KARACHI, Feb 2: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has revived the Larkana Development Authority and the Sehwan Development Authority. The governor has promulgated the “Revival and Amendment of Development Authorities Laws Ordinance 2007,” reviving both the authorities. They will be headed by the executive district officers (revenue) instead of commissioners and deputy commissioner, and their […]
KARACHI: The Sindh Finance Department has taken note of indifferent attitude of officials toward audit reports and their apathy to reminders issued from the department asking them to expedite compliance of audit objections. Finance department officials said that the ‘most disobedient departments’ include forest and wildlife, fisheries, agriculture, health, works and power and irrigation departments. […]
SUKKUR: District Nazim Sukkur Syed Nasir Hussain Shah and Taluka Nazim Sukkur city Muhammad Naeem Siddiqui said on Friday that second phase of the beautification of Lab-e-Mehran and a drainage scheme for the wholesale vegetable and fruit market and its enhancement had been started. Addressing a joint press conference here on Friday, they said that […]
ISLAMABAD – Parliamentarians belonging to the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) have invited the attention of Speaker National Assembly towards the alleged physical assault by intelligence officials of Carlotta Call, a representative of Herald Tribune,in Quetta. The magazine claimed that the journalist was manhandled by the intelligence officials and kept for five hours along […]
PESHAWAR (February 03 2007): The civil society organisations staged a protest here on Friday to resent the government’s failure to recover Daily Express Resident Editor Sohail Qalander and his friend Niaz Mohammad who were kidnapped from Peshawar on January 2, 2007. The demonstration was organised by the Alliance for Protection of Human Rights (APHR), a […]
KHAIRPUR, Feb 2: Seven people were arrested in Gul Mohanunad Shaikh village and adjoining areas on Friday for their alleged involvement in holding a jirga which had declared two women as karis. Gambat police SHO Iqbal Jumani registered an FIR under section 310A, 201, 149 PPC on Thursday night against Gulzar, Qalandar Bux, Atta Mohammad, […]
KARACHI, Feb 2: Several IT firms have shown their interest in making investments in the province and the Sindh government is likely to ink memorandums of understanding with some of these companies as their representatives are scheduled to visit the city next week. This was stated by Sindh IT Adviser Noman Saigol here on Friday […]
KHAIRPUR, Feb 2: Seven people were arrested in Gul Mohanunad Shaikh village and adjoining areas on Friday for their alleged involvement in holding a jirga which had declared two women as karis. Gambat police SHO Iqbal Jumani registered an FIR under section 310A, 201, 149 PPC on Thursday night against Gulzar, Qalandar Bux, Atta Mohammad, […]
LAHORE, Feb 2: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has demanded that the authorities fulfill their promise to guarantee women’s safety and dignity of person by ensuring that all those responsible for carrying out or conniving in crimes are punished under the law and a clear message sent out that such crimes will not be […]
MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 9: A complete strike paralysed the Muzaffarabad city on Friday against the abduction of a university student. Thousands of people from all walks of life took part in demonstrations. However, the abducted girl was recovered by police within four hours from Bagh district and later reunited with the family, officials said. Maryam Banday, […]
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Hyderabad district council session HYDERABAD: The ongoing session of the Hyderabad district council was adjourned on Monday till Tuesday after the journalists covering the session boycotted the proceedings to protest the remarks of a member against the press. The council, which met with its convener Zafar Ali Rajput in the chair, was discussing three identical […]
ISLAMABAD: The journalists of Rawalpindi and Islamabad staged a six-hour sit-in in front of the Press Information Department here on Thursday to press the government to punish the police officer who ordered a baton-charge on reporters and photographers covering a suicide attack outside a five star hotel. During the protest, the journalists shouted slogans against […]
LAHORE: Police in Khushab district have registered a case against five Ahmadis, including two pre-teens, for subscribing to the Jamaat-e-Ahmadiya’s monthly children’s magazine Tasheezul Azhan, Daily Times has learnt. According to the first information report, the complainant, an officer of the Intelligence Bureau, submitted to the Khushab district police officer (DPO) that the magazine is […]
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