Recent weeks have witnessed a series of important developments vis-à-vis the process of auctioning the third-generation telecom licenses – a process that was delayed earlier this year after considerable activity and hype. Resumption of the auction process awaits a consultant, and the PTA and the Ministry of IT are currently said to be invested in […]
At least four persons including an alleged informer of banned Peoples’ Amn Committee (PAC) and a woman were killed in separate incidents at various parts of the metropolis here on Tuesday. According to police and rescue sources, unidentified armed riders opened indiscriminate gunshots on another rider identified as Inayatullah, 19 son of Sanaullah at Ghosia […]
KARACHI: Speakers at a training workshop at the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology highlighted that the standard of reporting in Pakistan must be improved. “Reporters must dig deeper for facts and this can only happen after they have had proper training,” said a panel of speakers at the workshop, including Prof. Dr […]
QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court on Tuesday ordered the removal of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) investigating officer from a probe into the alleged irregularities in the appointments of civil servants by the Balochistan Public Service Commission (BPSC). A two-judge bench, comprising Justice Jamal Mandokhail and Justice Ghulama Mustafa Mengal, was hearing the petition lodged […]
By: Bari Baloch QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani has ordered for withdrawal of FIR registered against journalists in Quetta here on Tuesday. Balochistan Union of Journalists (BUJ) had staged a protest demo against the killing of a colleague in Khuzdar Abdul Haq Zehri who was also the General Secretary of Khuzdar Press […]
KARACHI: The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) announced the formal launch of National Cash Remittance Programme to facilitate overseas Pakistanis in disbursing foreign remittances/cash to their loved ones back home. According to a press release, the citizens of Pakistan now have at their disposal more than 117 NADRA Registration Centres designated so far all […]
By: Anwer Mooraj KARACHI: This is with reference to Mazhar Abbas’ article “Defining obscenity” (September 29). He wrote a very good piece on the topic. He has a gift for cutting through a lot of verbiage and arriving at the kernel of an argument in seconds. I thoroughly agree with him when he says that […]
By: Mudassir Raja RAWALPINDI: A young man gunned down his sister and nephew in Dhera Syedan village on Tuesday after suspecting there was an ‘illicit relationship’ between the two. The Mandra police apprehended Sikandar Javed*, 22, and recovered the weapons used in the double murder. The deceased were identified as Farhana*, 25, and Asim Nazeer*, […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Rehman Malik on Tuesday said that a judicial commission would be constituted to ascertain facts about the killing of a private news channel journalist in Khuzdar. The commission, to be headed by a senior judge with members from journalist community, will find the facts about the killing of Abdul Haq Baloch, […]
By: Sajjad Q Ashraf This refers to your editorial ‘Women voters’ (Oct 1). Our political parties have turned down the proposal of the Election Commission of Pakistan to conduct re-polling at polling stations where less than 10 percent women votes are polled. Though almost all countries of the world, with the exception of a few, […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Tuesday announced a financial assistance of one million rupees for the family of slain journalist Abdul Haq Baloch. The prime minister was talking to Senator Rehman Malik, Federal Minister for Interior who called on him at the Prime Minister House and discussed the current security situation with special […]
By: Afiya Shehrbano Over the last five years, as Pakistan faced its most critical challenges in the realm of foreign relations, the quality of our foreign ministers that has impressed the international community the most has been their appearances. The attention to the ‘handsome’ Shah Mahmood Qureshi and the ‘tasteful’ Hina Rabbani Khar often obscured […]
KARACHI: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency has sealed a factory under the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997 for polluting the environment, it emerged on Tuesday. For its persistent act of polluting the surrounding environment, the industrial unit has been sealed by Sepa under Section 16 of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act 1997, which authorises the […]
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: In the field of art, New York-based artist Frank Stella is a modern-day giant. When someone once asked him about the art of sculpting, he said: “A sculpture is just a painting cut out and stood up somewhere.” It is an intelligent remark in the sense that sculptors and painters do […]
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