Malala Yousafzai, the brave 14-year-old schoolgirl who was shot at point blank range by Taliban militants in October last year, has become an international symbol of resistance, courage and hope. Her refusal to bow down to the forces of oppression and orthodoxy has seen her go from strength to strength, so much so that the […]
LAHORE: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious concern over “systematic attempts to exclude candidates from elections and to sabotage people’s ability to elect candidates of their choice.” In a statement issued on Saturday, HRCP Executive Council explained that the latest process of scrutiny of candidates is a “witch hunt aimed at harassing […]
HYDERABAD: Dozens of bundles containing copies of Dawn were torched on Saturday in several cities where unidentified men attacked shops and at gunpoint intercepted vehicles carrying the newspaper to the interior of Sindh. The first incident was reported early Saturday morning when a truck bringing Dawn copies from Karachi to Hyderabad was stopped on Jamshoro […]
Dr Mohammad Taqi The ostensibly liberal publication gave space quite liberally to Ludhianvi to bash the Shia without a single challenging question being asked Pakistan finally saw democratically elected national and provincial assemblies plod past the five-year finish line — a first in the country’s history. Despite many flaws the outgoing parliamentarians added several constitutional […]
The Chief Justice, Peshawar High Court, Justice Dost Mohammad Khan highlighted that the role of media in transformation of knowledge and restoration of judiciary is vital, saying that judiciary always supported for nurturing democracy and avoid confrontation between key state organs. Speaking at an inauguration ceremony of FM Radio “Mezaan” here at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Judicial […]
Mansoor Khan KARACHI – A man threw acid on his wife, three children and other relatives over a petty issue at Nusrat Bhutto Colony within the remits of Shahrah-e-Noorjahan police station. Police said that Asghar Ali scuffled with his wife Ruqqaiya over some petty issue. He got infuriated and threw acid and wounded his wife […]
UNITED NATIONS – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani education activist, ‘a daughter of the United Nations’ when he spoke to her on Friday to mark the 1,000-day milestone in the run-up to a Millennium Development Goal to reduce poverty by the end of 2015. In a Skype conversation from Madrid, where the […]
Anybody under the misapprehension that cyber attacks, state-to-state, are little more than childish pranks needs an urgent re-think. Cyber attacks are developing into key weapons of modern warfare and may define who wins and who loses in the context of future conflicts. The recent tit for tat cyber attacks on Pakistani and Indian electoral websites […]
NOWSHERA: An Afghan national allegedly stabbed to death his wife and mother-in-law in Kund Park in the limits of Nizampur Police Station on Saturday, police sources said. The sources said that Akhtar Muhammad along with his brother Dost Muhammad and three other accomplices killed his wife Meraj Bibi and mother-in-law and fled the scene. The […]
KARACHI: Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has condemned attack on Balochistan newspaper daily Tawar’s bureau office in Karachi. Office bearers of CPNE said in a statement issued on Saturday that some unknown persons attacked on newspaper’s office who not only took away costly office equipment but also set on fire its record. The CPNE […]
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Jashan-i-Baharan and Rohi Mela Maveshian (cattle show) 2013 was held at Mehmood Stadium here on Saturday. Thousands of citizens visited the show organised by the district government, district Livestock and Dairy Development Department and Human Development Foundation. Races of dogs, camels and horses were held and different kinds of birds were also […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed concern on Saturday over ‘systematic attempts’ to exclude candidates from the electoral process and sabotage people’s ability to elect candidates of their choice or call them to account for their mistakes. In a statement issued by the HRCP’s executive council at the conclusion of its meeting, […]
Ishaq Tanoli KARACHI: A sessions court on Saturday acquitted three men in a case pertaining to the gang rape of a young woman on the premises of the Mazar-e-Quaid for want of evidence. The then assistant manager security of the mausoleum, an accountant and a personal assistant to the resident engineer of the Quaid-i-Azam Management […]
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