RAWALPINDI – Despite tall claims of City District Government and Cantonment authorities to scale down the size of huge billboards hovering all over the city posing serious threat to life and property of the people. Taking serious notice of the situation Corps Commander Rawalpindi had called a meeting of both the heads of City District […]
LAHORE – There was a time when the cinemas were closing down or turning into theatres for stage plays. Now the reverse trend has begun and the latest to come back in the fold of cinema industry is Alfalah theatre, which would screen Bollywood flick ‘Awarapan’ from 20th of this month. In year 2000 Alfalah […]
Gender roles and responsibilities are easily ingrained in culture and tradition, and thus altering notions of gender is readily subject to resistance and suspicion by all sorts of preservers of the status quo. A country like ours does not stand a serious chance of becoming prosperous until we realise the value of adequately empowering the […]
Karachi:Gone are the days when the mere mention of the name internet cafe brought to mind images of dimly lit shops with cramped cabins and a less-than-ordinary internet service. With the advent of personal computers in most households coupled with affordable cable internet or Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) packages, the café culture is on the […]
KARACHI: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that investigations on illegal immigrants who got elected as union council nazims during the last local government elections will be carried out. “The National Alien Registration Authority (NARA) did not inform me about illegal immigrants working in the CDGK. It is a serious matter and investigations will […]
Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editor has strongly condemned the PIA decision to remove discounted fare facility for media persons. CPNE has warned PIA if decision has not been withdrawn, discounts on PIA advertisement would also be withdrawn. CPNE has asked government to persuade PIA for the return of decision otherwise it would be resisted. Source: […]
ISLAMABAD: Former Inter Services Public Relations director general Maj Gen (r) Rashid Qureshi on Monday assumed charge as the spokesman and media adviser to President Gen Pervez Musharraf. According to sources, Qureshi, who previously dealt with the media during the Kargil operation and 9/11 incidents, has been made the president’s adviser to improve his image […]
LAHORE – Despite strict instructions issued by Punjab Governor Lt Gen (R) Khalid Maqbool to the Alhamra Arts Council, the authorities concerned continue to flout ban on dramas, which are unethical and vulgar, sources told The Nation on Monday. Two plays, ‘Kon Baney Ga Don’and ‘Chalak Kuryian’ are being staged at Alhamra at its hall […]
LAKKI MARWAT, July 16: Police arrested 10 persons on charges of watching objectionable material on computers during a raid on an internet cafe in the Abakhel village here on Monday. Officials said the raid was conducted by Lakki Police Station SHO Shaukat Khan after complaints that the internet cafe had been turned into a mini-cinema […]
KARACHI, July 16: More than four people, including three men, were killed daily on an average in Sindh while a woman lost her life every second day on the pretext of honour killings during the first half of this year, says a research report compiled by the Aurat Foundatin, an NGO. The report shows that […]
There is neither any law, nor social security for female workers who work indoors, claimed Aqsa Khan, the manager of social and women workers rights unit action aid, during a provincial advisory meeting of Home-based Women Workers (HBWW) held in a local hotel. She said that these female workers faced numerous troubles and did not […]
KARACHI, July 16: The Sindh High Court issued notices to the advocate-general for July 23 in applications by two gang-rape victims for the transfer of their cases from the Dadu and Ghotki districts to Karachi. Applicant Kainat Soomro, 13, submitted through Advocate Zia Ahmed Awan that it was after a considerable delay and reluctance that […]
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