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Daily Archives: April 13, 2013

70 employees of The News affected as investment firm goes off radar

Karachi: In a case bringing back the memories of the infamous Double Shah, a firm managing fraudulent investment operations in Karachi has vanished with billions of rupees. After vehement protests by the people cheated, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) jumped into action, and arrested one of the directors of the Nationwala Group of Companies and […]


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Aasim Zafar Khan They say that if you set off on the wrong path and keep going on it, sooner or later, you’ll end up somewhere wrong. But if you don’t know that the path you’re travelling on is ‘wrong’, then where you’ll end up will be ‘right’ – at least to you. That’s precisely […]


Media for sale?

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That elements of the Pakistani media were open to political influence in exchange for hard cash has long been suspected but never conclusively proved. It may be now. A Pandora’s box of troubles may open with the imminent release of a hitherto hidden list of journalists and media organisations that have been bribed by the […]


Quetta police book journalists, publishers

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QUETTA: Quetta police on Friday booked the daily Jang, Mashriq, Intikhab and Century Express for printing statements of banned outfits. According to details, DSP Ameer Muhammad Dasti and his guard Aftab were killed by unidentified assailants on the Barori Road on April 8. The responsibility for the killing was claimed by Ghazi Haq Nawaz, spokesperson […]


Courts find appointments illegal: Chiefs of PTV, SECP, USC get the axe

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Nasir Iqbal and Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: The superior judiciary has ordered the sacking of three executives in the Securities and Exchange Commission, Pakistan Television and the Utility Stores Corporation after declaring the appointments illegal. And curiously enough, a former chief of PTV saw his own appointment held unlawful after the court acted on his petition […]


Court allows woman to live with husband

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SUKKUR: The Jacobabad sessions court on Friday allowed a woman who sought protection for her life to live with her husband, whom she had married at her own free will. Benazir recorded her statement before second additional sessions judge, Jacobabad, Syed Rashid Hussain Shah, and said that she had married Anwar Ali Khoso, a resident […]


PTV MD removal ordered

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Shahid Rao ISLAMABAD – Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday declared appointment of Managing Director (MD) Pakistan Television Yousaf Baig Mirza as illegal. IHC Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui also directed the government to adopt competitive process to appoint new MD PTV within 30 days. The court announced the decision over a petition submitted by former […]


IT dept starts work on GIS in Sindh

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KARACHI: Sindh Information Technology Department has started working on developing Geographical Information System (GIS) to establish collective data centre for the government departments. Sindh Caretaker Information Technology Minister Mian Zahid Hussain revealed this while talking to journalists during his visit to the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Friday. Renowned businessman, SM Muneer, accompanied him. He […]


Quetta police book journalists, publishers over statements of banned outfits

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QUETTA:Quetta police on Friday booked the daily Jang, Mashriq, Intikhab and Century Express for printing statements of banned outfits. According to details, DSP Ameer Muhammad Dasti and his guard Aftab were killed by unidentified assailants on the Barori Road on April 8. The responsibility for the killing was claimed by Ghazi Haq Nawaz, spokesperson for […]


70 employees of The News affected as investment firm goes off radar

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In a case bringing back the memories of the infamous Double Shah, a firm managing fraudulent investment operations in Karachi has vanished with billions of rupees. After vehement protests by the people cheated, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) jumped into action, and arrested one of the directors of the Nationwala Group of Companies and two […]


Media for sale?

Pakistan Press Foundation

That elements of the Pakistani media were open to political influence in exchange for hard cash has long been suspected but never conclusively proved. It may be now. A Pandora’s box of troubles may open with the imminent release of a hitherto hidden list of journalists and media organisations that have been bribed by the […]


Court allows woman to live with husband

Pakistan Press Foundation

SUKKUR: The Jacobabad sessions court on Friday allowed a woman who sought protection for her life to live with her husband, whom she had married at her own free will. Benazir recorded her statement before second additional sessions judge, Jacobabad, Syed Rashid Hussain Shah, and said that she had married Anwar Ali Khoso, a resident […]


Courts find appointments illegal: Chiefs of PTV, SECP, USC get the axe

ISLAMABAD: The superior judiciary has ordered the sacking of three executives in the Securities and Exchange Commission, Pakistan Television and the Utility Stores Corporation after declaring the appointments illegal. And curiously enough, a former chief of PTV saw his own appointment held unlawful after the court acted on his petition against his successor and incumbent. […]