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Daily Archives: October 7, 2007

PML-Q MPA Bano Sagheer ‘harassed’

KARACHI: A member of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, MPA Bano Siddiqui, was harassed by unidentified men near the airport on Friday. Both she and the chief minister have said that they suspected Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) activists were behind it. Siddiqui told Daily Times that she was going home to Malir with her husband, Major Sagheer Siddiqui, […]


Media, civil society better judges: Arbab

Karachi:Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, on Saturday said media and the civil society should themselves judge whether promulgation of national reconciliation ordinance was justified. He added, however “those who got their cases withdrawn through the ordinance should feel embarrassed.” The Sindh CM said “I have not read the ordinance and I don’t know […]


Islamabad IGP, DC, SSP suspended on SC orders

ISLAMABAD: The government, on an order of the Supreme Court, on Monday suspended three top officials of the Islamabad administration in connection with weekend violence against lawyers, journalists and representatives of the civil society on Constitution Avenue in the capital. “As per the court direction, we have suspended Inspector-General of Islamabad Police (IGP) Syed Marwat […]


Primary school teachers deprived of facilities

ISLAMABAD: Primary education forms the basis of all future education and yet the teachers of primary schools are deprived of basic facilities. Primary education equips students to perform well in higher classes and to opt for academic disciplines eventually. Government officials including the State Education minister have stressed the importance of primary education while claiming […]


Quality Check: PTA to conduct QoS survey of ISPs

KARACHI: To gauge the standards of customer satisfaction and in order to check the quality of service being provided to Internet users, a quality of service (QoS) survey of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) has been planned by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority from September to November 2007, said Deputy Director PTA, Khurram Ali Mehran while talking to […]