KARACHI: One of the most prominent Pakistani prisoners in the US, who has been dubbed the ‘daughter of Pakistan’ by political parties, is also mentioned in one of the 75,000 reports leaked and published by WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks The role of Aafia Siddiqui The report, which was first highlighted by Wired.com’s Danger Room blog after the […]
By Meena Ahmed Karachi: The ZAB film festival, an annual event organised by the Department of Media Sciences at a local university, has entered the third year of its celebration since its launch in 2008 by the host university. Each year, the university conducts the festival, inviting entries from across the country to introduce the […]
By Mehtab Haider ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) is committed to provide loans amounting to $3.7 billion to Pakistan for priority areas in next four years including $924 million for Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC)/public financial management, $850 million for energy sector, $275 million for water/ports and $1.115 billion for education sector. According to WB’s […]
* PM says no need to call in army * Short, medium and long term plans made to stabilise Karachi’s situation * Display of weapons in city will be discouraged KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), the Awami National Party (ANP) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) signed a 10-point code of conduct on Saturday. […]
FAISALABAD: A man who was allegedly mutilated by his wife and her lover has complained that police officials are refusing to act on his case. Ghaziabad resident Sultan Ali married Naseem Bibi a year ago. Sultan said that his neighbor Anwar was a regular visitor in their house and that he suspected his wife was […]
Karachi: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said on Saturday that women being an important segment of the society can play a significant role in the relief and rehabilitation of flood victims. Women particularly those representing the political parties can motivate the female population in the collection of food items and other relief goods for […]
By: Farzana Shah PESHAWAR — The National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) has dismissed 153 employees and registered cases against them for fraudulently issuing Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs) to the foreigners including Afghan nationals. Sources informed TheNation that a report issued by the Interior Ministry stating that 90,000 such CNICs and passports, which were […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Saturday said that no “mentionable” incident took place in the hall in Birmingham where President Asif Ali Zardari was addressing members of the Pakistani community. Talking to a private news channel, he strongly contradicted the news, telecast by private news channels, that an individual […]
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