ISLAMABAD: Qari Mohammad Saad Iqbal Madni had been subjected to severe torture in Egypt for 92 days. He was locked up in an underground cell the size of a grave and repeatedly tormented after local authorities picked him up in 2003 from Indonesia where he was visiting his stepmother. Later, he was shifted to Bagram […]
ISLAMABAD: Realising that the rampant use of Sims (subscriber identity modules) is a threat to national security, the government has decided to make issuance of new mobile phone connections subject to biometric verification of the applicants. The decision was taken at a meeting presided over by Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday. It […]
KARACHI: Indian playwright Javed Siddiqui’s celebrated play Begum Jaan is going to be restaged from Sept 12 at the National Academy of Performing Arts’ in-house theatre. This was announced by artistic director of the Napa Repertory Theatre Zain Ahmed at a press conference on the academy’s premises on Thursday evening. Journalists were also told that […]
LAHORE: The new Lahore Metro is a well-deserved feather in PML-N’s cap, and a big reason for that is that for a city the size of Lahore, the public transport system has been less than satisfactory. Inner city Lahore’s dwindling number of tongas make rickshaws the most popular choice. Taxis are hardly seen on the […]
The government of Punjab has invited comments from the public on its draft ‘Punjab Freedom of Information Act’, which has been approved in principle by the Punjab cabinet. It is a step in the right direction but major changes are required if the objectives of improving transparency, accountability and governance are to be met. Overall […]
PESHAWAR: Journalists Welfare, Safety and Development Foundation (JWSDF), Pakistan in collaboration with Press Club and Strengthening Participatory Organisation (SPO) organised a two-day training workshop on protecting the life and losses of journalists and carrying their responsibility during reporting in conflicts. Those who addressed the training workshop was included senior journalists, Ismail Khan, Abdullah Jan, Syed […]
KARACHI: “It was the golden era of journalism when people connected with this profession made big sacrifices while remaining truthful to their work. Writing about the injustices faced by journalists is also a way of taking revenge,” said I.A. Rehman of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. He was speaking at the launch of Dr […]
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