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Daily Archives: January 4, 2007

Call for strike on 10th against island sale

HYDERABAD: Chairman of the Sindh Taraqi Passand Party, Dr.Qadir Magsi, and chairman of the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum, Mohammad Ali Shah, have jointly appealed to the people of Sindh as well as the businessmen to observe a complete strike on January 10 throughout the province to protest against the sale of two islands of Sindh to […]


Offal from residential areas removed, says nazim

KARACHI: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has claimed that 99 per cent of the total number of offal and wastes of animals, sacrificed during the three days of Eidul Azha, have been removed from residential localities and buried scientifically at the dumping sites established at town level. Speaking at a press conference at his office on […]


Man commits suicide on daughter’s birth

TOBA TEK SINGH: An education department employee committed suicide here on Wednesday after his wife gave birth to another baby girl. Reports said gardener Afzal was disappointed on the birth of a second daughter on Tuesday night. He hanged himself with the ceiling fan of his house. KILLED: Two people were killed and three injured […]


SC asked to take notice of ‘enforced disappearance’

HYDERABAD:A resident of Qasimabad, Syed Mukhtiar Shah, has appealed to superior judiciary to take notice of disappearance of his maternal uncle Syed Basheer Hussain Shah, who was reportedly picked by some state agency from Hyder Chowk on December 25. Speaking at a news conference at the Hyderabad press club on Wednesday, he said that his […]


Telenor launches international multimedia messaging service

ISLAMABAD: Telenor Pakistan has provided a new value-added service to its customers by introducing International Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). This service launched on the occasion of Eid and New Year, enables customers to exchange MMS or multimedia message with their loved ones in over 18 countries, says a press release. With this new service, the […]


Media can play vital role in promoting Pak-Afghan ties: Durrani

KABUL: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani Wednesday said media of Pakistan and Afghanistan could play important and pivotal role in promoting the relations between the two countries and removing the misperceptions. Talking to Afghan media at a luncheon reception hosted in his honour by Afghan Minister of Information and Culture Abdul […]


2006: a bloody year for journalists

ISLAMABAD: Four international media organizations in separate reports declared the year 2006 as one of the bloodiest years for journalists around the world with Iraq, Afghanistan and the Philippines the three most dangerous countries for media-persons.According to the reports released by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE), the Committee […]


Telenor launches international multimedia messaging service

ISLAMABAD: Telenor Pakistan has provided a new value-added service to its customers by introducing International Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). This service launched on the occasion of Eid and New Year, enables customers to exchange MMS or multimedia message with their loved ones in over 18 countries, says a press release. With this new service, the […]


Media can play vital role in promoting Pak-Afghan ties: Durrani

KABUL: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani Wednesday said media of Pakistan and Afghanistan could play important and pivotal role in promoting the relations between the two countries and removing the misperceptions. Talking to Afghan media at a luncheon reception hosted in his honour by Afghan Minister of Information and Culture Abdul […]


2006: a bloody year for journalists

ISLAMABAD: Four international media organizations in separate reports declared the year 2006 as one of the bloodiest years for journalists around the world with Iraq, Afghanistan and the Philippines the three most dangerous countries for media-persons.According to the reports released by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE), the Committee […]