PARIS: Syria, Somalia remains most dangerous countries for journalists, Pakistan on third position with 10 journalists killed this year. More journalists were killed doing their job in 2012 than in any year since monitoring started 17 years ago, with Syria and Somalia seeing a particularly heavy toll, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Wednesday. Eighty-eight […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that Pakistan and United Arab Emirates (UAE) enjoy excellent brotherly relations, which have been further strengthened by economic cooperation. Raja expressed these views while talking to Etisalat delegation led by Group Chief Executive Officer Abdul Karim Ahmad Julfar at the Prime Minister’s House on Wednesday. He said […]
By: Ijaz kakakhel ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Wednesday informed the government has identified 7.5 million potential people from various sources including National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), traveling etc who can pay tax and they would be brought under tax net. Responding to a question State Minister for Finance Saleem Mandviwalla told the house appropriate […]
KARACHI: Four people, including an activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), were shot dead in different areas of the city on Wednesday, police said. A man affiliated with MQM was gunned down near Hyder Chowk, Orangi Town within the remits of Orangi Town police station.Police said that the victim identified as Alamgir, 30, alias Guddu, […]
LAHORE: A 40-year-old woman was gunned down by her second husband in Ghaziabad area on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Kalsoom Bibi, a resident of Manzoor Colony. Police said that Kalsoom Bibi left the house of her first husband Allah Ditta and eloped with another man, Din Muhammad, almost one year and a half […]
KARACHI: The launch of 3G services will bring innovation in education sector throughout the country as the large number of students will be able to access the advanced studies with their smartphones and tablets. Naveed Siraj Country Manager Intel Pakistan at media briefing on Tuesday said education needs could be facilitated to masses through 3G-technology […]
By: Sher Khan LAHORE: Indian performers Mahmood Farooqui and Danish Hussain love to tell stories. They have gone back to basics with Dastangoi — a Persian word that means ‘art of storytelling’ — which they started in 2005. In ancient times, storytelling was a treasured means of entertainment as there was no media to entertain […]
By: Mariam Gabaji KARACHI: The end of what can be achieved through digital marketing and advertising has a wide scope which is set on an evolving landscape. The Pakistan Advertisers Society hosted the first ever digital marketing conference on December 18 called ‘Dig It 2012’ at the Sheraton, Karachi. In the present day, there are […]
QUETTA: Two teenage girls were found dead in Quetta on Wednesday. According to police, the bodies were dumped at the railway track in the Faizabad area of Sariyab. Security forces shifted the bodies to Civil Hospital where they were identified as Sadia Salman and Sameena. A doctor at the hospital said that they had been […]
Justice in Pakistan may be slow but there is a chance that with a lot of luck, courage and perseverance, it may eventually arrive. Kainat Soomro was viciously gang-raped back in 2007, when she was only 13 years old and has been on a quest for justice ever since. She credibly accused four men of […]
MANSEHRA: A 12-year-old girl from Kohistan, who was recovered on the order of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry from Chelas in Gilgit-Baltistan after eight months of her abduction, was handed over to her parents here on Wednesday. The chief justice had taken suo moto notice of the kidnapping of 12-year old girl, Zaiba, early this month. […]
ISLAMABAD: The Centre for Investigative Reporting in Pakistan (CIRP), the newly formed body which has exposed parliamentarians for evading taxes, has issued a stinging rejoinder to Chairman Public Accounts Committee, Nadeem Afzal Chan, for his ‘unnecessary criticism’ of its effort. In an open letter sent by journalist Umar Cheema, the PAC chairman has been advised […]
Karachi: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has announced it had issued more than 200,000 Smart National Identity Cards (SNICs) in just four weeks. “SNICs have allowed the government to reach out to the citizens of Pakistan,” a Nadra official said in statement. “One of the major benefits of this technology, which is fast […]
ISLAMABAD: The prime minister has assured the APNS of the federal government support to South Asia Media Summit being held on January-15-17, 2013 at Islamabad, says an APNS press release. Masood Hamid, Secretary General APNS stated that the Executive Committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society led by its President Sarmad Ali met Prime Minister […]
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