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Taliban warn media against ‘biased reportingÂ’

* TTP will continue resistance until govt parts ways with US-led NATO forces By Sudhir Ahmad Afridi LANDIKOTAL: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Azam Tariq on Monday asked reporters and journalists to be impartial in their profession. “The media should avoid creating rifts in the ranks of mujahideen who are fighting a holy war,” the TTP spokesman […]


NA body approves Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill

ISLAMABAD:The standing committee on Law,Justice and Parliamentary Affairs on Monday unanimously approved ,”The code of criminal procedure(amendment) bill,2008 regarding the statutory bails during the period of appeals and trials. The Standing Committee on Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs met here under the Chairpersonship of Begum Nasim Akhter Chaudhry, MNA to discuss the, (i). The Code […]


AI presses Pakistan on human rights

LONDON: Amnesty International urged Pakistan on Monday to tackle human rights violations ahead of a visit to Britain by President Asif Ali Zardari, which has become clouded by a diplomatic row over terrorism. On the eve of President Zardari’s arrival in London, Amnesty International said the worsening security situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had left thousands […]


Seminar asks govt to ensure protection of women’s rights

ISLAMABAD: Participants at a seminar organised under the auspices of Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) asked the government to live up to its UN obligations and ensure protection for the women. The women rights campaigners and participants of the seminar urged the government to fulfill its obligations under UN Resolution 1325 to ensure protection of […]


Nadra resisting installation of ABMS at Torkham

ISHFAQULLAH SHAWL ISLAMABAD: National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has resisted the installation of the Automated Border Management System (ABMS) at Torkham -Pak-Afghan border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, by citing an example of the first system that was installed at Chaman in 2006 and eventually destroyed in 2007 by forces operating from across the border, well […]


PTCL striving to restore connectivity at the earliest

ISLAMABAD: In the aftermath of the on-going natural catastrophe i.e. heavy rains and floods, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd is making all out efforts to restore communications lines so that people in the affected areas are connected with their loved ones. Numerous telephone lines became non-functional and numerous exchanges rendered non-operational in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province as a […]


3G mobile technology: PTA to introduce policy framework shortly

KARACHI: Secretary IT and Telecom Naguibullah Malik on Monday said Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) would shortly introduce a policy framework on the 3G mobile technology. Speaking as a chief guest at a seminar – “Demand for 3G and beyond”, jointly organised by the PTA and HUWAEI, he said the PTA has so far completed most […]


JI to launch TV channel

RAWALPINDI: Central spokesman and Deputy Secretary General, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan, Dr Farid Ahmad Paracha said the JI would soon launch a religious TV channel with the cooperation of traders and steps in this regard are being taken. He said this while addressing the participants of a workshop held here on Monday, where besides JI Ameer […]