By: MUHAMMAD NAWAZ KHAWAJA This is with reference to the Chairman NADRA’s appeal which appeared in the press, addressing political leaders for their assistance in mobilizing Pakistani citizens to obtain their computerised national identity cards (CNlC). I think it is the first time in the history of Pakistan that such earnest efforts are being made […]
By: N. Elahi Ever since the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten committed the temerity to publish caricatures of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) in 2005 and defended it on the basis of the right of freedom of expression, the inviolability of this right has come under fire. It has become divisive and disputed. No doubt the perennial parameters of […]
The Sindh Assembly on Monday approved an adjournment motion with a unanimous vote to denounce the anti-Islam film. The lawmakers called for global legislation on blasphemy like the western nations have done against the denial of holocaust of Jews in Europe during World War II. The motion was tabled by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) during […]
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Monday appointed Javed Iqbal Awan, a BS-22 officer as new Chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), and tasked him to implement his vision of making Islamabad a model Capital city. The decision of appointing the new Chairman has been taken following intense deliberations while keeping in view a new […]
The YouTube ban in Pakistan entered into its third week yesterday. Government had issued orders last month to impose a blanket ban on the video sharing website in response to a blasphemous, sacrilegious video that caused outrage and indignation among Muslims. Reportedly, this decision was taken after Google Inc., the parent company of YouTube, refused […]
Thousands of workers hailing from different religious parties and DPC alliance factions participated in Difa-e-Pakistan Council “Hurmat-e-Rasool (PBUH)” march, held to denounce the anti-Islam film agitating Muslims around the world, and against the resumption of Nato supplies, drone attacks and military operation in Fata. The DPC march started from Al-Markaz-e-Islami, Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Provincial Head Office, […]
By: Muhammad Yasir KARACHI: Cellular phone companies have sought compensation from the government for their estimated losses of Rs 1 billion caused by suspension of their services twice in the last two months due to security reasons. Sources in the telecom industry said that cellular phone companies have asked the government through Ministry of Information […]
The report released by the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN), detailing the workings of the Sindh Assembly, raises important criticisms as well as praise for some aspects of the assembly’s performance. One bright spot is the prominence of women parliamentarians. At the 48 sittings of the Sindh Assembly covered by FAFEN, women lawmakers asked […]
Whereas the 2010 and 2011 floods made headlines, those that struck this year have somehow gone virtually unnoticed. Only rarely does news of havoc caused by floods hits the headlines. The world seems not to have noticed and even within the country, there is a lack of awareness about the miserable state in which millions […]
Karachi: A woman and her husband were shot dead in the Shah Lateef Town police limits on Monday.Mamona Bibi, 28, and her husband Afaq Ahmed, 25, were killed, while her cousin Fatima Bibi, 24, suffered bullet wounds, when armed men barged into their residence in Hingora Goth, opened fire on them and fled. After hearing […]
By: Mohammad Ashfaq PESHAWAR: The provincial cabinet here on Monday approved the much awaited proposed bill for establishing a regulatory authority to register, regulate and look after private schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Briefing journalists regarding the decisions taken in the cabinet meeting, Minister for Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain said that the bill titled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa […]
LAHORE: Rallies and protests against the US blasphemous movie continued on Monday as Alami Tanzim Ahle Sunnat and Idara Sirat Mustaqim took out rallies to press for severing ties with the US and expelling its diplomats. The ATAS rally began from Gujrat early in the morning as a motorcade of slogan-chanting and flags-waving enthusiasts reached […]
By: Hamid Mir ISLAMABAD: Although journalism is considered to be a risky profession across the globe now, in countries like Pakistan it is turning into a deadly profession. The September 29th target killing of a TV reporter Abdul Haq Baloch in the Khuzdar district of the trouble-stricken Balochistan has compelled his fellow journalists to stop […]
By: Imtiaz Ali KARACHI: The Sindh People’s Local Government (SPLG) bill was passed in the Sindh Assembly on Monday amid an uproar by the opposition in-waiting. Legislators belonging to the estranged allies of the government, who have applied to sit on the opposition benches, staged a protest at the rostrum for a considerable time, tore […]
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