KARACHI – Media industry can play a very important role in maintaining the good governance in the country, said Ziagham Khan, the trainer of a workshop entitled Parliamentary Journalists held here on Wednesday under the auspices of the USAID. He said that media is the fourth pillar of the state where it has a very […]
LONDON: President Pervez Musharraf distributed a 15-page letter against the detained chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry among 30 top journalists of London on an exclusive breakfast meeting here last Monday, to convince the western media that the top judge was corrupt and was rightly dismissed on March 9 followed by his detention on […]
Child Rights Committee Larkana members and children Wednesday observed protest demonstration for the protection of children under Juvenile Justice Ordinance 2000 and brutally beating Kishore of Hyderabad by a family a few days back. The CRC members including Apa Tahira Leghari Coordinator, Nazir Ahmed Siyal, Ammanullah, Advocate Abdul Rehman, Abdul Karim, Ali Hassan Khuhro, Manzoor […]
NEW YORK, Jan 30: US immigration authorities have returned the passport of prominent social worker Abdul Sattar Edhi and issued a new green card. Mr Edhi said on Wednesday that he would head home some time next week. He thanked Pakistan’s print and electronic media for highlighting his plight. According to a Pakistan Embassy official, […]
ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: The centre is working with all provincial governments to extend continuous and enhanced financial support to the Gender Justice Through Musalihat Anjuman Project (GJTMAP), Secretary Local Government and Rural Development Mohammad Saleem Khan said on Wednesday. Speaking in the 4th National Steering Committee meeting, Mr Khan said the experience of providing justice […]
HYDERABAD, Jan 30: A professor of psychology of University of Punjab has said that role of universities is not only important for the social, political and economic transformation of societies but also for national development. Dr Najma Najam was delivering a lecture on “Gender mainstreaming: socio-economic empowerment with special reference to women in higher education” […]
BARCELONA, Spain: The Barcelona police kept the correspondent of Geo TV, Dr Javed Kanwal, in custody/detention here on Wednesday and released him after more than two hours. Dr Javed had gone to Spain three days earlier from Italy for preparing a report about the 10 Pakistanis, who were arrested there on suspicion of terrorism. The […]
LAHORE, Jan 30: Known film, television and stage artiste Najma died here on Wednesday after a protracted illness. She was 80. She was the sister of first Pakistani film heroine Asha Poslay. Najma acted in a number of films, stage and TV plays. Her character of Karnani Churail earned a lot of popularity in TV […]
KARACHI, Jan 30: An Iranian film festival will kick off on Saturday with the film “M as Mother” directed by Rasool Mulla Qulipour, showing at 4pm at the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi. The festival will conclude on Feb 6, says a press release. The event is being organised by the Khana-i-Farhang — the Iranian […]
ISLAMABAD: Considerations are underway to allow the screening of Indian films in the country, said Senate Committee Chairman Zarar Iqbal Chaudhry. He said the ban on Indian movies was ineffective, as the films were easily available on DVD and cable. He said the ban needed to be reviewed, adding that consideration was being given to […]
PESHAWAR (January 31 2008): Unidentified outlaws blew up two music centres at Mohallah Afridiabad in the jurisdiction of Pandhu police station in city, police said here on Wednesday. The centres owned by Sajjad and Malang Jan was badly damaged and valuables including electronic equipment and CDs were destroyed. The loud sound of explosion occurred as […]
IT must have been irksome for the women’s development ministry to be presented with figures, compiled by an international organisation, indicating that little is being done to bridge the yawning gender gap that exists in the country. Nevertheless, reminders such as the one contained in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap report for 2007 […]
KARACHI: Submarine cable SMW4 developed a shunt fault on Wednesday, causing telephone and Internet services to be disrupted in many countries. The fault, which developed near Egypt, is being dealt with by routing all Internet traffic via alternative SMW3, a Pakistan Telecommunications Limited (PTCL) spokesman told Daily Times. He said the PTCL had alleviated the […]
KARACHI, Jan 30: The Judicial Magistrate, West, Shafiqullah M. Hassan, on Wednesday considered the interim charge-sheet submitted on Dec 14 by the investigation officer of the couple’s murder case as a final challan, and transferred the case to the court of district and sessions judge, West. Earlier, the court had issued notices to the investigation […]
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