Police tell SC that Sharjeel went to Luwara of his own accord. ISLAMABAD: Hassan Sharjeel, the missing son of senior journalist Shakeel Ahmed Turabi, has been traced to Luwara, a town situated along the country’s border with Afghanistan — a few kilometres off Miramshah, the agency headquarters of North Waziristan. This was revealed by the […]
MIANWALI: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif announced on Thursday a residential colony for journalists in Mianwali “in recognition of their efforts to highlight national issues” and a model village for the flood-hit. Addressing Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) workers at the residence of former MNA Inamullah Niazi, Mr Sharif also spoke highly of the people of Mianwali […]
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By Bob Dietz/CPJ Asia Program Coordinator CPJ has always been careful to avoid making accusations when journalists are abducted or killed in Pakistan. Our tactic is to call for full investigations either by the police, the courts or special investigative bodies. In many such cases, the local journalists’ community blames government security agencies, including the […]
By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: As the government struggles to decide whether or not to impose a flood tax, it has finally taken a decision on the Internally Displaced People tax it had imposed last year. It has decided to return the amount collected during the last fiscal year to corporate employers. Almost three months after […]
ISLAMABAD: The government has cut 40 per cent of the budget allocated for the federal ministry of human rights, disbursing 60 per cent the remaining funds for employees’ salaries, officials said on Wednesday. An official source told The Express Tribune that the ministry was previously allocated Rs20 million in annual budget for fiscal 2010-11 to […]
KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Wednesday inaugurated a Tailoring Centre under Economic Development Project for Women established by National Commission for Human Development in collaboration with Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Youth Development Program at Razzaqabad Relief camp. The centre will initially impart training to 50 ladies in tailoring, cutting, sewing etc. According […]
By Ishaq Tanoli KARACHI: A sessions court on Wednesday sentenced a man to life in prison on charges of killing his wife in 2009 in Malir Cantt. The court found Ammar Yasir Ali guilty of killing his wife Sadaf Rizvi in May 2009 within the remit of the Malir Cantt police station. District and Sessions […]
FAISALABAD: Education of Information Technology is imperative for the growth of national economy, said Tanvir Safdar Cheema Chief Executive Officer Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO). He was addressing a function at the certificate distribution ceremony. He distributed diplomas among the successful participants of computer course held under the aegis of Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central […]
By Jamal Khurshid Karachi: The screening of Melody Queen Noor Jehan’s pre-partition film, Anmol Ghari, is contingent on the Culture Ministry taking a decision on a recommendation forwarded by the Central Board of Film Censors to lift the ban on import of Indian films made before the 1965 Pakistan-India war. Film exhibitor M/S Mehboob Pictures […]
By Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Wheeled onto the Karachi Press Club premises, ace film actor and comedian Lehri looked physically frail but was mentally agile as he cracked jokes despite his failing health, at a meet-the-press programme of the KPC on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, comedian Farid Khan claimed that he was the biggest Lehri […]
* Says journalists’ problems will be solved on priority basis KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Local Government, Agha Siraj Durrani hinted that elections of the local bodies would be held in March or April, 2011. He said this while talking to media persons at the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Wednesday. Durani said that new local […]
LAHORE: To celebrate 50 years of journalistic career of Majid Nizami, Editor Nawa-i-Waqt and Editor-in-Chief TheNation, Majlis Karkunan-e-Tehreek-e-Pakistan Islamabad-Rawalpindi is organising a ceremony in Islamabad today at 3pm. President Azad Jammu Kashmir Raja Zulqarnain, Federal Minister for Information Qamar Zaman Kaira, Law Minister Dr Babar Awan, former Chief of Army Staff General (r) Mirza Aslam […]
By Muhammad Anis ISLAMABAD: The leaders of All Pakistan Akhbar Farosh Federation coming from across the country have pledged to keep good relations with Jang Group of Newspapers. These views were expressed by Akhbar Farosh Union leaders from Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Hyderabad and other cities at a reception hosted by Universal Distribution Network (UDN), […]
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