ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentarians Commission for Human Rights (PCHR) has decided to introduce in parliament a new bill ensuring the protection of rights of working women in the country. The proposed bill will address various issues of working women including discrimination in wages, harassment at workplace, uncomfortable working environment and other issues. The proposed bill would […]
KARACHI: The High Court of Sindh (SHC), on Monday adjourned hearing of appeals filed by Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh and three others convicts against their conviction in US journalist Daniel Pearl kidnapping and killing case due to non-appearance of appellants’ counsels. The adjournment came as Khawaja Sultan, Sher Afghan, Khawaja Naveed Ahmed advocates, appearing for […]
ISLAMABAD: The Law Ministry will soon approve a new law to prohibit the use of mobile phones while driving and promote use of seat belts, Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) Senior Superintendent (SSP) Sultan Azam Tamuri told Daily Times on Monday. According to the new laws, vehicle manufacturers would be bound to fix seat belts in […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Finance Committee okayed a proposal to set up a parliamentary TV channel to ensure free flow of information and to keep general public aware of the elected representatives’ activities of in the House. The meeting, chaired by Chairman Senate Mohammadmian Soomro, said the channel would also telecast the proceedings of the House […]
ISLAMABAD (February 20 2007): The National Assembly was told on Monday that government has closed down 150 private FM radio stations, which were operating illegally and various complaints were being received against them. Answering a question on the number of FM radio stations in the country, State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Tariq Azeem said […]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in collaboration with mobile operators has evolved a system to block snatched/stolen cellular handsets. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has also constituted a cell with the help of police to counter increasing incidents of mobile snatching, said Parliamentary Secretary of Cabinet Division Dr Kausar Firdous during National Assembly (NA), Question […]
ISLAMABAD: The Al-Rashid and Al-Akhtar trusts have been banned on the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) recommendations, to avoid sanctions on Pakistan, State Minister for Interior Zafar Iqbal Warriach told the National Assembly on Monday. Warraich was replying to a question by Asadullah Bhutto about why the two trusts were closed without following the standard […]
LAHORE, Feb 19: Railways authorities failed to provide information about the safety of blast-hit Samjhota Express’ passengers to their relatives who had arrived at the railways station to receive them on Monday. The train was hit by a blast that left dozens of the people dead and many injured in Panipat in India. Even though, […]
MIRPURKHAS, Feb 19: Adviser to Sindh chief minister on information Salahuddin Haider has said that recruitments are being made in education, health and home departments after lifting of ban three months ago. He said that that the Sindh governor had approved PC-I of mega projects for Mirpurkhas city amounting to Rs200 million. He said that […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday said the setting up of a new coastal city in Karachi would augur well for the development and investment climate in the country. Speaking at a presentation from the Dubai World, a Dubai government-owned company, at the PM House, Shaukat said the new city would be built on […]
ISLAMABAD: Attorney-General (AG) Makhdoom Ali Khan on Monday concluded his arguments in the presidential reference, challenging the NWFP government’s Hasba Bill, in the Supreme Court. The AG contended that the present bill, passed by the NWFP Assembly and pending for governor’s approval, contains many unconstitutional and illegal clauses, including judicial powers to the office of […]
HYDERABAD, Feb 19: Hyderabad DIG (operations) Commander (retd) Shaukat Shah has said that the police are clueless about missing persons in the region and added that he will ensure registration of FIRs on behalf of relatives of missing persons. He was talking to journalists at the Hyderabad Press Club on Monday. “I will make sure […]
ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentarians Commission for Human Rights (PCHR) has decided to introduce in parliament a new bill ensuring the protection of rights of working women in the country. The proposed bill will address various issues of working women including discrimination in wages, harassment at workplace, uncomfortable working environment and other issues. The proposed bill would […]
KARACHI: Experts from the country’s largest public sector transplant center have said that certain aspects of the proposed organ transplant laws will open up the doors to commercialization. Professor Anwar Naqvi, Prof Adibul Hassan Rizvi and Professor Farhat Moazzam of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) held a press briefing to point out […]
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