LAHORE: A petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court seeking a ban on the access to blasphemous movie named “Innocence of Muslims” on internet. A citizen Shoaib Ahmad through Advocate Fahad Ahmad Siddiqi stated that the blasphemous movie had been produced by Zionists and widely circulated its web links on internet. It was […]
By: DR MASOOD RASHID The Americans have done it again. Last year Terry Jones and his colleagues burnt our Holy Quran. The Americans and their government did not bother to register a case against him, what to talk about punishing him, obviously under the garb of ‘freedom of expression’ they are getting away with whatever […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has urged the officials of the Ministry of Information Technology to further improve their efficiency so that the objectives and task assigned to the Ministry can be achieved at the earliest. Chairing a meeting of the Ministry of Information Technology to review the Universal Tele Centers (UTC) programme at […]
Karachi: The National Database & Registration Authority (Nadra) has always endeavoured to empower women with the provision of their basic rights and has adopted a fair and equal employment policy to empower women. Today over 2,000 female employees are working at Nadra, which makes 13 percent of the total strength, while the government quota is […]
By: Bina Shah In Pakistan, there is no law that exists to specifically prevent the sexual trafficking of girls and women. This, despite the fact that according to the Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation, more than one million Bangladeshi women and more than 200,000 Burmese women have been trafficked to Karachi alone, and that Pakistan […]
By: Saadia Qamar KARACHI: Will Pakistani cinema see a revival, or does it need to be built from scratch? This question was debated by prominent personalities associated with the craft of film-making at The Second Floor (T2F) cafe on Friday evening. At the interactive discussion titled ‘The Revival of Pakistani Cinema’, the big names were […]
By: Lubna Jerar Naqvi Karachi: Women, who are considered a marginalised part of a patriarchal society, have found a part in people’s mind after their stories hit the news. Having said that, the media, primarily the electronic including social media, still needs to learn a lot on how to treat, project and highlight women related […]
KARACHI: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Saturday inspected the gutted garment factory in Baldia Town from the air and announced compensation for the fire victims. Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah and Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad accompanied him during the visit. Later a meeting was held at the Governor House. The officials of police […]
By: Kashif Zafar BAHAWALPUR: A special judicial magistrate on Saturday started recording the statement of a girl, who says she was detained by a man who raped her for over a year. She will re-appear on Monday to finish her testimony against the man and a couple who kidnapped her from Karachi and sold her […]
KARACHI: Only 10 per cent of the industries in Karachi follow environmental standards while just three per cent in Pakistan meet international waste treatment protocols. These figures were shared by environment experts and industrialists at a seminar on “Awareness of Environmental Laws and Legislation” organised on Friday by the Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce […]
Karachi: A woman was killed in New Mianwali Colony, Peerabad near the F-11 bus stop. Police said 25-year-old Zeba Khatoon was heading towards a market near her home when a man opened fire on her. She was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where she breathed her last. Zeba was presently living with her second […]
KARACHI: In a rat race of ratings and hits that are important for political talk shows and entertainment content, the media must also strive to bring to the fore stories on social issues. This was stated by speakers on the second day of a workshop titled ‘Powerful women, powerful nation’, organised by Uks, a nongovernmental […]
By: Reema Omer YOU know that something has gone terribly wrong when senior politicians and media persons condemn a visit by a UN Working Group on Enforced or Involun-tary Disappearances (WGEID) for being a conspiracy against Pakistan’s sovereignty and interference in its domestic affairs. The concerns raised in parliament and television talk shows are based […]
ISLAMABAD: Renowned human rights activist and director Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) I.A. Rehman on Saturday termed feudalism the biggest hindrance in implementation of fundamental rights. “Most of the laws were made by feudal lords so they cannot make any law against them,” he said while addressing National Conference on ‘State of Fundamental Rights […]
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