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Monthly Archives: March 2007

Police chief is accountable to Nazim under LGO: NRB

KARACHI: The Nazim (city and district) happens to be the boss of the police chief and under the Local Government Ordinance the latter is under the command of the former, while Nazims and councillors are accountable to the community as public servants. They are duty bound to apprise the community of the spending of public […]


Nazim to move court against fund deduction

SUKKUR: New Sukkur Taluka Nazim Abdul Haq Chohan strongly condemned on Friday the deduction from the octroi Zila tax fund by the Sindh government and announced to take legal action against the decision. Addressing a press conference here he said new Sukkur Taluka was getting Rs 3 million per month on account of OZT and […]


Cable operator’s office, CD shop attacked

KOHAT: Petrol bombs were thrown into a cable operator’s office on the Rawalpindi road and a CD shop opposite the Kohat airbase was destroyed by an explosion, officials and witnesses said on Friday. In the Bahawalnagar locality, armed men lobbed the petrol bombs into the cable operator’s office on Thursday. It caused fire which destroyed […]


Progress linked with computer literacy

KARACHI: Sindh IT Adviser Noman Saigol said that every possible effort was being made to promote computer literacy in the country. He was speaking at a programme held at the University of Karachi, says a statement issued here on Friday. The adviser spoke of the vital position of students in the realms of information technology. […]


Music academy to be named after Bazmi

KARACHI: An official of the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi, announced that the institution would name its forthcoming music academy after renowned music director Nisar Bazmi in recognition of his lifelong services to the music and film industries of Pakistan. “We’ll name the music academy, which will start functioning soon, after Mr Bazmi and request […]


Women political awareness project in full swing

ISLAMABAD: The Women Political Awareness project of $4.5 million, funded by Norway is being successfully implemented by the Ministry of Women Development in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Sources told Business Recorder on Friday that the project was aimed at training 28,000 women councillors to create political awareness among them through Women Political […]


Minor girl raped by neighbour

KARACHI: A woman registered an FIR against her neighbour who raped her minor daughter. A case was registered at the Zaman Town police station. The police said that they received a complaint from Ms Khursheeda, a resident of Sector-50C, Korangi, to the effect that a day earlier, her daughter, A, 4, went outside to play […]


KARACHI: 50 CCBs set up in Karachi to date

KARACHI: The district nazim is the boss of the district police officer and writes the officerÂ’s ACR (Annual Confidential Report) under the police order. However, like other sections of the Local Government Ordinance pertaining to devolution of power, its implementation is being resisted by traditional power wielders. This was said by Muhammad Naeemul Haq, Member […]


Women freed after forced confession

ISLAMABAD, March 29: A confrontation between the government and hard-line religious leaders in the federal capital eased to some extent on Thursday when students of Madressah Hafsa released three kidnapped women and a six-month-old baby with a threat that they could be picked up again if their demand for release of a former Inter-Services Intelligence […]


Urdu Newsletter March 30 to 06 April, 2007-II

Summary Urdu Newsletter March 30 to 06 April, 2007 Date 3/30/2007 Download ppf newsletter-12-b.pdf


Urdu Newsletter March 30 to 06 April, 2007-I

Summary Urdu Newsletter March 30 to 06 April, 2007 Date 3/30/2007 Download ppf newsletter-12-a.pdf


Ex-nazim ‘tortured to death’ by police: PML-F procession thwarted

RAHIM YAR KHAN, March 29: A former union council nazim, arrested by police in a crackdown on Wednesday night to thwart a public meeting of former district nazim and Punjab PML-Functional president Makhdoom Ahmad Mahmood, was found dead on Thursday. While the initial autopsy report said the heart attack was the cause of Fakhar Mahmood […]


Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman award for Mushtaq Yousufi

KARACHI:Mushtaq Yousufi, renowned humorist and story writer, was awarded, the 14th Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman National Solidarity Award on the occasion of the 23rd Sardar Ali Sabri death anniversary on Thursday. The event was organised by the Sardar Ali Sabri Memorial Society in collaboration with the Jang Group of Newspapers, in recognition of his 44 years of […]


Plan to set up illegal FM Radio Station foiled

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (Pemra) spokesman on Thursday said an attempt to establish an illegal FM radio station in Islamabad has been foiled by Pemra authorities. “No illegal broadcast in any form is allowed under the Pemra law. The authority takes immediate action wherever any illegality comes to its notice,” said the spokesman […]