ISLAMABAD, April 22: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has served a show-cause notice on Aaj TV, a private television channel, for airing news, talk shows and other programmes on the current judicial crisis and threatened it with closure. The authority has also sought an explanation from the chief executive officer of the television […]
CHITRAL,April 22: Use of the Internet has become common in the district and amazingly the Kalash youths are far more adept at using the net than their Chitrali counterparts. The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) introduced the facility some seven years ago. The growing number of Internet cafes is a clear evidence that the number […]
TAUNSA BARRAGE (April 23 2007): The Taunsa barrage emergency rehabilitation and modernisation project’s construction company, Descon, barred a media team from visiting the construction site, and meeting with labourers after disclosure of corruption complaints, and the company’s guards attacked the journalists on Sunday. Punjab government has sponsored the project with loan assistance of World Bank […]
LAHORE – A female artist who came all the way from England for an exhibition at Alhamra Art Centre has told harrowing tales of mistreatment at the hands of people engaged by the Alhamra administration for different assignments. After getting the information through internet, Naheed contacted the Alhamra administration who encouraged her to exhibit her […]
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) is celebrating World Book and Copyright Day today to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright. The day was first celebrated in 1996 to recognise and honour writers and readers for their contribution towards bringing love and beauty to this disturbed and chaotic […]
KARACHI (April 22 2007): Nazim Karachi, Syed Mustafa Kamal has exempted over 750 newspaper stalls in various parts of the city as being encroachments and said the steps taken by former Commissioner Karachi about them will be implemented. Accordingly such cabins of 4X4 size where only newspapers are being sold and have been put at […]
ISLAMABAD: The families of missing persons on Saturday staged a protest demonstration in front of the Supreme Court, seeking early release of their loved ones allegedly abducted by the intelligence agencies. Amina Masud Janjua led the demonstration. The protesting families carried pictures of their loved ones and banners and placards inscribed with slogans demanding their […]
SHEIKHUPURA, April 21: In a rare incident, a woman accused in an abduction case managed to escape from the judicial lock-up of a Ferozewala court on Saturday. Reports said the accused, Zanib Bibi, was brought by a police party, led by sub-inspector Khan Muhammad, from Sheikhupura jail for production in the court. After appearing in […]
VEHARI, April 21: A woman was killed by her husband at a ‘punchayat’ here on Saturday at Chak 12/WB over an exchange marriage (watta satta) issue. Reports said Perveen Bibi d/o Lal Din had been married to Sajid Husain of Sundylianwali a few years back. On Wednesday, daughter-in-law of Lal Din returned to her parents’ […]
LAYYAH, April 21: A 13-year-old girl was kidnapped and allegedly raped by her neighbour. Misbah of Bhai Sadhu Ram, a class seven student, told newsmen on Saturday that her neighbour Khurshid Bibi came to her house in the evening last week and invited her to see the video film of a marriage ceremony at her […]
ISLAMABAD: Namira Salim, a Pakistani national, won laurels for the nation by hoisting the Pakistani flag at the North Pole on Saturday morning. While she is waiting for a flight into space in the next couple of years, Namira became the first Pakistani to reach the top of the world — the Geographic North Pole. […]
KARACHI, April 21: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (APNEC) will observe ‘Demands Day’ on April 23 for the implementation of the 7th Wage Award and to press the government to constitute the 8th Wage Board. According to a press release, the two apex bodies of the […]
Like other parts of globe, The World Intellectual Property Day will be observed here on April 26th Thursday. The event was established by the World Intellectual Property Organization in 2001 to “raise awareness of the role of intellectual property in our daily lives, and to celebrate the contribution made by innovators and artists to development […]
Viewers flood widely watched program with evidence of bribery and corruption By Sonya Fatah KARACHI- It’s 10 o’clock on Friday night in Pakistan, a prime-time television spot when viewers often settle down to watch a popular series. Instead, the camera takes them to Darra Adam Khel, Pakistan’s notorious gun market in the lawless tribal belt […]
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