By Ahmed Noorani ISLAMABAD: Pemra refused to appoint Saif-ul-Malook as the counsel of the authority in the Supreme Court in the cable operators case to be heard today (TUESDAY) despite pressure from high-ups. Saiful Malook was given briefings regarding the issue of putting Geo News another channel off air by the relevant pemra officials but […]
LAHORE: A delegation of South Asian rights activists joined the Labour Relief Campaign on The Mall on Monday to collect donations from the Lahorites for the flood-hit people of Pakistan. Comprising Nepal parliament member Sita Kumari Pondel, Nepal NGOs Foundation president Sharmila Kerki, Bangladesh human rights activist Faisal Bin Majid, Sri Lanka peace activist Nalini […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Monday slammed as ‘entirely inappropriate and mischievous’ the demand by a political party head for the military to “take any martial law-type action against corrupt politicians and feudal lords”. In a press statement issued here, the HRCP said: “It is a poor reflection on the nation’s […]
ISLAMABAD: Speakers at the ‘Impact of Food Inflation on Women and Girls’ seminar on Monday stressed the need to make relief operations more ‘women-friendly’ and expressed concern about the negative impact of food insecurity over women and girls in particular. The seminar was organised by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) in collaboration with Women’s Organisation […]
By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: The telecom sector has suffered Rs1.87 billion losses to its infrastructure and equipment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan because of the massive floods and official sources said that the damage in Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan could be much more than that. According to initial estimates of the Ministry of Information […]
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