ISLAMABAD: The embassy of France Monday organized an exhibition titled ‘France-Pakistan 60 years of friendship’. Pictures of French envoys with General Ziaul Haq, Nawaz Sharif, Benazir Bhutto, President General Pervez Musharraf and other important dignitaries were displayed at the exhibition. “Being desirous of making provision for the representation of Pakistan in the French Republic, we […]
One can almost hear the loquacious minister of railways, Sheikh Rashid, spin the impending presidential elections as one that will be ‘fair’ because reportedly, the new presidential-nominee is going to be of the ‘fairer’ sex. There is speculation that the latest player, in the circus that has become Pakistani politics, is Sehba Musharraf. The proposition […]
A team of federal investigation agency (FIA) on Monday arrested two human smugglers during raids at Lalamusa and Shadiwal (Gujrat). Agency passport cell additional-director Husain Asghar received information that accused Rizwan Aslam and Qari Aslam were present at their houses. He directed FIA inspector Mian Sabir to arrest them. An FIA official said the accused […]
ISLAMABAD: Rawalpindi/Islamabad Press Club on Monday gave a 72-hour ultimatum to the government to bring to books those responsible for thrashing Hassan Shajil, the son of senior journalist, Shakil Ahmad Turabi. Leading a protest in front of the Supreme Court against beating of Hassan Sharjil by clandestine agency operatives and the continuing harassment of Shakil […]
Karachi:City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, announced a plan for the development and widening of Gujjar Nullah. The city Nazim stated that the city government has decided to take immediate measures for the channelisation of Gujjar Nullah and service road on both sides at a cost of Rs 1 billion. He said that for the rehabilitation […]
Karachi:The trend of segregated weddings has opened new vistas of employment for many. What is interesting is that along with Bengali male waiters, we now have Bengali female waiters as well. They are fulfilling a demand as orthodox families prefer to limit the interaction of men and women in public gatherings. This demand has created […]
LAYYAH, Sept 14: A 12-year-old girl was allegedly molested when she was on her way to school in Nowshehra Nashaib locality in Sadar police precincts on Friday. Suleiman took ‘S’ to a nearby sugarcane field where he raped her. On her raising hue and cry, locals rushed to the scene on which the culprit fled […]
KARACHI (September 18 2007): Samsung Electronics, a global leader in the monitor market released SyncMaster 225UW 22inch wide “Webcam UCC Monitor embedded with 2-megapixel webcam, microphone and speakers opening the genuine era of face-to-face communication UCC. Besides, as webcam, microphone and speaker can be connected to PC through one USB, instead at complex connection of […]
LAHORE, Sept 17: No quality of service survey and inspection of the mobile phone operators have been carried out by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority during the last one year or so. In the absence of any such survey findings, the authority is not in a position to penalise a cellular company for not improving its […]
ISLAMABAD (September 18 2007): President General Pervez Musharraf has promulgated National Database and Registration Authority (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2007. Following is the text of the ordinance: “Ordinance No XLVII of 2007. Further to amend the National Database and Registration Authority Ordinance. 2000. WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the National Database and Registration Authority […]
GUJRANWALA, Sept 17: Heirs to about 1,700 government employees have been denied benevolent fund payment for the last one year. Widows of government officials along with their children have protested against non-payment and demanded early release of funds. Reports said the provincial government did not release benevolent funds for 2005-06 so far as a result […]
KARACHI, Sept 17: The murder mystery of a newly-married couple, graduates of the NED university, has further deepened as police, earlier relying on the results of the much-awaited chemical report, have yet to formally charge any of the suspects in the case. The chemical report, issued on Sept 13, confirmed that both Muhammad Azeem and […]
PESHAWAR, Sept 17: Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Tariq Pervez Khan on Monday directed police to arrest a man charged with killing his wife. The chief justice ordered the Faqirabad SHO to take steps for the safety of three children of the slain woman as they had been facing threat from their step-father. Justice Tariq […]
Islamabad–Federal Minister for Women Development Sumaira Malik said that Gender Reform Action Plan (GRAP) is the largest Project on the portfolio of the Ministry of Women Development. “The overall aim of this project is to promote women’s access to the economic, political, and social empowerment at the national, provincial, and district level”, she told APP […]
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