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Daily Archives: April 9, 2016

Hamid Mir attack: Probe body exonerates spy agency

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ISLAMABAD – The inquiry commission yesterday rejected the allegations of top spy agency’s involvement in the attack on senior journalist Hamid Mir two years ago. The three-judge inquiry commission headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and comprising Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan and Justice Iqbal Hameed-ur-Rehman Thursday released a 41-page report on the attack on […]


62 turtles, 55 of them dead, handed over to wildlife dept

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KARACHI: As many as 62 turtles of an endangered species were handed over to the Sindh wildlife department on Thursday night. The turtles contained in boxes wrapped with tape were recovered by the crime branch police of Jamshed Town. According to Adnan Mehmood, the incharge of marine conservation at the wildlife department, only seven turtles […]


Merit scholarship programme approved

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LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Friday gave his approval to a policy for the Shahbaz Sharif Merit Scholarship Programme. Fully funded scholarships will be awarded to deserving students for masters’ and doctorate level education under the programme. As many as 30 students would be funded every year for PhD studies in foreign universities and […]


Imran wants to address nation on PTV

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Friday asked the management of Pakistan Television (PTV) to allocate airtime for party chairman Imran Khan to address the nation on the Panama Papers leak. PTI information secretary Naeemul Haq wrote to acting PTV managing director Imran Gardezi, stating that the names of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family members had […]


Call for legal reforms to safeguard human rights in Pakistan

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QUETTA: Parliamen-tarians, lawyers, trade union leaders, civil society activists and members of business community urged the federal and provincial governments to improve the human rights situation in the country because doing so was their constitutional obligation. Legal and institutional reforms were necessary for ensuring protection and promotion of human rights, said speakers at a forum […]


Panama Papers leaks: Two ex-judges decline to head PM’s inquiry commission

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ISLAMABAD: The government is still unable to notify the high-level judicial inquiry commission announced by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the wake of the Panama Papers leaks as two former members of the superior judiciary have refused to take up the task. Nawaz’s two sons and a daughter have been named in the documents leaked […]