KARACHI, March 29: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) on Thursday said that government-press relations witnessed deterioration during the current year and were now less cordial than before. The annual general council meeting of the APNS said that the Ministry of Information remained indifferent to problems faced by the print media and issues relating to […]
BANNU: While official count of the by-election for NA-26 Bannu was delayed following thrashing of teachers on election duty by the police, the supporters of NWFP Chief Minister Akram Durrani’s son Ziad Durrani was claiming that he has conclusively won by a huge margin. Workers of JUI-F and MMA based in the house of Chief […]
KARACHI: Women in Pakistan are continuously subjected to violence as the judiciary turns a blind eye to their plight. Traditional customs, domestic disputes are among the major reasons for violence against women. According to a survey conducted by Daily Times, the facts and figures given by Madadgar, Aurat Foundation, Gender of Justice and Women’s Trust […]
Kashmore: The District Naib Nazim and Convenor District Council Kashmore Haji Noor Mohammad Khoso has convened the meeting of District Council Kashmore on Saturday March 31st 2007 at District Government Complex. In the meeting, the establishment of Micro Finance Bank of District Government Kashmore through Public Private partnership, project of up-gradation of Government Girls Higher […]
KARACHI: Historians have said that Zaheeruddin Muhammad Babar, founder of the vast Mughal Empire in India, was a brave soldier, able administrator, poet, lover of nature and above all had a good understanding of human nature. Speaking at the launching ceremony of the Urdu translation of ëWaqa-i-Babar (Babar Nama or Tuzk-e-Babri) at the Audio-Visual Centre […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) withdrew on Wednesday its petition from the Supreme Court against the consent orders of Sindh High Court (SHC) for the grant of licence to the Pakistan Herald Publications (Pvt) Limited (PHPL) to establish a satellite television broadcast station. Advocate Abdul Rauf, the counsel for Pemra, informed a […]
LAHORE : While holding an enquiry into police torture on journalists and bar members during the demonstration against the suspension of Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Syed Zahid Hussain of the Lahore High Court (LHC) directed the Registrar Inquiry to produce the video recording of close circuit TVs installed in the LHC premises. Earlier, the […]
NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists has expressed concern over the deteriorating media environment in Pakistan, including business retaliation and outright attacks on media companies. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the media watchdog group noted that “Pakistan’s largest independent English-language media group, the Dawn Group of Newspapers, distributed a letter on Friday from […]
HYDERABAD: Speakers paid rich tributes to late short story writer Prof Syed Zafar Hassan for his services for literature and geography on his 9th death anniversary on Wednesday. The anniversary was organised by the Sindh University chapter of the Sindhi Adabi Sangat in collaboration with Institute of Sindhology in Jamshoro. Sindh University Vice-Chancellor Dr Mazharul […]
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 […]
ISLAMABAD: The Women Development Ministry has approved establishment of 30 ‘Women Centres’ in country to provide rehabilitation and shelter facilities to destitute women. Sources told Business Recorder here on Wednesday that keeping in view the dire need of women shelter homes. The ministry has finalised to build more centres all over the country so that […]
* 200 acres of over 400 plots near Rehri Goth were sold under alleged police patronage to people from nearby slums two years ago only to be taken back by the CDGK about 18 months later KARACHI: The city government proudly announced last week that it had cleared encroachments from an area where it was […]
TIMERGARAH (Lower Dir): Three people, including two women, were killed here in two separate incidents on Tuesday. In the first incident, a man, Ameer Hassan, killed his wife outside his residence in Bakandi village on Tuesday. The accused claimed that his wife, Shamim Akhter, was trying to flee from her residence which is why he […]
KARACHI: As the judicial crisis lingers on, gang rape survivors Naseema Labano and Kainat Soomro are not only facing a delay in justice but have been allegedly ordered by the police and other authorities to vacate the safe house they have been living in with their families. As highlighted during a meeting held at the […]
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