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Daily Archives: April 16, 2007

Positive coverage by English dailies encourage me: Nilofar

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Tourism Nilofar Bakhtiar said she was hurt at the way her paragliding jump in France was sensationalized and some elements indulged in her character assassination. Speaking at the meeting of Senate Standing Committee on Tourism the minister said she risked her life by jumping from a height of over 8,000 feet for […]


CPO to have FM Radio

KARACHI, April 15: Sindh Police Department will have a media cell and FM radio service at the Central Police Office here to maintain liaison with media besides disseminating information about traffic etc., for citizens through broadcast. Acting IGP Niaz Ahmed Siddiqui stated this during a meeting with a three-member delegation of FM-105 Radio at the […]


IT university planned for Nawabshah

NAWABSHAH (April 16 2007): The working for the establishment of Information Technology University at Nawabshah has been finalised. A Korean company has been awarded construction contract of the university. Talking to newsmen, Nazim Taluka Municipal Administration, Nawabshah, Abdul Rauf Khan said that a plot measuring 32,000 square feet for the IT University had been handed […]


IBA condemns journalists’ manhandling

ISLAMABAD (April 16 2007): The Islamabad Bar Association (IBA) has condemned the recent incident of journalists’ manhandling in Karachi and said that lawyers and journalists are tied in the everlasting relationship of friendship and unity for upholding the press freedom in Pakistan. In a press statement here on Sunday, Secretary General IBA advocate Syed Muhammad […]


Ex-senator, prominent lawyer Rashdi passes away

KARACHI, April 15: Former senator Pir Syed Hussain Shah Rashdi passed away on Sunday morning after a massive heart attack. He was 69. Mr Rashdi was laid to rest after Maghrib prayers in the Mewashah graveyard. He leaves behind his wife, a son, Syed Ali Raza, and three daughters. A legal expert and practising lawyer, […]