DADU: The Awami Tehreek president, Ayaz Latif Palijo, has called for amendments to nikahnama form to ensure that after marriage a woman`s right to education and employment is guaranteed. He termed Qisas and Diyat law defective which had been proved beyond doubt in the Raymond Davis case. He was addressing a gathering of women at […]
ISLAMABAD: National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has deleted 37 million “bogus” voters from the existing electoral rolls and decided to include those who have registered with Nadra after 2008. “We matched 81 million voters enrolled in the current voters list with the authority’s database and only 44 million were found correct and remaining 37 […]
* Altaf, Qaim and others condole death By Asad Farooq KARACHI: Renowned Pakistani comedian Liaqat Soldier passed away due to a heart stroke, here on Wednesday. He was participating in a special transmission organised for the Pakistan-India cricket semi-final on a local channel when he suffered a severe heart attack and died on his way […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Wednesday expressed its concern at registration of cases in Khanewal district against scores of tenants under the Anti-Terrorism Act. In a statement, the commission said while the administration had largely refrained from using force to prevent the tenants’ march elsewhere in Punjab, tenants in Khanewal district […]
MOHALI: Pakistan and India moved a step closer to resumption of dialogue for normalising their ties soured by the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks when their prime ministers met here on Wednesday in a relaxed atmosphere provided by the Cricket World Cup semi-final match between their teams. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and his Indian counterpart […]
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly, in the absence of opposition members who staged a boycott of the proceedings, passed seven bills during the Wednesday session. Taking the opposition’s absence as an opportunity, Deputy Speaker Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan, who was in the chair, swiftly ran the business regarding passage of bills presented by Rana Sanaullah. The […]
By Zohra Yusuf The writer is a former vice-chairman of the HRCP and has spent over three decades in advertising [email protected] Iraq and Afghanistan may be undergoing insurgencies more serious than those in Pakistan, but it is this country that has become the most dangerous place for media personnel. The annual report of the Committee […]
KARACHI: “The Annual General Council of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society will meet on Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 11:00 am at Karachi,” a press release of the APNS has stated. Sarmad Ali, Secretary General, All Pakistan Newspapers Society, has announced that the Annual General Council will discuss the conditions prevailing in the newspaper industry […]
ISLAMABAD: Agreeing to a suggestion by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to penalise the cable operators guilty of violating an earlier court order only after the Cricket World Cup event is over, the Supreme Court appointed on Tuesday former information minister Javed Jabbar to monitor the programmes relayed by the cable operators to […]
ISLAMABAD: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday barred non-rights-holding channels from access to the remaining matches of the World Cup for alleged breach of its accreditation rules and guidelines. According to a private TV channel, the channels will be barred from practice sessions and press conferences related to the three remaining matches, including the […]
KARACHI: Two traditional rivals of Asia, Pakistan and India, will face each other in the 2nd semi-final of ICC World Cup 2011, today, in Mohali. The match is scheduled to begin at 2:00 pm (PST). Geo Super will telecast this exciting match. Across the border the excitement reaches its peak. Geo Super, Geo TV, Geo […]
* NA Standing Committee recommends LHV regularisations, sets their wage at Rs 7,000 By Ijaz Kakakhel ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Human Rights on Tuesday regretted that one year has passed and it is clear failure that no justice was given to Haleema Bhutto, who was declared kari. The committee, which met […]
HYDERABAD: The family of a female student, thrown outside the house of her relatives in an unconscious state on Tuesday, have appealed to Sindh Governor and higher authorities to ensure justice to them. An uncle of the girl narrating the ordeal said that his niece, a first-year student of the Liaquat University of Medical Sciences […]
By Rana Tanveer ‘They are banding together and refusing to entertain my complaint’. LAHORE: The Punjab Bar Council has refused on Wednesday to entertain the complaint of a widow, who charged a senior lawyer with assault. The incident took place in the High Court Bar premises a few days ago and the bar council has […]
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