ISLAMABAD: National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has suggested a collaborated framework to the government of Gilgit-Baltistan in order to prepare computerised electoral rolls of the province. This was suggested to a delegation of the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan led by Chief Minister Syed Mehdi Shah who visited headquarters of NADRA on Monday. Chairman NADRA Tariq […]
By: SHAHZAD AHMAD Addressing the subject of the anti-Islam film, “Innocence of Muslims,” which has sparked riots and violence across the globe including killing of the US envoy to Libya, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, “…our country does have a long tradition of free expression, which is enshrined in our Constitution and our law, […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious alarm over the recent spike in incidents of violence and intolerance against vulnerable groups across the country, saying the failure to address intolerance was contributing to gravity of the problem. In a statement issued on Monday, the commission said, “HRCP is extremely concerned because […]
PESHAWAR: Slowly, Ziarat Bibi recalled the last words she spoke to her son, her pain seeming to fill the dimly lit radio studio. “He was preparing for his exam. I told him to pick up his books,” she said, as transmitters beamed her grief to listeners across northwest Pakistan. A Taliban bomb killed her son […]
LAHORE: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Monday called for strict action against those responsible for making the sacrilegious movie, as well as an effective legislation at an international level to stop acts aimed at degrading any religion and faith in the world. Addressing a ceremony at the Governor’s House to distribute compensation cheques among […]
By: Sohail Khattak KARACHI: Gulistan Cinema is no stranger to violence: protesters stormed it after the US invaded Afghanistan back in 2001. But the cinema managed to survive with only minor damage. Eleven years later, on Ishq-e-Rasool Day Friday, it was attacked again. This time, however, it was completely gutted. As the city crawled back […]
KARACHI: What is the point of having a bill against domestic violence where the criminal is not punished, asked Rubina Brohi, a representative of the Aurat Foundation. “These people [the law and home department] have reservations about the bill. They do not believe that a person who is found guilty of domestic violence should be […]
KARACHI: LinkedIn, an international professional networking platform, is planning to establish its offices in Pakistan, Board of Investment (BOI) Chairman Saleem H Mandviwalla revealed here on Monday. Mandviwalla said that the move would help LinkedIn promote Pakistan on its widely-used website. He said he hoped that LinkedIn’s offices would be operational in Pakistan either by […]
By: Azam Khan ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the counsel for 11 ‘missing’ persons of Adiala Jail to file a fresh petition following the demise of petitioner Rohaifa Bibi, mother of three of the detainees, for their release from different internment centres across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Three of the 11 prisoners have already died in […]
By: Shahid Husain Karachi: Sindh Minister for Women Development Tauqeer Fatima has said in order to further the interest and better protect the rights of women a Sindh Commision on Women is in the offing. Previously, only a national commission to secure women’s rights existed. She was speaking at an advocacy seminar on the “Contribution […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has asked the attorney general to present report within two days about measures taken by the government to stop operation of ‘YouTube’ in Pakistan. ‘YouTube.com’ contains the blasphemous movie, which incited the emotions of Pakistanis and the Muslims all over the world. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad […]
QUETTA: The lawmakers in the Monday session unanimously passed resolution seeking declaring flood-stricken districts of Balochistan as calamity-hit areas. The assembly session started with Deputy Speaker Syed Matiullah Agha in chair. The movers including Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Mir Abdul Rehman Jamali, Pakistan Muslim League-Q MPA Sheikh Jaffar Mandokhel and MPA Tariq Bugti […]
ISLAMABAD: Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has appointed a Pakistani Muslim woman as part of his government during a Cabinet reshuffle this week. Hadia Tajik, 29, is of Pakistani descent, and was appointed on Friday as Norway’s minister of culture, reported a private news channel. Hadia has become the first ever Muslim cabinet member and […]
TAKHT BHAI: Three cops were arrested in connection with the killing of a young girl here on Monday, official sources said. The minor girl, Marwa, was killed when the cops allegedly opened fire on a car in Shergarh on Sunday night. Taking serious note of the incident, the District Police Officer Mardan Danishwar Khan ordered […]
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