Islamabad, after the start of Islamabad High Court (IHC) since January 2011, has increased […]
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