“Pakistan is losing Rs 365 billion annually on account of environmental degradation, of which Rs 112 billion alone is accounted for unsafe delivery and disposal of water and sanitation,” said Federal Secretary for Climate Change Mahmood Alam. He was addressing to the “Donor debriefing session on sanitation and water for all high-level meeting” organised by […]
Present: Mr Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, HCJ. Mr Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja Mr Justice Khilji Arif Hussain Constitution Petition No 05/2012 and CMA Nos.2382, 2487, 2492, 2876 & 3446/12 Criminal Original Petition Nos.47,54, 65 & 71/2012. ========================================================================================= Syed Mehmood Akhtar Naqvi … PETITIONER ========================================================================================== VERSUS Federation of Pakistan thr. Secretary Law and others For the […]
LAHORE: Political parties and civil society organisations on Thursday condemned an attack on Daily Times office in Karachi by miscreants during the strike called by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Wednesday. The civil society organisations, including Women Concern Network, Patan Development Association, Youth Commission for Human Rights, Aghaaz Foundation, Godh Foundation, and Bullay Shah Foundation, issued a […]
KARACHI: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday directed the police to provide protection to a freewill couple facing threats to their life. Petitioner Tahira Siddiqa, along with her husband Amir Ali Sheedi, approached the court for protection amid threats from their respective families after their marriage. She prayed to the court […]
By: Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Climate Change has criticised the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) for lack of coordination with provinces to lessen damages from rain and floods. “The reality on the ground is different from the picture you have drawn before the members,” MNA Syed Tayyab Hussain told NDMA […]
KARACHI: The Tipu Sultan police were named after a fighter but proved to be lilly-livered cowards and possibly corrupt officers on Thursday. We gave them all the details of the men who we believe attacked our reporter, kicking him in the ribs and beating him in the head on Baloch Colony flyover. We accompanied them […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a weekly report on the law and order situation and cases of enforced disappearances in Balochistan. A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, heard the case and accepted applications of former Balochistan chief minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal and Nawab Talal Bugti […]
By: Shahbaz Rana ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday held a pre-bid conference for prospective consultancy firms, which may be hired to ensure transparent auction of the third generation (3G) mobile telecommunications technology spectrum. The event marks the beginning of an auctioning process expected to generate at least $1 billion in revenues for the government. The […]
By: Rana Sajjad Ahmad The writer is a graduate of Columbia Law School and a member of the New York Bar, is a partner at the Lahore-based law firm of Rana Ijaz & Partners The blasphemous video, “Innocence of Muslims” has riled Muslims around the world and has, once again, sparked the debate over the […]
By: Zahid Gishkori ISLAMABAD: With rage against the sacrilegious movie ‘Innocence of Muslims’ expected to reach its crescendo on Friday, government and security forces are bracing for a bitter showdown in the capital. As anger against the movie is directed towards Western missions, the interior ministry is considering a complete lockdown to protect diplomatic missions […]
By: Sabir Shah LAHORE: Millions of hurt souls across the Muslim world might be unaware of the fact that a Paris-based satirical weekly “Charlie Hebdo,” which has come up printing extremely profane cartoons to insult Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and mock Islam very recently on September 19, has a long track record of displaying irreverence towards […]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called the anti-Islam film that sparked off violent protests across the Muslim world a “disgraceful and shameful act.” Emphasising that freedom of expression and assembly is a “fundamental” right and privilege of all people, Ban said that this right should not be abused. The film, posted on the Internet under […]
SUKKUR: An accused Sikandar Gadahi in village Noorpur in Badah shot dead his niece Parveen on charges of having illicit relations. After killing her, he surrendered himself at the Police Station. Police said that Parveen eloped to marry her lover a few days ago. She returned to the area, after elites of the Gadahi Clan […]
By: Shakeel Anjum ISLAMABAD: Army troops were called in aid of the civil administration to protect the Red Zone and the Diplomatic Enclave in Islamabad on Thursday after protesters tried to enter these areas to register their protest against the anti-Islam film. The capital city turned into a veritable battlefield as clashes were reported between […]
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