Sindh-born scholar Dr Motilal Jotwani, 72, passed away on Tuesday morning in Poona, India, said a report. Born in Sukkur (Sindh) in 1936, Jotwani wrote about 40 books in Sindhi, English and Hindi languages. He was also a visiting professor at Harvard University at one point. Some of his most notable books in English include […]
MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 29: A cyber crime control unit will be established in Azad Jammu and Kashmir to track down sophisticated crimes, the region’s new police chief announced here on Tuesday. However, Inspector General Javed Noor did not give any timeframe as to when the announcement would be realised. “It’s in my basic priorities and will […]
LAHORE (January 30 2008): NetSol Technologies Limited Chairman and Executive Chief Officer Salim Ghauri has said his company is planning to write another success story in the Middle East after the region of Asia where LeaseSoft has become a symbol of accuracy, quality and security. “We already have a very strong presence in the Asia […]
SAHIWAL, Jan 29: Noor Shah police registered a first information report (FIR) against Shahadat and six others, including three women from his family, for kidnapping Nadia on Monday. Police also handed over Nadia to her parents. Police claim that Shahadat kidnapped Nadia and married her on Jan 18 forcibly while the family of Shahadat claims […]
ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has asked its affiliated unions to complete by Wednesday the signature campaign for “Free media for fair polls”. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, the PFUJ said the struggle for freedom of the press and freedom of expression would continue till the acceptance of its […]
The Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) elections have been scheduled for Wednesday. A total of 600 voters are expected to participate in the polling which will continue from 09:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m. results will be announced late Wednesday night. The “Progressive Panel” will be contesting against “The Panel.” Each panel also has candidates for […]
DADU, Jan 29: A man shot dead his mother and teenaged sister on the pretext of karo-kari in Karimdad Lund village late on Monday night. Mujeebur Rehman surrendered to police at Khairpur Nathan Shah police station after killing his mother Ms Husna, 45, wife of Kalo Khan and sister Saima, 15. KIDNAPPED: A large number […]
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 […]
PESHAWAR, Jan 28: Following the threats of suicide attacks by unidentified persons, apparently militants, about 75 per cent transporters in the provincial capital removed cassette players and television sets from their vehicles on Monday. Some of the drivers had reportedly received threats from unidentified persons asking them to remove the music gadgets from their vehicles […]
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: A report prepared by the Centre for Media and Democracy, a Pakistani NGO, on pre-poll concerns and observations about the Feb 18 elections will be released in Islamabad on Feb 1, according to a decision taken at a meeting of the centre’s board of governors held here on Monday. The report is […]
All records of the Revenue Department of the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) are being computerised under public-private partnership and in this regard a private company has been selected for maintaining the records and investing in new technology for the purpose, sources told The News. According to them, the cost of the new system is […]
KARACHI (PPI) – A three-member bench of Sindh High Court Monday dismissed two petitions of different candidates challenging the orders of Appellate Election Tribunal. The bench comprised of Chief justice Muhammad Afzal Soomro, Justice Mrs. Qaiser lqbal and Justice Mehmood Alam Rizvi. Imdad Ali Khan Sarki had approached SHC against the acceptance of the nomination […]
LONDON (NNI) – British Prime Minister Cordon Brown should tell visiting Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf that free and fair elections would be impossible without the full restoration of Pakistan’s judiciary, Human Rights Watch has said. Musharraf, in the United Kingdom on the last leg of his first foreign trip since the assassination of former Pakistani […]
LONDON (NNI) – British Prime Minister Cordon Brown should tell visiting Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf that free and fair elections would be impossible without the full restoration of Pakistan’s judiciary, Human Rights Watch has said. Musharraf, in the United Kingdom on the last leg of his first foreign trip since the assassination of former Pakistani […]
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