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=> LAHORE- City police sealed off the entire Punjab C

LAHORE- City police sealed off the entire Punjab Capital, shortly after unidentified motorcyclists gunned down two on-duty policemen during a brutal attack here in Nishtar Colony Area on Thursday night, police sources revealed. “The gangsters sprayed volleys of bullets with automatic weapons (kalashankoves) on the policemen at Katcha Kumahan Road and fled away. Each policeman […]


=> QUETTA, Dec 13: Two young suicide bombers blew the

QUETTA, Dec 13: Two young suicide bombers blew themselves up close to a military checkpoint in Quetta’s Cantonment area on Thursday, killing five soldiers and wounding 22 people, officials said. “Two personnel of the military police were killed on the spot in the first attack,” the officials said, adding that the second bomber blew himself […]


=> KARACHI, Dec 13: While the government makes tall c

KARACHI, Dec 13: While the government makes tall claims of educating the citizenry in order to raise living standards and make young people less susceptible to being inveigled into criminal activity, the residents of Old Golimar lament the fact that the area’s only library was taken over by various government departments and after a fire, […]


=> KARACHI, Dec 13: The Federal Ministry of Education

KARACHI, Dec 13: The Federal Ministry of Education through a notification has declared the Urdu Dictionary Board, Karachi, as the subordinate office of the ministry. The chief editor of the Urdu Dictionary Board, Karachi, will be the head of department to exercise the administrative and financial powers, the notification says. The notification has been issued […]


Urdu Newsletter Dec 14 To Dec 21, 2007

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Dish antenna import banned

ISLAMABAD – Free import of various equipment used in receiving satellite transmissions, including dish antenna and receivers, was banned on Tuesday amid tight curbs on media by military regime to deprive the people of getting news through independent sources other than the state-run TV channels. However, the importers are subjected to prior permission from the […]


=> ISLAMABAD (December 14 2007): The transmission of

ISLAMABAD (December 14 2007): The transmission of local FM channel Power 99 has been restored after 40 days of suspension. Najeeb Ahmed, Director Programme of Power 99 FM and chairman of All Independent Radio Association (AIR) while talking to Business Recorder here on Thursday said that Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on November 3 […]


Students protest emergency

LAHORE – On the second day of the student movement against emergency and PCO, restrictions on media and judiciary, the students staged a protest demonstration at Punjab University departinents of Mass Commurucation and ICS, Law College and IER. At the IER the students formed a chain of hands to show solidarity with the lawyers. The […]


HR groups ask Bush to cut off military aid to Pakistan

WASHINGTON: A dozen US human rights groups on Tuesday urged President George W Bush to cut off military aid to Pakistan if President Pervez Musharraf refuses to end emergency rule and release politicians, jurists and rights activists. In a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the groups said Musharraf’s imposition of emergency flew in […]


Helpless parents demands to arrest their daughters’ killers

PESHAWAR: The aggrieved and helpless parents of the two killed cousins on Thursday demanded of the concerned persons to arrest the killers who were roaming freely before their eyes. Mohabat Khan and Said Ali, fathers of the assassinated persons and residents of Navi Kali, limits of Pishtakhara police station said that they were punished a […]


=> ISLAMABAD (December 14 2007): The transmission of

ISLAMABAD (December 14 2007): The transmission of local FM channel Power 99 has been restored after 40 days of suspension. Najeeb Ahmed, Director Programme of Power 99 FM and chairman of All Independent Radio Association (AIR) while talking to Business Recorder here on Thursday said that Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on November 3 […]


KARACHI (APP): Sindh Minister for Women Development

KARACHI (APP): Sindh Minister for Women Development, Nadir Panjwani, has sought support and patronage of credible NGOs for empowerment of women. She was talking to a 6-member delegation of United Memon Jamaat led by Yayha Bawani at her office here Thursday. The Minister appreciated the humanitarian and welfare services being rendered by United Memon Jamaat […]


=> HYDERABAD, Dec 13: Chairperson NGO Management Comm

HYDERABAD, Dec 13: Chairperson NGO Management Committee, Women Centre Hyderabad Ms Gul Nigar Ansari said ministry of women development Islamabad has established a “Women Centre” near Canton-ment Eidgah, Hyderabad. The centre will provide free medical and legal aid and psychological counselling through experts, she said. The distressed women of Hyderabad district may report to Manager, […]


=> JHANG, Dec 13: A newly-wed girl, who was burnt all

JHANG, Dec 13: A newly-wed girl, who was burnt allegedly by her husband and brother-in-law two days ago, died at a hospital late on Wednesday night. Khatoon of Sillanwali, Sargodha district, wed Nadeem of Kot Isra Shah, Jhang district, about six months ago. She left her house just 15 days after her marriage because of […]