PESHAWAR: Jamiat-e-Sadaat Pakistan (JSP) has condemned the blasphemous film and urged the US govt to arrest the producers and award strict punishment to them so that no one could dare to produce such a film in future. This demand was made in a unanimously adopted resolution at the end of a daylong Rahmatal-lil-Aalameen Conference at […]
By: QAISER IMRAN KHAN ADVOCATE There seems to be an unending discussion on the closure of YouTube in Pakistan, the irony is that we are all busy in highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of blocking the contents of YouTube. We have thousands of IT engineers and experts who can create a website similar to YouTube, […]
RAHIM YAR KHAN: On the court orders, the Khanpur Saddr police have recovered a woman who was allegedly being tortured by her in-laws in the absence of her husband as a “healer” has declared her a possessed woman in Feroza area. As per detail, Khanpur Civil Judge Muhammad Nawaz had issued orders to recover the […]
Highlighting positive role of men for women’s rights, the experts at a research launch has emphasised on understanding the notions of masculinity to change men’s behaviour towards women. The experts were discussing at a joint research launch on “Locating Men in Women Rights Activism” jointly organised by Rozan and Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) here […]
All the stakeholders of civil registration have stressed the need for simplification of the registration procedure and giving incentives to those who register their babies, and they recommended to observe the 2013 as the year of registration and launching a countrywide awareness drive to achieve the objective. Addressing the seminar on promotion of civil registration […]
By: RAMEEZ BAKHTIAR The use of illegal mobile SIMs has become the most common cause of terrorism. Recently, thousands of fabricated, active SIMs belonging to a leading telecom company were confiscated during a raid, with it being discovered that most of them were being sent to FATA. In a recent press conference, the senior superintendent […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Monday directed the interior minister to make foolproof security arrangements during Eid holidays. Prime Minister Raja was talking to Interior Minister Rehman Malik who called on him at PM’s House. Malik apprised the PM of the overall law and order situation in the country. The premier appealed to […]
KARACHI: Sindh High Court Chief Justice Mushir Alam has ordered that cases which were filed by senior citizens, widows and orphans, must be given priority by judges across the province. “Preference must be given to the cases of senior citizens, those over the age of 65, widows, who have not re-married, and orphans, who have […]
By: Azam Khan ISLAMABAD: With the long-awaited and potentially explosive Abbottabad Commission report purportedly complete and submitted, the Supreme Court has been moved regarding the media’s criticism of the armed forces in the aftermath of the Osama bin Laden debacle last year. The Supreme Court has sought complete details – including transcripts of TV talk […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to present a national report highlighting steps the government has taken to improve the country’s human rights record when the United Nations Human Rights Council will meet next week in Geneva. Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will lead the Pakistan delegation at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of international conventions and […]
MULTAN: Blinded by an uncontrollable fit of rage and jealousy, a landlord is said to have buried his one-year-old daughter alive to avenge his wife’s ‘sin.’ Resident of a village in Kot Addu in Muzaffargarh district, Younus Allahditta* buried his infant daughter Abeera* after convincing himself that she was an illegitimate child of his wife […]
By: Muhammad Farooq SWABI: Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti escaped unhurt in a remote controlled bomb attack on his motorcade on the Swabi-Jahangira road here on Monday. Eyewitnesses said that the explosion occurred as soon as the motorcade of the chief minister passed the Sehat Medical Centre on the Swabi-Jahangira road.Officials of the bomb disposal […]
KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society and All Pakistan Akhbar Farosh Federation (AFF) has agreed to form a joint committee to finalise the demand of the AFF and also form a code of conduct for the distribution system, a press release of the APNS stated. A meeting of the APNS Distribution, Wholesale & Retail Marketing […]
By: Suhail Yusuf KARACHI: Noted science journalist responsible for making science popular in Pakistan Azmat Ali Khan passed away on Sunday. He was 81. Mr Khan was the founder of Bazm-i-Saa’insi Adab, a literary organisation in which scientists and scientific professionals from a broad spectrum presents current research in the form of poems, haikus and […]
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