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Daily Archives: September 19, 2007

31 students awarded HEC-Japanese scholarship

KARACHI (September 19 2007): Japanese Ambassador Seiji Kojima distributed HEC-Japanese Need Based Merit Scholarship awards among 31 students of the Institute of Management Sciences (IMSciences), Peshawar on Wednesday last. These scholarships were funded by Japanese government under supervision of Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. On this occasion, Seiji Kojima was given a brief introduction of […]


Creativity in advertising not rewarded in Pakistan: Velocity CEO

LAHORE: “The media and advertising agencies complement each other as ad agencies not only sell advertisement space but also secure the media payments, which amount to about 85 per cent of the advertisement bill.” Velocity Marketing and Communications Chief Executive Officer, Jamal Mubtasim Malik made these observations while talking to The Post in an excusive […]


Candidates’ gathering turns into riot

KARACHI – The gathering of as many as 2,000 female candidates of Liaqutabad and North Nazimabad town, applying for the post of Primary School Teachers (PST) on Tuesday converted into riots, following the decision of suspending interviews for today by the authorities. The violent female candidates pelted stones on the building of Happy Deal Public […]


Soft loans for women to open utility stores recommended

ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The Senate Standing Committee on Women Development has recommended provision of soft loans and micro credits to women for opening utility stores. The Committee met with Mrs Tahira Latif in the chair observed that it would help them to live an honourable life in the society. The Senate body called upon the […]


DawnNews reporter kidnapped, released

ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: A DawnNews TV reporter, who had covered the recent suicide attack on SSG commandos in Tarbela, was kidnapped from outside his residence in Rawalpindi on Saturday and released on Tuesday after a thorough interrogation by the personnel of an intelligence agency. Two plainclothes men bundled Babur Hussain into a jeep blindfolded and […]


Reducing Internet costs

DESPITE advancements in the telecom sector, for which Pakistan even received an international award in 2006, people are still paying a lot for Internet access compared to neighbouring countries. This was ascertained at the first broadband congress held in Sri Lanka this month where it was discovered that Pakistanis pay around $2,660 a year for […]


Efforts on to raise computer literacy’

KARACHI (September 19 2007): Advisor to Chief Minister for Information Technology Noman Sahgal has said that the government is providing computers to young peoples in collaboration with MCB Bank to encourage its use and create employment. Speaking at an Iftar dinner hosted by Omar Sons on Tuesday, he said that the government was making efforts […]


Top level changes in PTCL

KARACHI, Sept 18: Etisalat – the UAE-controlled telecom giant – which holds 26 per cent equity with management rights in the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) could not have more forcefully expressed its distaste for the company’s latest financial results. The PTCL on Thursday last reported earnings drop by 25 per cent and decrease in […]


Extremists threaten to bomb girls school

TAXILA, Sept 19: Religious extremists have warned the administration of a girls school in Taxila that they would bomb its building if the teachers and students did not wear a veil and Burqa. It has been learnt that the principal of a local government high school received a letter from an unidentified man who threatened […]