ISLAMABAD: The Allama Iqbal Open University will launch a satellite TV channel to promote quality education especially in far-lung areas of the country. Speaking at a press conference, AIOU Vice Chancellor Mahmoodul Hassan Bhutt said the Planning Commission had approved the project worth Rs 390 million to launch the channel for its targeted population. He […]
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ISLAMABAD (October 26 2007): Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) is losing fixed line market to other operators with its subscribers going down from above 5.0 million in 2006 to 4.5 million in the first quarter of 2007, reveals Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). The PTA telecom indicators released here on Thursday showed that the PTCL fixed […]
NOWSHERA, Oct 24: A woman lawyer has accused a union council nazim of attacking her house to abduct her. She has claimed that her parents were beaten up in the incident. Speaking at a press conference here, Ms Bilqees of the Azakhel village said the Azakhel union nazim Sajid Iqbal, a former fiancé of hers […]
ISLAMABAD (October 25 2007): A top international rights group has accused government of Pakistan of trying to frighten the Supreme Court for a favorable decision in the petitions challenging legitimacy of General Pervez Musharraf to contest October 6 presidential election in uniform. “The government is attempting to frighten the judiciary into submission and is holding […]
RAWALPINDI – A Division Bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Wednesday directed the Federal Capital Police to register a murder case against the suspended Deputy Commissioner (DC) Islamabad Chaudhry Muhammad Ali for allegedly ordering police force to shoot at the villagers on July 27, 2002 when CDA tried to take possession of land in […]
Karachi:The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), on Wednesday, while condemning the attack on Benazir Bhutto’s convoy in the city, expressed its grave concern over escalation of terrorist attacks in the country and denounced in every possible word, the continued failure on the part of authorities to guarantee the safety of people. In an emergency […]
KARACHI, Oct 24: The Sindh Council of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday expressed its deep concern over the escalation in terrorist attacks in the country and the authorities’ continued failure to ensure safety of citizens. According to the vice-chairperson of HRCP, Sindh, Zohra Yusuf, the council held an emergency meeting here and […]
KARACHI – The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) is likely to issue the 60 millionth Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) this week. According to a NADRA official, this landmark achievement is a testimony to the authority’s commitment to the very cause of its formation CNIC. NADRA has so far received 59.97 million applications till […]
LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Oct 24: Mufti Munir Shakir, a controversial religious leader, has restarted broadcasting messages from his illegal FM station in the Khyber Agency. Sources in Bara said the location of the newly-established FM radio station is not known as yet. However, residents of Bara started aerial firing in jubilation, which lasted for […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has decided to tame “targeted” journalists by exploiting the persuasive skills of a set of its leaders to mould the hard-hitting lot’s opinion in its favour. However, the suicide attack on the welcoming reception of Benazir Bhutto’s return from self-imposed exile made the top PPP leader a hot cake […]
MARDAN: The court of Additional Sessions Judge Shafique Ahmed Tanoli Tuesday rejected the bail application of eight accused of kidnapping and gang rape of a girl and sent them to jail. Rabia of Bakhshali in Mardan district was allegedly gang-raped by a group of men some two months ago when her parents were away. Source: […]
KARACHI, Oct 23: The additional district and sessions judge, Tasneem Sultana, granted on Tuesday pre-arrest bail to Shaikh Abdul Majeed, the father of the deceased groom Hafiz Mohammad Azeem Shaikh. Advocate Shaikh Javaid Mir had submitted an application to District and Sessions Judge Abdul Maalik under Section 498 of the Criminal Procedure Code which was […]
VEHARI, Oct 23: A murder case has been registered against a sub-inspector, a constable and four others for torturing a youth to death. The case, under sections 302, 148, and 149 of the PPC, was ordered by the district police officer following the relatives of the victim, Muhammad Akmal (20), kept vehari-Multan road blocked for […]
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