ISLAMABAD: The Saba Aslam Trust (SAT) is going to make a documentary on the flood devastation in the country with the help of Hollywood experts. Founder of the Saba Trust Saghir Ahmad Aslam said a Hollywood team would soon visit Pakistan to make the documentary on the destruction caused by the floods. Source: The News […]
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik made a novel move on Tuesday of asking the community of journalists to decide his case against ‘misreporting’ about his resignation. Addressing a press conference at the National Press Club, he said he would never leave the country because his “life and death were associated with the homeland”. He said […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has constituted a five-member committee, headed by its President Pervaiz Shaukat, to ascertain truth, facts and background of news aired by a TV Channel about the resignation of Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik from his office and departure of his family abroad. The other members of the […]
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Tuesday announced that the government would soon establish Press Complain Commission (PCC) in order to regulate the media and its fallacious reports about government officials. He requested the journalists to avoid such reporting which are incorrect against government officials and politicians. Source: The Nation Date:9/29/2010
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday summoned Secretary to the Punjab chief minister and the journalist, who had published the report of the Special Branch pertaining to an alleged plot to assassinate Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif, on September 29 and 30, respectively. FIA Punjab Director Zafar Ahmed Qureshi […]
By Jonaid Iqbal ISLAMABAD: Roars of approval rang in the air at the auditorium of Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA), as Mekaal Hasan band gave a breathtaking performance of Sufi music on Tuesday night. The band’s performance amply showed why the finest contemporary Pakistani music outfit rules the hearts of the youth. Though […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the authority and jurisdiction of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to waive off Rs256 billion bank loans during the period from 1971 to 2009 under Banking Companies Ordinance. A three-member bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Tariq Parvez and Justice Ghulam Rabbani […]
By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Hamid Ali Mirza has barred the prime minister and chief ministers from visiting the constituencies where by-elections are to be held. The CEC has barred them from inaugurating or promising to inaugurate development schemes there, especially during the run-up to the by-polls. He also placed […]
By Azfar-ul-Ashfaque KARACHI: Condemning the sentencing of Dr Aafia Siddiqui by a US court, Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain called upon the president, prime minister and the federal cabinet on Tuesday to use diplomatic channels and take all possible measures to secure her release. Addressing over telephone from London rallies organised by MQM in […]
By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army retained the top military slot for a sixth consecutive term as the incumbent Chief of General Staff, Lt-Gen Khalid Shamim Wyne, was promoted on Tuesday as four-star general and appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. According to an official notification issued from the Presidency, […]
By Ishaq Tanoli KARACHI: A sessions court on Monday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife. The court found Qamar Abbas guilty of strangling his wife, Asma Bibi, within the remit of the Baloch Colony police station in Sept 2009 over a domestic dispute. Additional District and Sessions Judge (south) Jangu Khan […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) in co-ordination with Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has launched a mobile SMS service for devising a mechanism to lodge complaints and determine a person’s existence in beneficiaries list for Watan Card Project. The mechanism will not only facilitate the flood affected people in sorting out their requests, […]
KARACHI: Leading national telecom company Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), under its corporate social responsibility provided 500 Free Vfone telephones at the flood relief camps in Sindh and Balochistan. IDPs living in these camps can now make free unlimited local and national calls and stay in touch with the rest of community and their relatives. […]
Babar Ayaz In a country with a bleak future, the black coat’s ‘revolution’ – or should we call it ‘coup’? – might throw away President Zardari’s immunity and push the government to write to the Swiss courts The impatient establishment of Pakistan is once again pushing the country towards a change of government. Various configurations […]
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