By Muhammad Anis ISLAMABAD: The Upper House on Friday adopted recommendations on the RGST of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue amid loud protests and accusations against the Senate Chairman Farooq H Naek for bulldozing the process. The PML-Q senators also staged a critical walkout just seconds before the chairman put the motion […]
SIALKOT: Business community engaged with musical instruments industry seeks government’s special attention and support for the modernisation and upgradation of the industry and demanded special incentives and concessions for enhancing export of musical instruments. More than hundred year old musical instrument industry of Sialkot was totally ignored by the concerned authorities and no steps have […]
By Sohail Afzal KARACHI: The imposition of Reformed General Sales Tax (RGST) will further hike the prices of more than 550 items. According to sources, after the imposition of RGST, hundreds of things, which remained exempted from the sales tax so far, will come under the tax net. The products and commodities which will come […]
DADU: A girl committed suicide by shooting herself with a pistol here on Friday amid reports she was heartbroken after her lover jilted her and her nude clips were found on the Internet. The 22-year-old college student who worked with a local NGO as lady health worker suddenly lost all interest in life after the […]
Jamila Achakzai Islamabad: The country has laws to protect women from violence, but they appear of little help to the fair sex, whose vulnerability to excesses by men in the male-dominated society has refused to recede. Enough to confirm this view are the figures compiled by ‘The Madadgaar Helpline’, which reports the killing of 1,195 […]
LANDI KOTAL/ GHALANAI: Militants blew up two more schools in Khyber and Mohmand agencies late on Thursday night. Residents of Khugakhel area of Landi Kotal told Dawn that unidentified militants planted huge quantity of explosives inside the Meera Khan Kali Government Girls Primary School which exploded with a big bang. The explosion destroyed parts of […]
KARACHI: Akhtar Adil Razwy, a former assistant editor of Dawn and editor of its sister publication Evening Star, died in Karachi on Friday morning. He was 88. Because he led a disciplined life, he had no medical problems normally associated with the people of his age. After a fall in his Gulshan-i-Iqbal home, he became […]
ISLAMABAD: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Thursday demanded an immediate investigation into the murder of journalist Abdul Hameed Hayatan in Balochistan, including a full inquiry into allegations of involvement of Pakistani security agencies. The body of Hayatan, 25, was found in the village of Hiroonk, near Turbat, in the southwest, on November 18. […]
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Recently in a talk show, politician Sheikh Rashid was shown smoking. He threw smokes on the face of his host. Besides setting a bad example, he made the moderator to also succumb to passive smoking. There is a ban on advertising on smoking because of its pervasive effects on the minds of the people especially […]
The performance of spokespersons of various political parties on media channels seems to have turned into a clash of egos. Instead of talking on issues and using refined language to convince the other and the audience, the discussion turns out to be a verbal wrestling match. This includes using loud voice, aggressive language, mudslinging and […]
Law books are important. They reflect where the state stands when it comes to its role as an arbiter and negotiator between its citizens and institutions. Whether it aims to stay neutral and side with the weak or take a certain position favouring a powerful interest group or particular sets of interests. Pakistan’s law books […]
Today I learnt a new statistic. 95 per cent of aggressive behaviour, harassment, abusive language and degrading images in online spaces are aimed at women. This is a global phenomenon but one that can be, and is, overlooked. After all, when we think of violence, it is physical assault that comes to mind. What takes […]
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Religious Affairs on Thursday issued a new notification of Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani’s appointment as chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) for a three-year term. According to the notification, Maulana Sherani has been appointed as chairman of the council for a period of three years with effect from November […]
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