LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Friday called upon the government to take early and meaningful steps toward abolition of the death penalty in the country as well as immediately make the informal moratorium on executions formal. In a statement issued by the Commission read: “The HRCP joins the world coalition against […]
By Mudassir Raja RAWALPINDI: The students of Government Girls Primary School, Dhamial, in the city’s outskirts, are forced to study in the open as a portion of the dilapidated roof of classroom collapsed 20 days ago injuring nine students. A visit to the school, ten kilometers south of Saddar, witnessed the girls sitting in the […]
DADU: It seems as if there is a lot more in store for people hit by floods as their misery continues to prop up in different forms and shades and their complaints always left in the cold. This time around, it is the issuance of Watan cards. Police is making every effort to cash in […]
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) agreed on Friday to join hands to promote healthy competition in the private electronic media and to take steps to curb deceptive marketing practices being propagated through media. The agreement was reached at a meeting held here between CCP Chairperson […]
THE role of media in Pakistan is evolving rapidly. It first became the beacon against political oppression and suppression of human rights, later it advocated the revival of the judiciary and then it took upon the cause of transparency in governance. In all fairness we need to admit that the media gives a mirror image […]
By Dr Amjad Parvez I am in a habit of taking a walk in Bagh-e-Jinnah every evening and often visit Quaid-e-Azam Library. When late, I am content with just looking at the architecture of the building, the old Gymkhana Club that houses the great library now and get awestruck each time when I look at […]
By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: Justice (retd) Deedar Hussain has been appointed Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). “President Asif Ali Zardari signed a summary of Justice Deedar Hussain’s appointment and an official notification has been issued in this regard,” presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said on Friday. Criticising the decision, the Pakistan Muslim League-N […]
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