Manzoor Ahmad Sheikh, who runs a Kashmiri clothes shop in Madina Market, sees the business booming with the approach of Eidul Fitr. “In the last two decades, the demand for Kashmiri embroidery has increased beyond our imagination,” he says. “The demand is at its peak in the last 10 days of Ramazan.” Of Eid and […]
By: Abdul Manan LAHORE: The government has accused the opposition of duplicity over the Punjab Local Government Bill 2013, saying it has yet to present its objections at a special committee set up to deliberate on the matter despite its vocal criticism of the draft legislation in the press. Speaking to reporters before the start […]
Karachi: The office-bearers of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society have expressed grief over the demise of monthly newspaper Akhbar-e-Watan’s publisher. In a statement issued by APNS Executive Director Dr Tanvir A Tahir on Tuesday, the society’s President, Sarmad Ali, and Secretary General Masood Hamid on behalf of the office-bearers and members of the APNS expressed […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was baffled to learn on Wednesday that the entire telecommunication sector in the country was running unbridled and without effective regulation because the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority was virtually non-existent. Not only the post of PTA chairman has been lying vacant since February but important posts of its three members have also […]
KARACHI: The Sindh police FM radio service will be launched on Aug 1 and it can be listened to at FM88.6 frequency across the city. The channel will provide information on alternative routes in case of traffic jams. This was stated in a report presented by DIG of traffic police of Karachi Abdul Khaliq Sheikh […]
LAHORE: Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court has directed the Federal Minister of Information and Technology and Inter-Ministerial Committee secretary to appear in person and explain their views about banning controversial stuff on the internet as the matter to be first tackled by the government through a robust and transparent Internet […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court reserved on Wednesday verdict in a bail petition of an Ahmadi allegedly involved in a case of distributing books carrying blasphemous material. Accused Asmatullah submitted through his counsel that the Old Anarkali police had registered a case on Feb 24, 2013, under sections 295-B and 298-C of the PPC against […]
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