CHENABNAGAR: Armed men attacked local journalist Tahir Razzak who was on his way to Chiniot by motorbike. When he reached Pahari Darrah, the attackers riding on a car stopped him and tried to put him in their car. The journalist offered resistance. Resultantly, one of the attackers opened fire on him but he narrowly escaped. […]
By: Mithal Khuhro KHAIRPUR: Fed up with the injustice, a Hindu rape survivor has warned she will commit suicide by setting herself on fire outside the Supreme Court building. The married woman was allegedly gang-raped by influential men of the Allah Rakhio Mahar village. The family went to the police, who refused to register the […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal government plans to spend Rs 4.6 billion on Information Technology (IT) projects during this year with emphasis on strengthening e-government, human resource and infrastructure development. “There are around 43 projects which are being executed in the sector and their total cost is Rs 22.9 billion,” an official at the Ministry of Information Technology […]
By: Umer Farooq PESHAWAR: While the Peshawar Family Court is left with three days to decide the runaway Afghan couple’s case, legal experts say the case is beyond the jurisdiction of Pakistani courts. Chief justice of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) Dost Muhammad Khan had taken a suo motu notice of the death threats given […]
By: Bakhtullah Jan SHERGARH: Three youth were arrested in Hafizabad, Mardan on Tuesday for raping and killing a nine-year-old girl. Lund Khwar police SHO Fazal Subhan said that the father of the child filed a report saying that his daughter went missing on her way home from school on Monday afternoon. On Tuesday, her body, […]
By: Zulfiqar Ali DI KHAN: DI Khan, once a city of cinemas and entertainment, is now without a cinema at all. There were five major cinema houses in the city which have been replaced by either commercial plazas or government buildings. They began vanishing between 2005 and 2010, primarily because of ongoing terrorism threats from […]
By: Zahrah Mazhar KARACHI: Karachi has been painted by many but perhaps no other artist is as good as Hanif Shahzad when it comes to exploring different shades of the city on a canvas. Staying true to his muse, the painter showcased his recent paintings of Karachi at the Chawkandi Art Gallery on Tuesday. Around […]
By: Afiya S Zia The writer is an independent researcher who has also written for The News, Dawn, The Friday Times and EPW. She is also a member of the Women’s Action Forum Ironically, ever since the Pakistani media was ‘liberated’ by General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, its content, quality and personalities have become restricted to […]
By: HASSAN MIRANI I would like to point out that many women face serious problems when they receive lewd messages from SIMS with fake accounts that are not traceable. This is akin to social harassment. As there is no evidence to find out who is involved in such activities, they remain safe from being apprehended. […]
Karachi: The Karachi Press Club and the Press Club Mumbai have welcomed a meeting scheduled to be held between Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and her Indian counterpart S M Krishna in Islamabad on September 7-9. Both the foreign ministers will be reviewing the peace process that resumed last year. “We hope both foreign ministers […]
KARACHI: The APNS has strongly condemned the murder of Mukhtar Azmi and his son Baqar Azmi in a target killing Wednesday evening by unknown assailants. Mr Azmi was a veteran advertising practitioner and proprietor of MAZ Advertising. He had worked in some ad agencies in different capacities and took active part in the promotion of […]
By: Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Wednesday to appear before it in person to answer contempt charges against him for interfering in judicial affairs. A two-judge bench headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk warned that the court would issue arrest warrants if the minister again failed to show up […]
ISLAMABAD: The market for art has degenerated, said artist, curator and art critic Quddus Mirza who was delivering a talk at the Satrang gallery here on Wednesday. The speaker was critical of commercial art and described it as prostitution. Students from both private and public schools, including the National College of Arts (NCA) Rawalpindi, faculty […]
By: Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: It may be called Fair Trial bill, but its draft, which the government plans to table in parliament will hardly be fair to all Pakistani citizens. The bill which the government argues will allow investigation “by modern techniques and devices” will, if passed in its current shape, authorise the state to […]
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