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Monthly Archives: September 2010

HR department provides free educational facilities to 28,000 workers’ children

LAHORE: Labour & Human Resource Department is providing free educational facilities to 28,000 workers’ children through a network of 38 Workers Welfare Schools situated in the 19 districts of the province. It now has also planned to provide free quality education to the workers children through partner schools in six more districts where Workers Schools […]


DIG to reinvestigate maid’s kidnap case

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday appointed DIG Bashir Memon as inquiry officer for the reinvestigation of the kidnapping case of a 17-year-old maid and directed him to submit a report in court within 15 days. A division bench headed by Justice Mushir Alam was seized with the hearing of a petition of Allah […]


Woman ‘burnt’ to death

KARACHI: A young mother of a six-month-old girl was burnt to death allegedly by her husband and a brother-in-law in the early hours of Wednesday in North Karachi, police said. They said that 20-year-old Bushra died in suspicious circumstances and initial investigation suggested that her husband and brother-in-law could be behind her death. “It was […]


Brothers kill two young sisters

NAWABSHAH: Two teenaged sisters were shot dead by their brothers on Wednesday over a matrimonial dispute in Shahpur Jehanian. The two brothers, Allah Bughio and Aijaz Bughio, killed their sisters Ms Noorjehan, 17, and Ms Zohra, 15, as the girls were not willing to break their engagements though they were engaged to the men of […]


Unavailability of cellular services hampers relief work

By Muhammad Yasir KARACHI: The relief and rescue activities have been affected severely by the unavailability of or poor telephony services in the flood-hit areas, where the network infrastructure has been damaged widely. Officials of various agencies involved in rescue and relief activities said on Tuesday the connectivity problem is widespread particularly in many cities […]


Angry agitation of PTCL workers continues

By Abrar Mustafa ISLAMABAD: Thousands of aggressive PTCL workers stormed into the premises of Headquarters on Monday to observe a sit-in, despite tight security measures taken by the management. According to the announced plan, thousands of hostile PTCL workers from all across Pakistan gathered outside PTCL Headquarters in Islamabad to protest against, what they called, […]


Aid campaign singer not satisfied with govt performance

By Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Known vocalist Ali Haider has said there is no truth to reports that he is reverting to singing songs as a profession. “I will only be reciting Hamd, Naat and Sufi verses,” he said while speaking at a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday. He told mediapersons that […]


LHC asks PEMRA to submit written reply

By: Shahid Rao RAWALPINDI — Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench Tuesday ordered Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to submit its written reply to a petition filed against the role of Pakistani media in criticising the Pakistani cricketers over the issue of betting in the test match. However, LHC judge Justice Syed Akhlaq Ahmed […]


Zardari meets editors of Sindhi newspapers, TV channels

KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari said on Tuesday that Pakistan would convert the disaster caused by the floods into opportunity with the help of people and international community. He was talking to editors of Sindhi newspapers and electronic TV channels at Chief Minister House here. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Federal Information Minister […]


18th Amendment eliminates role of PM, says CJ

By Sohail Khan ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Tuesday said that the 1973 Constitution enshrined that there would be a parliamentary form of government in the country with prime minister as head of the state, however, under Article 175-A, the role of PM had been taken away. “Under the parliamentary system, […]


Flood tax on imports and income likely

By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD: The government has decided in principle to impose a two per cent flood tax on all imports to generate about Rs50 billion in additional revenue for undertaking reconstruction and rehabilitation projects. This will be in addition to a 5-10 per cent flood surcharge on all incomes exceeding Rs300,000 per annum, including […]


Man slaughters women of family for their ‘arrogance’

Man murdered 3 daughters and wife for not being consulted in marriage decision MURIDKE: A man has confessed to slaughtering his three daughters and wife after the latter contracted the marriage of their oldest daughter against his will. According to the police, Pindi Machiyaan resident Shaukat Ali killed his family in their sleep. Shaukat drugged […]