ISLAMABAD, April 26: A group of pioneering women journalists has produced a series of radio programmes profiling the lives and times of Pakistani women of substance. The 15-minute radio programme – Shakhsi Khakey – depicts the famous and not so famous women from different walks of life. The programme is produced by Meri Awaz Suno, […]
KARACHI, Feb 26: The City District Government Karachi has started work to provide night shelter for street children in the city. The city government’s Community Development Department has initiated a step with the collaboration of public/private partnership in this regard, said a statement issued by the Nazim’s secretariat on Monday. The Community Development Department along […]
KARACHI, Feb 26: The Sindh government took a lead over other provinces on Monday when five of its departments opted for modern technology with the launching of the paperless “electronic office pilot project.” Advisor to the chief minister on Information Technology Muhammad Noman Saigal, declared the project open by pushing a button. In the first […]
LAYYAH, Feb 25: A 15-year-old girl has moved court seeking registration of a gang rape case against five people after police refused to entertain her plea. Asma Bibi from Daman Shah village of Bait Wasawa Karlu, 30 km from Layyah, says that she had come to Kot Sultan to attend a Majlis-i-Aza on Feb 20. […]
KARACHI, Feb 25: There are many awards ceremonies held in the city but the unusual aspect about the one organised on Saturday night Women’s Forum ‘Role Model 2007 — Celebrating Womanhood’ at a local hotel was that it honoured women who had excelled in different fields. The forum was meant to acknowledge women who excelled […]
ISLAMABAD:Deaf people could soon be using video mobiles to chat with their friends using sign language. Video compression tools made by researchers make it possible to send live pictures of people signing across low bandwidth mobile networks, a private TV channel reported. The system cuts down on the bandwidth needed by only sendÂing data about […]
ISLAMABAD (February 26 2007): The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFJU) and the International Union of Journalists (IUJ) held a roundtable discussion on the ‘State of press freedom in Pakistan’ here on Saturday. Minister of State for Information, Tariq Azeem, and opposition leaders Raza Rabbani, of PPPP, and Hafiz Hussain Ahmad, of MMA, were also […]
KHAAR, Feb 25: A little known organisation, Mujahideen Bajaur, has distributed pamphlets in different areas of the Bajaur agency calling on drivers of public transport to stop playing music in their vehicles, residents said on Sunday. They said that the pamphlets warned that if the drivers continued with this un-Islamic activity, they would be responsible […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The fact-finding mission of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has observed that media in Pakistan was facing a crisis of safety and social rights and expressed concern over the rising violence against journalists in the country. Speaking at a press conference, IFJ President Christopher Warren said the mission was concerned over […]
KARACHI, Feb 25: Gulshan-i-Iqbal police on Sunday arrested six members of a gang and recovered a female university student who was kidnapped for ransom a day ago, said a senior police official. “We have arrested six members of the kidnapping gang and have recovered the kidnapped girl,” Saqib Ismail, town police officer, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, said. He […]
THATTA, Feb 25: The Anti-Corruption Establishment arrested a former Mukhtiarkar and two Tapedars here on Sunday for allegedly changing property deeds of hundreds of acres of the state land in favour of some people. Ali Akbar Habibani, the Circle Officer of the ACE, Thatta, alleged that former Mukhtiarkar of Keti Bunder taluka Mohammad Yaqoob Kumbhar […]
KARACHI, Feb 25: Contrary to the opposition’s apprehensions, the Sindh government is not discouraging establishment of madressahs (religious schools) in the province. Rather, facts and figures, as well as procedures, show that registration of such institutions is being facilitated. There is no fee for the registration of a madressah although in the case of a […]
HYDERABAD: Seven armed men on Sunday kidnapped the younger brother of Additional Inspector General (AIG) Sindh jails, Ashiq Ali Memon. Amjad Memon was abducted from his petrol station near Hala bypass at about 8 p.m. The Sindh AIG confirmed that his brother was kidnapped and added that different police parties have been dispatched for his […]
ISLAMABAD (February 26 2007): The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFJU) and the International Union of Journalists (IUJ) held a roundtable discussion on the ‘State of press freedom in Pakistan’ here on Saturday. Minister of State for Information, Tariq Azeem, and opposition leaders Raza Rabbani, of PPPP, and Hafiz Hussain Ahmad, of MMA, were also […]
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