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Daily Archives: October 21, 2012

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority silent on deceptive SMSs

By: Usman Cheema ISLAMABAD: A leading telecom company and some other firms are involved in looting the innocent customers by sending them deceptive messages telling them that they have won or have been selected for a prize that actually is not there while Pakistan Telecom Authority is totally silent on such practices. TheNation has evidently […]


Rally condemns sacrilegious movie

NOORPUR THAL: The Tahaffuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat Mahaz took out ‘Labaik Ya Rasoolallah’ rally to protest against the anti-Islam movie and blasphemous caricatures. The TNRM activists were carrying flags, placards and banners inscribed with slogans against the US, India and Israel. Thousands of people participated in the rally which started from Mohallah Hussainabad and culminated at Hashmi Chowk. […]


3 women stabbed to death

DASKA: An old man stabbed his wife and her sister to death for “honour” in Daska city’s Younasabad area while a farmer killed his wife on a domestic dispute. The accused told the police that he had been suspecting Razia, his wife, and Suraya of having illicit relations with local youths. They were asleep in […]


3rd Youth Festival from Nov 12

KARACHI: The Third Youth Festival will be organised in Karachi from November 12. This was announced by the Sindh Minister for Youth Affairs Faisal Ali Subzwari while chairing a meeting, on Saturday. The four-day event would be held under the auspices of the Sindh Department of Youth Affairs in collaboration with the Arts Council of […]


Another acid attack

By: SANA AFRIDI According to the Acid Survivor Foundation (ASF), some 84 women have been disfigured by acid in Pakistan this year alone. The latest attack has been on a woman named Rozina who was maimed horribly by her ex-husband after she petitioned for divorce. The disgruntled man and his mother mercilessly threw acid on […]


Chief Minister approves Rs 1bn for flood-affected families

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah approved an immediate allocation of Rs 1 billion for the flood-affected families in order to provide them with early supply of ration, tents, mosquito nets, medicines and blankets ahead of the winter season. The Sindh chief minister approved the allocation while presiding over a meeting regarding relief and […]


Not for YouTube

By: Shahzada Irfan Ahmed It has been over a month since the popular video-sharing website, YouTube, was blocked in Pakistan (on Sept 17) on the orders of the prime minister of Pakistan. The current status is that the controversial video, which was the cause of this ban and the civil unrest in the country, is […]


Terrorism and the media

By: Saleemullah Shaikh KARACHI: A war is fought both on the ground as well as in people’s minds. Hence, psychological victories are as important, if not more, as the victories on the physical battlefield. This is particularly applicable to the war on terror because the main weapon of the enemy in this is fear. The […]


Academics, media bigwigs call for objective journalism

By: Aatekah Mir-Khan BHURBAN: Top academicians and media practitioners agreed unanimously at a conference here on Saturday that the media should play a proactive role in strengthening democracy and creating political awareness among the masses. The participants debated the media’s role in the run up to, and during the upcoming general elections and how militancy […]


Joint efforts urged to safeguard rights of labourers

Karachi: The deadly fire incident in a Baldia Town garments factory in which more than 300 workers were burnt alive is a wake-up call for protecting the rights of workers in Pakistan and this could be done only when all stakeholders take joint efforts. These observations were made by speakers at a protest demonstration that […]


466,026 houses damaged in flood-hit areas

ISLAMABD: A total of 466,026 houses have been damaged as a result of recent floods including 275,023 completely and 191,003 partially destroyed houses in the flood hit areas. According to data released by the National Management Authority (NDMA), as many as 14,370 villages have been inundated in the recent floods. 121,992 acre standing crops have […]


Blasts near Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Two roadside explosions occurred in Barra Sheikhan, a suburban area of provincial metropolis, no causality has been reported so far, sources said on Saturday. According to details, miscreants planted explosives devices at Frontier Road targeting a police van and later detonated them with a remote control device. No loss of life and causality has […]


Project for skilled women

BAHAWALPUR: A project “Strengthening hand embellished fabric value chain in south Punjab” has been launched in Bahawalpur, Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan and Lodhran. The launching ceremony was held at Craft Bazaar here on Saturday. It has been launched by a social organisation “Trust for History, Art and Architecture of Pakistan” in collaboration with USAID to […]


Girl killed

SUKKUR: An eight-year-old girl was killed in an exchange of fire between two groups of the Dasti community in Mureed Shakh town of Ghotki district near Sindh’s border with Punjab on Saturday. The two groups had a heated argument over their right to use a particular street and soon the dispute spiralled into an armed […]