SUKKUR: An elderly widow, who was handed over to her mother after her son branded her kari, has been missing for the last two days. Marium Gabole, wife of Ghulam Mohammad Gabole, told journalists in Mirpur Mathelo that her elder sister, Lal Khatoon, was accused of having illicit relations with a man, Manzoor, by her […]
Employer, a lawyer, has gone into hiding MULTAN: A 10-year-old girl, who worked as a maid at a lawyer’s house, sought refuge at a neighbour’s house on Tuesday night after being beaten for days by a witch doctor to free her from djinns’ possession. According to the child, Sara, her employee believed that she was […]
UNESCO to enhance new media capacity of Fatima Jinnah university RAWALPINDI: To strengthen the voice of Pakistani women through new media and online journalism, Unesco signed an MoU with Fatimah Jinnah Women University on Wednesday. The agreement stipulates that the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) will strengthen the new media capacity of […]
By Usman Manzoor and APP ISLAMABAD: Finally the government has made public the list of eleven handpicked journalists who have been allotted expensive plots in the federal capital, raising the eyebrows of many in media because these journalists were either far below in the waiting list for plot aspirants compiled by the Information Ministry or […]
Journalists, activists urge responsible journalism ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday highlighted the role of media and emphasised on the importance of self-accountability to be a responsible player in the society. Titled “Media, Democracy and Public Interest,” the seminar was organised by the Society for Alternative Media and Research. Attended by a large number […]
ISLAMABAD: Calling accountability within the journalist community need of the hour, Daily Times editor and veteran media expert, Rashed Rahman, on Tuesday, warned media persons to be prepared for accountability at the hands of outside actors if they did not take the initiative themselves. Rahman was addressing a seminar titled ‘‘Media, Democracy and Public Interest”, […]
Inquiry report to be submitted within fortnight ISLAMABAD: An inquiry commission constituted by the Ministry of Interior under Justice (r) Mian Muhammad Najumuz Zaman regarding alleged abduction and torture of a senior reporter of an English daily and a similar threat posed to another journalist, has completed its proceedings and the chairman has now left […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has directed the Ministry of Health to provide free medical treatment to all poor and old artists of the country. The prime minister in this regard approved the provision of free medical treatment to artists and artisans who are above 60 years of age and earning monthly income […]
Journalists, activists urge responsible journalism ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday highlighted the role of media and emphasised on the importance of self-accountability to be a responsible player in the society. Titled “Media, Democracy and Public Interest,” the seminar was organised by the Society for Alternative Media and Research. Attended by a large number […]
IN the wake of Pakistan’s dismemberment in December 1971, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was called to head the martial law administration, restore confidence, and lead the injured nation back to civilian and parliamentary rule. With a mandate for his party in the 1970 election, Bhutto drove the Islamabad administration to prepare sweeping policy reforms designed to […]
By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD: Nothing doing: it was how Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani responded in the National Assembly on Tuesday to some of what he saw as insincere talk from the opposition PML-N for mid-term elections to remove the PPP-led government. And the soft-spoken prime minister turned unusually tough to remind the so-called ‘friendly […]
HAMID WALEED LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government will hold local bodies’ elections in Sindh initially and then rest of the provinces at later stage. Talking to Business Recorder, party sources said local bodies elections would be held partially in country, as the Punjab government was not looking ready to hold early elections of local […]
By Bhagwandas KARACHI: The people will have to struggle hard to seize their rights from the exploitative forces, and once they have got them, they will have to protect the rights as these forces would try to regain their control, said human rights activists on Tuesday. Speaking at a seminar on ‘Human and civil rights, […]
The process of transfer of female principals, teachers to men’s colleges will begin soon SUKKUR: The provincial government has passed directives to flush out male staff at government girls schools and colleges in interior Sindh. The process of replacing all male staff, including principals, lecturers, professors and administration personnel, began on Tuesday. Principals, lecturers, professors […]
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