Babar Ayaz This is one of the problems of a society where we talk about democracy and criticise the government day in and day out, but when it comes to tolerating criticism on us we retaliate. Perhaps the democrat in us is not even skin deep. Spending two-and-a-half days with about 200 journalists from all […]
By Zaib Azkaar Hussain Karachi: Dr Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, popularly known as Ariel, has expressed his deep concern over plagiarism in Urdu literature. Referring to an Urdu book titled “Falsafa Ma Ba’ad Jadeediat” (post-modern philosophy) by a UK-based Pakistani, Shahid Imran Bhandar, which alleged that a renowned Urdu critic of India, Gopi Chand Narang, had […]
The Supreme Court’s “restraining order” to stop government functionaries from any moves to undermine the judiciary have brought to the fore the unsavoury role being played by a section of the electronic media in the political arena. On Thursday, the chief justice of Pakistan felt compelled to call an extraordinary session of the Supreme Court […]
Babar Ayaz This is one of the problems of a society where we talk about democracy and criticise the government day in and day out, but when it comes to tolerating criticism on us we retaliate. Perhaps the democrat in us is not even skin deep. Spending two-and-a-half days with about 200 journalists from all […]
By Sajid Chaudhry ISLAMABAD: State Bank of Pakistan Governor Shahid Hafeez Kardar on Monday informed the donor community that government borrowing from the banking sector has reached 56 percent or Rs 6 trillion, which is putting pressure on the exchange rate and resulting in an increase in inflation. The real challenge before the SBP is […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Monday expressed concern over reports of registration of a criminal case against 175 tenants of military farms in Okara, for allegedly resisting a contractor from taking possession of 100 acres of land leased to him. A statement issued by the commission said: “It is a matter of […]
ISLAMABAD: With ASEAN member states heading towards formation of a human rights body, Saarc countries should take an initiative for inter-governmental mechanism to protect and promote human rights in the region. These views were expressed by speakers at a seminar on “the need for inter-governmental human rights mechanism in South Asia” organised by Sustainable Development […]
By Ishaq Tanoli KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court on Monday recorded the statements of two prosecution witnesses in a case pertaining to the rape and murder of a minor girl. A teenager has been charged with abducting his five-year-old cousin in July 2010 within the remit of the Clifton police station and subjecting her to a […]
LAHORE: SENIOR Journalist and Columnist Saud Malik passed away on Monday after a brief illness. He was 50. He had been suffering from dengue fever for the last few days. His condition became critical last day and he finally breathed his last. His funeral will be offered at his residence situated near Muslim Town. He […]
LAHORE: The Telecom (wireless) director on Monday informed the Lahore High Court that a globally useful website containing offensive/hateful material could not be blocked completely, but the link of objectionable stuff could be deleted from the website. Director Mudassar Husain informed this in a written reply filed in the court of Chief Justice Khwaja Sharif […]
RAWALPINDI: The Lahore High Court’s (LHC) Rawalpindi Bench has directed not to put the name of former chairperson of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in the Exit Control List (ECL) before listening to his point of view. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which had found former PTA chairperson Major General (retd) Shahzada Alam allegedly involved […]
By Muhammad Yasir KARACHI: Dr Muhammad Yaseen, Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has been working to formulate combined and converged regulations with Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to facilitate content and programme developers for mobile phone applications. Speaking with the media in the sideline of award distribution ceremony “Calling All Innovators Pakistan 2010” organised […]
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