KARACHI: General Secretary PPP Sindh Taj Haider, President PPP Karachi Division MNA Qadir Patel and others have strongly condemned the murder of reporter of an Urdu daily, Ali Raza. In a joint statement issued on Thursday, the PPP leader has called for immediate arrest of the culprits. They called upon the law enforcers to take […]
KARACHI: A senior journalist was looted by mugger in Pak Colony area on Thursday evening. Syed Iqbal Hussain, Associate Editor Pakistan Press International (PPI) Economic Outlook department, was going home when his car was intercepted by a mugger near Bismillah Hotel. He was deprived of his CNIC, press card, driving license, vehicle documents, some other […]
By: SANIA ZEHRA Recently, my teacher instructed me to pay more attention to the latest happenings in the country, telling me to be more aware of what is in the news and what is making headlines. For this very reason, I started watching the news channels with more interest than I had before. During my […]
By: Syed Kamran Hashmi To an extent, our repeated and consistent capitulation to the Taliban’s intolerance has actually become our real tragedy that is not limited to the assault on a young girl. After a brief moment of solidarity and a genuine outrage on Malala’s shooting incident, Pakistanis have once again succumbed to conspiracy theories, […]
By: Rafay Mahmood KARACHI: As the king of Bollywood romance, Yash Chopra departed from the world earlier this week; his legacy came to an end with his last and final project, Shahrukh Khan and Katrina Kaif starrer Jab Tak Hai Jaan, which is all set for a November 13 release worldwide. But while the film-makers […]
By: Mohammad Zafar QUETTA: Gunmen attacked the two sons of a journalist in the Khuzdar district on Thursday, killing one of them and critically injuring the other, police officials said. ASI Abdul Raheem told The Express Tribune that the two sons of Khuzdar Press Club president Allah Bakhsh, better known as Nadeem Gurgnari, were attacked […]
By: Sehrish Ali ISLAMABAD: From pink ball gowns to safari suits, the Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design thesis display had just about all. The graduating class of fashion design, textile design, jewellery and gemmological sciences and furniture design and manufacturing put their best foot forward at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) […]
Karachi: Adviser to the Sindh Chief Minister on Relief Haleem Adil Shaikh has said the government is providing relief to flood- and rain-affected people not only of Sindh but also of Punjab and Balochistan. Addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club, he said President Asif Ali Zardari had directed the Sindh government to […]
By: Murtaza Ali Shah LONDON: A Pakistani politician accused of “double-murder” in a number of newspapers is taking legal action in London against The Sun and a Pakistani TV channel. He is considering action against a number of other UK and international newspapers. Nasir Mehmood — known widely Nasir Butt — who is Senior Vice […]
By: Wasim Hashmi Syed It was highly frustrating to see that the state-run channel, PTV, for which we pay a fee every month through our electricity bills, chose to show live a speech delivered by Manzoor Wattoo instead of giving coverage to the youth of Pakistan who were forming the largest human flag in Lahore. […]
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Showing steely resilience, the Bambino cinema will resume functioning on the first day of Eid (Oct 27), showcasing an Indian and a Pakistani film. Bambino was one of those cinema houses that were set on fire during protests against an anti-Islam film on Sept 21. Speaking at a press conference on […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court suspended on Thursday an additional tax imposed by the federal government on incoming international telephone calls and asked the ministry of information technology and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to file detailed replies on the matter. Justice Ijazul Ahsan issued the interim order on a writ petition filed by a private […]
By: S. Raza Hassan KARACHI: Five people were gunned down in the city on Thursday night. The killings appeared to be linked to the ongoing sectarian violence, a senior police officer said. He said gunmen on motorcycles opened fire at people sitting in ‘Gulzar-i-Habib’ restaurant in Block 22 of the F.B. Area, causing severe injuries […]
By: Tahir Siddiqui KARACHI: The Sindh High Court restrained the federal government on Thursday from suspending cellphone service “unless it is absolutely inevitable”. Disposing of a petition against a reported decision to block cellphone service during Eidul Azha days, a division bench headed by Justice Maqbool Baqar directed the interior ministry to issue a “speaking […]
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