Higher Education Commission (HEC) has prepared a roadmap for the phase-wise establishment of 32 sub-campuses with an estimated cost of Rs 5.6 billion in different parts of the country, lacking higher educational institutes, revealed HEC Executive Director Dr Arshad Ali. HEC, in accordance with the Vision 2025, “Establishment of sub-campus of Public Sector University at […]
NOWSHERA: Hectic efforts were made to put out the fire that broke out near the transmission tower of Radio Pakistan in Ajab Bagh area in the district. Assistant Sub-Inspector Murad Khan said that five fire-brigade vehicles made efforts to douse the fire after three hours as no loss of life or property was reported in […]
HAD last week’s kidnappings of bloggers and social media activists happened in Balochistan, it would have been a non-event. But all five abductions happened in Punjab — and now the authorities are feeling some heat. Salman Haider — a lecturer at the Fatima Jinnah Women’s University in Rawalpindi — was intercepted while driving on Islamabad […]
ISLAMABAD: The Council of Complaints of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Sunday recommended imposition of Rs 50,000 fine on Channel 24 for its non-serious attitude towards the council. The council took this decision in its 68th meeting held at the Pemra Regional Office Lahore with Dr Mehdi Hassan in the chair. The […]
MARDAN: The former president of Mardan Press Club, Mohammad Shafi died of cardiac arrest here Saturday. The funeral prayers of the deceased were offered at Pirano Park on Sunday. His relatives, well-wishers, journalists, elected representatives and government officials attended his Nimaz-i-Janaza. Later he was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard, Syed Jalal Bukhari Baba. […]
WASHINGTON: The United States as well as the United Kingdom on Friday expressed concern over reports of missing Pakistani social media activists. Addressing the daily press briefing, Deputy Spokesperson State Department Mark C Toner said: “We are very concerned over reports that several Pakistani bloggers and activists have been reported missing and we’re going to […]
Lahore, January 14: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed alarm over a growing sense of insecurity among civil society activists following disappearance of several bloggers over the last fortnight. It has called for their immediate recovery. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Commission stated: “The authorities are surely aware of a climate of […]
LAHORE/QUETTA – A very cold wave engulfed most parts of Pakistan as rain-thunderstorm and snowfall occurred in parts of the country yesterday. Roads were blocked in Chitral, Gilgit Baltistan and other hilly areas in the north, including Kashmir, while emergency was declared in parts of Balochistan in the south after heavy snowfall there. Rain with thunder […]
KARACHI: Slapstick comedies make actors push the envelope in unconventional ways. They have to rely more on their movement, footwork and reacting to the situations not a microsecond late when reactions are needed. Though it would be difficult to categorise Bye Mishtake, the third play put up at the National Academy of Performing Arts’ (Napa) […]
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