By: Khalid Malik LAHORE — The National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) is rejecting birth certificates issued by the City District Government (CDG) declaring them bogus, which is causing massive nuisance for the applicants, the CDG sources inform TheNation. The sources further said that dozens of complaints were received in the Birth and Death Certificates […]
Umar Cheema ISLAMABAD: (Umar Cheema) The wee hours of late Saturday brought a metamorphosis in my life. Not just that I was muffled, picked up, tortured, and humiliated. No absolutely not. Rather the torture has removed the remaining fear, if there was any in my heart and mind, and has instead given me the realization […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said on Tuesday that the process of disbursement of Rs20,000 in cash grant would start soon (before Eid) but would take 40 days to complete in order to cover such a large number of affected families spread in far flung areas of all the provinces. The purpose of […]
ISLAMABAD: Former Information Minister Sherry Rehman on Tuesday submitted an adjournment motion in the National Assembly Secretariat to discuss the issue of kidnapping, torture and humiliation of correspondent of The News Umar Cheema. Sherry Rehman, in her adjournment motion, stated that the Constitution of Pakistan ensured the freedom of speech and the government had also […]
KARACHI: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Tuesday announced that the government would confer Pride of Performance on the martyred driver of Aaj TV and cameraman of SAMAA TV, Aaj News reported. He made the announcement while talking to media at the Chief Minister’s House in Quetta. Interior Minister further said that the government would offer […]
ISLAMABAD: Faced with losses of around Rs447 billion due to floods, the Sindh government has decided in principle to impose ‘flood tax’ to finance rehabilitation of flood-affected people and rebuilding of damaged infrastructure. Provincial authorities also fear severe losses in the agriculture sector as water-logging could make sowing for the Rabi season difficult. The Sindh […]
MINGORA: Security forces on Tuesday launched a search operation after miscreants blew up a second girls’ school in Kalam late on Monday. Officials blamed suspected terrorists for torching of the school in Peshmaal. Another school had been destroyed last weekend. The terrorists had destroyed more than 402 schools in the district before they were expelled […]
ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued instructions to all the banks to comply with the ‘Protection Against Harassment of Women at Work Place Act 2010’ displaying the Code of Conduct within their premises. The banks are also directed to form specific committees to address these complaints and ensure conducive environment for working […]
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