MIRPURKHAS: An elderly woman, her son and a relative were killed by armed men in Walo Shar village in the Phuladiyoon area on Sunday. The assailants barged into the house of Moula Bux Shar with the intention of killing him. His mother Saleha Shar and relative Ali Hassan Shar intervened. One of the assailants opened […]
By: Shafi Baloch KARACHI – Hundreds of landline telephone connections remain disconnected in Lyari Town since long owing to the negligence and poor services on part of the PTCL Lyari Exchange, TheNation has reliably learnt. On the other hand, a source in the PTCL informed that the PTCL Lyari Exchange is unable to start the […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Sunday expressed concern over continuous detention of two French journalists who were abducted by the Taliban militants in Afghanistan late last year and demanded their immediate release. The PFUJ expressed solidarity with the journalists and vowed that they are with them and fully support their cause […]
THE Supreme Court of Pakistan struck down the National Reconciliation Ordinance in 2009 but the federal government, led by the PPP, didn’t implement the apex court judgment regarding the NRO. On Sept 21 the Supreme Court ordered the arrest of former managing director of Oil and Gas Development Company Adnan A. Khawaja and former head […]
THIS is with reference to the budget speech made by the finance minister who highlighted the increase of pension/medical allowance to the retired persons at 15 per cent and 20 per cent, and 20 per cent and 25 per cent respectively. In pursuance of the budget speech, the Finance Division (Regulation Wing) had issued office […]
By Ahmad Hassan ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Sunday that rewriting or amending the Constitution was the sole prerogative of parliament and not of the Supreme Court. Talking to senior journalists and television anchorpersons, he said in what appeared to be a shift from his earlier position that he would sack all […]
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