“Media should raise awareness among people, so that the women in NWFP’s rural areas and FATA register themselves to get computerised identity cards,” Moeen told reporter at the NADRA provincial headquarters. The NADRA chairman said around 0.7 million FATA residents had been registered, adding, “Women’s registration in NWFP is about 48 percent, but it is […]
“From 1955 to 2002, five labour policies have been introduced and there are more than 100 laws aimed at betterment of workers, but all this has done nothing to rid them of the abject poverty they have been living in,” trade union leader Fareed Khan said at the two-day workshop organised by the Aurat Foundation. […]
Hina, a factory worker and a resident of Korangi-2 1/2, told the police that she was waiting for a bus at Korangi bus stop, when a man identifying himself as Waqas tried to talk to her but she refused. On that, she said, the accused Waqas got angry and threw acid on her face and […]
LARKANA, Feb 19: The nominees of Khushhal Pakistan Panel (KPP) and Awam Dost Panel (ADP), Ali Raza Shah and Nisar Bhutto, respectively, filed nomination papers for the seat of Larkana district naib nazim. Supporters of both the candidates reached at the office of the returning officer in processions.The seat has fallen vacant after Munawwar Abro […]
The bench comprising Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaffery and Justice Munib Ahmed Khan adjourned the hearing in appeals against the conviction of appellants and the state’s appeal for an enhancement of sentence of the co-accused. The four convicts include Ahmed Omar Shaikh, the main accused who has challenged the death sentence awarded to him while his […]
Date: January 20, 2007 Location: Vicky Zeitlin Media Library, Karachi The launching ceremony of the book titled “Balochistan Mein Ablagh-E-Aama — Aghaz wa Irteqa”, authored by Professor Seemi Naghmana Tahir, Chairperson of the Department of Mass Communication, Balochistan University, was organised by the Pakistan Press Foundation at its Vicky Zeitlin Media Library, Karachi on January […]
Computer geeks have found easier ways to make quick buck by hacking into portals and unauthorised systems, not to mention the fact that terrorists too are using Internet and laptop as their most potent tools. The country’s growing IT-enabled industry direly needs e-crime law, which the cabinet has just passed. The ministry officials claim that […]
Wasim Akhtar issued the warning following receipt of reports about preparation and sale of “gutka” in various parts of the Province and :Karachi despite his clear directives against this re issued the directive against police officials in this regard. Advisor Home said “Gutka” is a poison which is devouring our younger generation and men,women and […]
The council through a number of resolutions passed unanimously sought to ensure attendance of district government officers in its sessions and urged the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company to put off load-shedding at least till the end of Muharram. The meeting chaired by Convenor Dr Zafar Kamali was unanimous in its demand for ending council members […]
The participants said that the rise in petroleum prices hit the prices of all commodities, they demanded that the fuel prices be lowered significantly so that prices of essential commodities could come within the reach of common man. They said prices of all the essential commodities had gone up between 100 per cent and 250 […]
The rally was organised by the Consumer Action Committee at the head office of the company. The speakers warned that products of the company would be boycotted if the objectionable advertisement was not removed. They criticized the company for spreading vulgarity and said the ads should be prepared keeping in mind the social values and […]
The e-mails with the subject line “230 dead as storm batters Europe”, can leave computers vulnerable to attack. The messages were first detected as the storms, which have killed at least 28 people, continued to rage. Variants of the virus have circulated for a number of days, but experts say they were surprised at how […]
The rally was organised by the Consumer Action Committee at the head office of the company. The speakers warned that products of the company would be boycotted if the objectionable advertisement was not removed. They criticized the company for spreading vulgarity and said the ads should be prepared keeping in mind the social values and […]
The Nation 20, Jan 07 The e-mails with the subject line “230 dead as storm batters Europe”, can leave computers vulnerable to attack. The messages were first detected as the storms, which have killed at least 28 people, continued to rage. Variants of the virus have circulated for a number of days, but experts say […]
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