BY: HEBA ISLAM It all started out with Zulfiqar Mirza, and the trend has spread like fire through the upper echelons of our political elite: what I like to refer to as the ‘firebrand press conference’ phenomenon. Every couple of weeks (or so it appears) a member of one political party or another calls an […]
HYDERABAD: Thousands of people including Christians and Hindus, activists of various religious and political parties and members of trade bodies took to the streets here on Sunday to voice their protest against the US-made blasphemous film, which has sparked anger among Muslims worldwide. Similar rallies were taken out in other cities and towns of Sindh. […]
RAHIM YAR KHAN: A jirga, local council, ordered the execution of a girl who had eloped with her lover and declared as vini two girls of the youth’s family. Riaz Chandia and Shamshad, residents of Basti Ramzan Chandia in Abadpur, who had runaway and got married eight months ago, have surfaced again. A local jirga […]
By: Ahtesham Azhar KARACHI: Dawood Global Foundation (DGF) organised 3rd ‘LADIESFUND Entrepreneurship Conference’ (LEC 2012), at Bahria Auditorium on Saturday. More than 500 VIPs, women entrepreneurs, male and female students and media gathered to hear the inside scoop to success. This year’s theme was Cutting Edge Entrepreneurship and the event also featured Pakistan’s first Student […]
By: Ahtesham Azhar KARACHI: The VM Art Gallery recently organised two exhibitions, group and solo, entitled ‘Conversation IV’ and ‘Monolith’ which featured the work of five artists, here at its premises. Conversation IV was a show of four friends who posses diverse skills. Sehba Maruf Ali said that her work was about the mind and […]
By: Tariq Hussain Islamabad: The anti-Islamic forces call it freedom of speech when they criticise and ridicule Muslims but when Muslims do the same thing they call it hate speech. Now the question arises why is there present a double standard with the same words carrying different meanings for different people. Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: A group of master artisans is being trained at Lok Virsa in the field of wood art, metal work, lacquer art, papier mache and truck art to keep alive traditions of the dying arts. Besides training, the artisans belonging to remote regions will also display and sell their products to earn livelihood and make […]
By: Obaid Abrar Khan RAWALPINDI: Despite the claim of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) that it has blocked the anti-Islam movie from the website YouTube.com; clips of the film are still available. When The News contacted Deputy Director PR PTA Malahat Rab, she said PTA was trying its best to block the link of the […]
LAHORE: In response to a petition filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC), Pemra confirmed in writing that a private TV channel was not entitled to broadcast any Indian dramas and that the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) had already issued a number of show-cause notices to the company that distributes the channel in […]
LAHORE: Chenab and Jhelum rivers are likely to cross high flood situation after 36 hours, following widespread rains, thunderstorm and hailstorm in north and northeast of Punjab, an advisory issued by the Met Office has said. The latest meteorological analysis, issued on Sunday, suggested that widespread thunderstorm/rain, at times extremely heavy rainfall with possibility of […]
By: Imtiaz Hussain KHAIRPUR: Two thousand villages in the district have been inundated because of the havoc played by the recent rains and one million people have been affected. Cotton and other crops spread over 3,000 acres of land have been destroyed. Thirty persons have lost their lives and 300 others injured because of collapse […]
SUKKUR: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Sunday announced a relief package of Rs2 billion rupees for the rain and flood victims of Sindh. He took an aerial visit of the rain and flood-hit areas, including Jacobabad, Shikarpur, Ghotki, Kashmore and Kandhkot. On the occasion, the prime minister issued orders for the release of Rs710 […]
HYDERABAD: Leaders of civil society have called for protection of women’s rights under the UN Security Resolution 1325 on women and urged the government to protect rights of minorities. They were speaking at a seminar organised by a NGO on “role of women as leader in crisis” at the press club on Saturday. Comrade Jam […]
BY: AHMAD RAZI SIDDIQUI I AM a PTCL customer having access to its Internet and Smart TV connectivity. Continued interruptions in service over the past one month and the PTCL’s failure to resolve the problem have greatly frustrated me. Even though an octogenarian I use the Internet for a good number of hours daily to […]
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