By: MIAN DAWOOD LAHORE: Rajvindar Kaur Gill, a millionaire Sikh woman, who came to Pakistan from Canada to attend a diamond exhibition on August 25 and went missing the same day, was in continuous contact with an anchor associated with a private news channel of Pakistan, her family members disclosed. TV anchor Iqbal Hussain, however, […]
By: MIAN DAWOOD LAHORE: The Lahore High Court administration has introduced Internet Browsing Policy (IBP), imposing restrictions on the net surfing without permission. Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, the LHC Information Technology (IT) admin judge, has imposed the ban to avoid misuse of the internet. Under the policy, the officials have to get permission for the […]
BRUSSELS: A heavy death toll in war zones such as Syria and Somalia made 2012 one of the bloodiest years for journalists, with 121 killed, an international journalists’ group said on Monday. The Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said the figure was up from 107 journalists and other media workers killed in targeted attacks, […]
By: Danish Rafique KARACHI: As many as 502 Shias, including their leaders, were gunned down in targeted attacks in 2012, said a report issued on Monday. “Notorious terrorists attacked innocent mourners of Imam Hussain (AS) through suicide bombings, planted bombs, remotely controlled bombs, IEDs and gun firing,” said Asif Safavi of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) in […]
By: AMNA BABAR One can tell about the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women. Empowerment of any section of a society is a myth until they are conferred equality before the law. A lot has been said about the empowerment of women in contemporary times but such empowerment is […]
By: JAHANARA TARIQ I am deeply saddened by the death of the New Delhi gang rape victim. After battling for her life, she has gone, leaving behind a public deeply enraged by the rape and its consequences. There are calls for the death penalty and castration. However, nothing will change until we change the mentality […]
JAMRUD: Terrorists blew up a government school for girls in the Jamrud district on Monday. The gatekeeper of the Government Girls Middle School was killed in this blast. According to media reports, unidentified miscreants planted a bomb in the school which is situated in the Jamrud district. The deceased gatekeeper has been identified as Akhtar […]
QUETTA: Unidentified armed men gunned down a woman in Musa Khel district, police said on Monday. Police said that unidentified gunman entered a house in Kangri and fired on a woman, killing her on the spot before fleeing. Police shifted the body to a nearby hospital for postmortem. Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: The federal capital is all set to celebrate the New Year with the first Pakistan Cultural Week starting from today (Tuesday). Talking to the media on Monday, Lok Virsa Executive Director Khalid Javaid said that the event is being held under the aegis of the Ministry of National Heritage and Integration in collaboration with […]
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said Sunday he was “appalled by the escalating terrorist violence in Pakistan,” after 19 Shia pilgrims died in a car bomb and 21 kidnapped soldiers were killed. Ban “condemns in particular the continued violent targeting of religious minorities,” according to a statement from his spokesman, Martin Nesirky. He […]
By: Feisal H Naqvi In case you’re wondering, the preceding paragraph is the answer to the question, “what makes you optimistic about Pakistan?” You may ask what the media can do against all the forces combining to hurt this country. Is it not foolish to rest our hopes in freedom of the press when our […]
ISLAMABAD: Reacting to reports of violation of set procedures and hiring of experts at an exorbitant fee, the government has cancelled contracts of foreign consultants, who were selected for preparing a roadmap and monitoring auction of 3G spectrum licences. “The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has cancelled contracts of three consultants,” said Information Technology Secretary Aamir […]
KARACHI: We can’t stop cyclones and floods, but we can reduce their impact on vulnerable communities – only if some people living in urban areas flush their ‘devil may care’ attitude down the drain, instead of excessive amounts of water. At a workshop organised on Saturday by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P), experts […]
By: Fouzia Saeed The 2012 human rights situation in Pakistan can be assessed in three different ways. One approach is to tabulate the incidents of violations that have been reported. A second view can be obtained from the international assessments of the rights situation in Pakistan. A third perspective can be drawn from evidence indicating […]
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