SLAMABAD, Oct 2: Despite repeated court orders, the police have been unable to recover three Australian children of Pakistani origin, allegedly kidnapped by their father about eight months ago. A habeas corpus petition was filed in the Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench, in March this year and Justice Abdul Shakoor Paracha issued directives to the […]
Karachi, October 02 (PPI): Pakistan Broadcasters Association strongly refuted all allegations that any of its member broadcasters have broken the rules and regulations laid down in PEMRA ordinance. Secretary General Arshad Zuberi, in his letter to respond to a warning letter PEMRA has written to various news channels, strongly reiterated the Association’s point of view […]
ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) on Tuesday constituted a committee for registering cases of police violence against journalists, reviewing legal matters and finalising a strategy in this regard. The eight-member committee was constituted under the supervision of RIUJ General-Secretary Ashfaq Sajid while Mazhar Abbas, Afzal Butt, Mushtaq Minhas, Sharyar Khan, Waqar […]
KARACHI: The president of the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ),Shamimur Rehman survived an attack on his life on Tuesday. According to him an unknown car tried to hit him,when he was standing at a bus stop at Jauhar Morr in Gulistan-e-Jauhar in the evening. He was waiting for a taxi to go work, he told […]
WASHINGTON: Voice of America (VOA)’s Urdu TV programme, ‘Beyond the HeadlinesÂ’, beamed at Pakistan now has a 30-minute morning edition appearing on a different commercial channel than the one on which its evening transmission is seen. According to VOA, the half-hour morning programme will air on Aaj TV daily at 8.30am. The newsmagazine type transmission […]
KARACHI, Oct 3: The Sindh health ministry has dropped the inquiry into the alleged gang rape of a young woman on the premises of a government hospital in Landhi on the grounds that police could investigate the case in a better way. A senior official said the ministry took the decision after observing that at […]
VEHARI, Oct 3: Acid is being sold illegally in the city which has caused acid attacks against women, Dawn has learnt. This year, the police registered only one case of acid attack. Mumtaz Bibi, of the Luddan area, was disfigured due to an acid attack. But some non-government organisations say about eight to 10 cases […]
ISLAMABAD (October 03 2007): A spokesman of ISPR on Tuesday asked the media to refrain from speculative reporting concerning promotions and postings of senior Army Officers. “ISPR will make an official announcement for such promotions and posting whenever a decision is taken in this regard by competent authority,” the spokesman added. Source: Business Recorder Date:10/3/2007
SLAMABAD (October 03 2007): Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has terminated license of three companies on non-payment of license fee and winding up their services without prior approval of the authority. The authority said that the action taken by these companies resulted in inconvenience to the customers whose outstanding for provision of services were also not […]
KARACHI: The president of the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ),Shamimur Rehman survived an attack on his life on Tuesday. According to him an unknown car tried to hit him,when he was standing at a bus stop at Jauhar Morr in Gulistan-e-Jauhar in the evening. He was waiting for a taxi to go work, he told […]
MARDAN, Oct 2: A newly married woman allegedly hanged to death her husband over a domestic dispute in a village on Monday night, officials said. Sources said that Roobi, who is stated to have been forced to marry Sher Haleem of Landay Shah village, allegedly gave her husband some intoxicating drink, which rendered him unconscious. […]
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