LAHORE: Senator Pervaiz Rashid on Saturday said that photographer had presented a positive picture of Pakistan before the world. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of a photographic exhibition held under the aegis of Photo Journalists Association at the Lahore Press Club on Saturday, Pervaiz Rashid said that, like other departments, we are not behind in the […]
FEAR has gripped the mindset of the Pakistani liberal secular class as a consequence of the brutal murder of Salman Taseer. We are told that Jinnah’s Pakistan is now completely dead and the ‘barbarians’ are knocking at our doors. We can be killed anytime, anywhere and by anyone. With an unequal distribution of economic, political […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production chairman, Lt-Gen (retired) Javed Ashraf Qazi, on Saturday said that parliamentary oversight of the executive ensured transparency and promoted good governance besides enabling the government to devise popular policies to achieve the goal of development and social emancipation of common man. He expressed these views […]
LAHORE: Following a green signal by the federal cabinet, the Pakistan Railways decided on Saturday to raise passenger fares and freight charges by margins ranging between 10 and 20 per cent. The fares for short distance and shuttle passenger trains will go up by 10 per cent, inter-city, mail and express by 15pc, non-stop by […]
MUZAFFARGARH: The police have failed to arrest the accused who had killed his sister and injured his sister-in-law for honour on Thursday in Rangpur, some 45kms from here. The police said Saeed Ahmad Khaira suspected that his sister, Nasreen Bibi, and sister-in-law Aasia Bibi had relations with some men. On Thursday, he shot dead Nasreen […]
A FEW days back, when I tuned to a local TV channel, a talk show got my attention, in which a TV anchor and a ‘Mufti Sahib’ were having a ‘debate’ with well — known Pakistani actress Veena Malik. Controversies will not be resolved until we try to understand things by ourselves using common sense […]
By Rayan Khan ISLAMABAD: Famous singers Humera Channa and Ghulam Abbas enthralled guests by singing the great revolutionary poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poetry at the newly opened spacious Pak-China Friendship Centre on Thursday evening. The event was part of the celebrations of the centennial of the legendary poet and organised by Pakistan National Council of […]
LONDON: Eminent Lords, members of the British Parliament, lawyers, doctors and journalists turned up in large numbers to attend a memorial meeting held by the Pakistan Journalists’ Association (PJA), UK, at the Grand Room in the House of Commons in London to pay tribute to late Minhaj Burna. Remembering the struggles, which Burna initiated to […]
LAHORE: A Red warrant has been issued for Moonis Elahi, son of former Punjab chief minister Pervez Elahi, by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) corruption scandal, a private TV channel reported on Friday. According to sources, a session judge issued the arrest warrant of Moonis Elahi. Moonis has […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Labour and Manpower Syed Khursheed Ahmad Shah, also holding the charge of the Religious Affairs has been appointed as the special adviser for the Shaheed Bhutto Foundation. Spokesperson Farhatullah Babar said that the appointment of Syed Khursheed Shah as special advisor has been made by the Board of Governors of the […]
KARACHI: The Sindh health department on Friday launched a strategic plan to respond to the crisis of high prevalence of acute malnutrition among children and pregnant and lactating women in 19 districts, including 16 flood-affected districts, of the province. Speaking at the launching ceremony of the Sindh Strategic Nutrition Response Plan (SSNRP), Health Minister Dr […]
KARACHI: Prominent Urdu Poet and Naat Khwan, Muzaffar Warsi passed away on Friday, Aaj News reported. According to the channel, he had been suffering from paralysis for many years. Warsi was born on December 20, 1933 in Meerut, India. He was a prominent Urdu poet, critic, essayist, a lyricist par excellence, and scholar of Pakistan, […]
Sharmila says no institution, nation or country can make progress without free press and strong democracy KARACHI: This century is the century of the media and democracy and no institution, nation or country can make progress without free press and strong democracy. Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Information Sharmila Farooqi said this on Friday […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Friday asked all the landing rights permission holders to apply for renewal of their permission strictly in accordance with the Pemra laws and rules. A handout by the authority says, “Pemra issues landing rights permissions to off-shore satellite TV channels for a period of five years and […]
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