HYDERABAD, Jan 15: Caretaker Federal Minister for Human Rights Ansar Burney said on Tuesday that the ratio of human trafficking from Pakistan, especially that of young girls to Gulf states, was very high and influential people including former ministers were involved in this inhuman trade worth millions of rupees. “Not only ex-ministers but very influential […]
WASHINGTON, Jan 15: Nicholas Schmidle, an American journalist who had to leave Pakistan abruptly last week, said he was deported and did not leave on his own as authorities in Islamabad claim. Mr Schmidle told a gathering in Washington that he never felt unsafe in Pakistan until last week when security men and police officers […]
KARACHI – A delegation of European Union election observers comprised on four members on Monday met the Deputy Election Commissioner Karachi Tanveer Zaki at Election Commission office Sindh and discussed the electioneering related issues. According to the sources at ECP Sindh informed The Nation that the four-member EU Karachi based Election observers delegation including Nora […]
LAHORE (January 16 2008): Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) will extend every possible help to establish Women Industrial Estate to encourage women entrepreneurs. LCCI President Muhammad Ali Mian said this while addressing the participants of a workshop on ‘Magic of Wealth Creation’ organised by the LCCI Women Resource Centre here Tuesday. Mian said […]
KARACHI, Jan 15: As many as 15,000 government employees have been imparted IT training in the province’s various cities and towns. This was stated by the caretaker Sindh Minister for Information Technology, Jam Karam Ali, during a news conference here on Tuesday. The minister said that 40 IT awareness centres had been established throughout the […]
KARACHI: A constitutional petition challenging a new television channel ‘Dharti’ by Mehran Television (Pvt) Ltd was disposed off Tuesday by the High Court of Sindh (SHC) that asked the petitioner to seek an alternate remedy by approaching the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) first. The bench, comprising Justice Azizullah M. Memon and Justice Khawaja […]
LAHORE, Jan 15: The Establishment Division has moved a summary for terminating the services of Federal Film Censor Board chairman Azfar Shafqat, sources in the Federal Ministry of Culture confirmed to Dawn. According to them, the step has been taken on the direction of Federal Minister for Culture, Sikander Hayat Jogezai. The minister is also […]
ISLAMABD-Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) launched Tuesday its “Free Media for Fair Polls” signature campaign here at a ceremony held at the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club. Besides senior journalists of twin cities, the ceremony was attended by Mr. Mazhar Abbas, Secretary General PFUJ, Mr. Afzal Butt, President Rawalpindi/Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) and Mr. Iqbal […]
HYDERABAD: Federal Minister for Human Rights Ansar Burney on Tuesday visited the house of a teenager, who apparently died of corporal punishment, and called for a post-mortem of the deceased with the permission of the family to ascertain the cause of the death. The minister told newsmen that he wanted justice to be done with […]
HYDERABAD: Federal Minister for Human Rights Ansar Burney on Tuesday visited the house of a teenager, who apparently died of corporal punishment, and called for a post-mortem of the deceased with the permission of the family to ascertain the cause of the death. The minister told newsmen that he wanted justice to be done with […]
ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Over 600, 000 more people would benefit from telecom services as Universal Service Fund, created by Ministry of IT and funded by mobile phone companies, on Tuesday signed a contract with one of the primary cellular companies to penetrate in remote un-served areas. The fund was established to improve telecommunications in rural […]
ISLAMABAD (January 16 2008): Telecommunication infrastructure and services in the rural areas can play a pivotal role for the long-term socio-economic benefit of the people and reducing the ‘digital divide’ between rural and urban areas. Caretaker Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications Dr Abdullah Riar stated this while addressing the signing ceremony of the […]
LAHORE: Cell phone subscribers are being subjected to fraud, in an organised manner, throughout the country under which they are informed about winning a cash prize for which they only have to pay a minor sum in the shape of scratch card numbers. Swindlers are using different cellular companies promotional schemes and call up both […]
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