The Anjuman Tarrqai-e-Urdu (ATU) has published a fresh edition of “Muhammad Hussain Azad’-Part-I” by Dr Aslam Farrukhi. The book presents a detailed study of the life and literary role of a great Urdu writer and critic, Muhammad Hussain Azad. In the West, the trend to determine literary status of poets and writers by the poets […]
ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: A government spokesman has termed as “factually incorrect and unfortunate” a statement by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) criticising President Pervez Musharraf’s remarks in response to a question by Dawn’s London correspondent Mohammad Ziauddin. The spokesman said that “at no point in time had President Musharraf instigated people to violence […]
ISLAMABAD (Online) – The journalists’ community has held a protest rally outside the Islamabad Press Club demanding repeal of the black laws against the freedom of media and independence of judiciary. Large number of journalists of twin-cities participated in the protest rally. They were also holding banners and placards inscribed with anti-government slogans. Source: The […]
ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The government on Tuesday decided to provide advanced equipment to security forces to help them foil possible suicide attacks on politicians during the campaign for coming elections, according to Interior Ministry spokesman Brig (retd) Javed Iqbal Cheema. He said at his weekly press briefing that the decision had been taken in a […]
LONDON: The British media has told President Pervez Musharraf that if he is serious about giving Pakistan a real transition to democracy, then he should heed the timely advice of 100 retired military officers, who now want him to resign, as many of them once “trained the future president”. This single advice given by a […]
ISLAMABAD: The government is according high priority to the development of information technology sector and to provide quality education to the young generation. This has contributed to economic growth and generates employment opportunities. Prime Minister Muhammadmian Soomro said this while addressing the concluding ceremony of the Outreach Scholarship Programme (OSP) 2007 at the Prime Minister […]
KARACHI (APP) – Nazim Karachi, Syed Mustafa Kamal has reiterated the demand for transfer of police department under City Government to eliminate crimes and control traffic problems. “The way the present city government got its mettle recognised by showing outstanding performance in various fields, simiÂlarly it would like to provide relief to people by providing […]
ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The government is considering a parliamentary proposal to lift a four-decade ban on showing films from India, a statement said on Tuesday. Pakistan officially outlawed all Bollywood films after going to war with its mainly Hindu eastern neighbour in 1965 over the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir. But a senate committee said […]
RAWALPINDI- Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench on Tuesday directed a woman, who had adopted a child, to present the baby in the court on the next hearing as a man who lost his son in Holy Family Hospital (HFH) last December for the custody of the child. The LHC Judge Syed Sajjad Hussain Shah […]
KARACHI, Jan 29: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has condemned President Pervez Musharraf’s verbal attack on senior journalist M. Ziauddin and demanded that an unconditional apology be extended to the journalist immediately. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, HRCP official Iqbal Haider criticized the yet another attack on the freedom of expression and […]
HYDERABAD, Jan 29: Activists of Child Rights Committee staged a demonstration outside the press club on Tuesday against torture of a teenaged domestic servant, Kishore Meghwar, a couple of days ago. The committee’s office-bearer Kashif Bajeer condemned the violence and said that it was government’s duty to check excesses against children. He demanded exemplary punishment […]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has lodged a strong protest with the United States against the manhandling of Maulana Abdul Sattar Edhi in New York by the immigration authorities. Taking strong exception to the incident, the Foreign Office Tuesday demanded of the US officials to let the noted social activist go. It said that hectic efforts were […]
CHITRAL, Jan 29: District Nazim Maghfirat Shah has urged people to ensure participation of women voters in the general elections and said that the district government would extend all kinds of cooperation in this regard. The nazim told people to exercise their right to vote and bring about a positive change in the social and […]
LAHORE (January 30 2008): The Women Business Incubation Centre, established by the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (Smeda) in Lahore, has announced that it will hold a series of 19 training programmes for business women between January and June this year.The first two-day training programme took place on Tuesday at the centre’s premises on […]
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