QUETTA: The Baloch Human Rights Organisation (BHRO) staged a protest to condemn the incidents of abduction and killing of Aslam Dagarzai and Ramullah Baloch. The protesters, who gathered outside the Press Club here on Wednesday, were carrying placards and banners. They were chanting slogans against the government and authorities concerned for not taking appropriate measures […]
KARACHI: A mysterious blast took place in Arshi Ground within the remits of Orangi Town on Thursday. Police said that a highly explosive blast occurred at Sector 10, Orangi Town. The explosion was planted in Orangi Town. Law-enforcement agencies and experts of bomb disposal squad rushed to the scene. Police opined that it could be […]
The Cabinet Sub-Committee, headed by Senior Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab Sirdar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa, has given approval to Punjab Workmen’s Compensation (Amendment) Bill, 2012, Punjab Prohibition of Smoking and Protection of Non-Smokers Health(Amendment) Act, 2012 and Punjab Mental Health (Amendment) Act, 2012. A meeting of sub-committee of the Cabinet was held here on […]
Punjab University and Virtual University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which agrees that both would share airtime in their FM and TV channels, respectively. The MoU signing ceremony was held at Committee Room of Vice Chancellor’s office in which PU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Mujahid Kamran, Advisor Virtual University Professor Dr Naveed Malik, Managing […]
By: Tanveer Ahmed ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Human Rights on Thursday formed a sub-committee to probe the alleged sexual harassment of a former female employee of Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) by a retired lieutenant colonel. The NA committee, which met under MNA Riaz Fatyana, took up the case on an application […]
HYDERABAD: The provincial government will provide free legal aid to female prisoners, said the minister for women’s development, Tauqeer Fatima Bhutto, after visiting the women’s ward at the central prison in Hyderabad on Wednesday. According to the jail’s superintendent, Syeda Munawara Sultana, the Hyderabad Central Prison has 29 female prisoners. While speaking to the media, […]
KARACHI: Taking note of news reports about jirgas in Sindh ordering barter of girls to settle personal disputes, Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has taken suo motu notice and ordered the Sindh advocate general to submit his report. A three-member apex court bench will initiate proceedings today. Jirgas are assemblies of community elders […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court sought a reply from the federal government on a petition challenging the appointment of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s Chairman Farooq Awan. A local lawyer had filed the petition blaming the government for not following the correct procedure to appoint the chairman. He said the vacant post was never advertised in the […]
By: Peer Muhammad ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change on Thursday recommended banning the licensed trophy hunting. The suggestion was made by members of the committee which met with Senator Saeeda Iqbal in the chair. The panel discussed a range of issues related to the wildlife. “It is strange that we are giving […]
Karachi: A man was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after he was found guilty of kidnapping, raping and murdering a minor girl in 2006. Additional District and Sessions Judge (East) Nadeem Ahmed Khan awarded two separate 25-year sentences – one for kidnapping and the other for rape and murder – to a man […]
Karachi: Abstract art uses a visual language of form or colour to create a composition which may exists with a degree of independence from visual references. Artwork which takes liberties, altering for instance colour and form in ways that are conspicuous, could be said to be partially abstract. Total abstraction bears no traces of reference […]
LAHORE: Geo News senior analyst Najam Sethi has said it will have been better if the Human Rights Watch (HRW) had studied the writ petitions filed about contempt of court and the court verdicts given in this regard, or talked to some analysts about the ground realities before charging Pakistan’s higher judiciary with using its […]
KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) on Thursday unanimously elected the following office-bearers for year 2012-13: Jamil Athar Qazi (President); Shaheen Qureshi (Senior Vice-President); Aamer Mahmood (Secretary General); Ghulam Ali Chandio (Joint Secretary) and Mushtaq Ahmed Qureshi (Finance Secretary); Rehmat Ali Razi (Vice-President-Punjab); Dr. Waqar Yousaf Azeemi (Vice-President-Sindh); Ijaz-ul-Haq (Vice-President-Islamabad); Tahir Farooq (Vice-President, […]
By: M S Hasan This refers to the comments of Nasier Sheikh on Adiah Afraz’s article ‘PTA and the Naik Perveen’. No sane person would disagree with the views expressed by Afraz and Sheikh. The exercise of banning late-night cell phone packages by the PTA on the pretext of their being ‘immoral’ can be attributed […]
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