ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday asked the National Assembly (NA) to form a parliamentary committee to probe into the cases of media groups which have not paid back loans of billions of rupees. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Dr Firdaus Ashiq Awan, informed the Lower House of the parliament that the government had been […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that the Higher Education Commission (HEC) shall continue discharging its functions and duties as it had been doing in the past unless and until a fresh legislation was promulgated. A three-member bench of the apex court comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice […]
ISLAMABAD, April 12: The Supreme Court found it disturbing on Tuesday that the government itself was trying to delay the hearing of its petition for a review of a verdict which held the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) illegal. The case was put off till Thursday. The adjournment came with a warning that the court was […]
Muhammad Saleh Zaafir and Muhammad Anis ISLAMABAD: A lady member of the National Assembly from Karachi shook the house on Tuesday on a point of order at the dying hours of the proceedings when she raised the issue of sale-purchase business of kidney in southern Punjab. Kishwer Zehra, belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), […]
By Intikhab Hanif LAHORE: Governor Latif Khosa has ratified the amended Local Government Ordinance and the revenue laws passed by the Punjab Assembly on March 31, paving the way for the separation of revenue administration from the district governments. Officials said on Tuesday the revenue administration would be formally separated from the district governments in […]
SIALKOT: A nine-year-old girl, daughter of a labourer Muhammad Safdar, was kidnapped and sold a month ago. Safdar had sent Nazia to his son-in-law’s place in Mughlanwala for work, from where she was kidnapped. At the request of Nazia’s brother-in-law, police lodged a report and arrested the accused but the girl could not be recovered. […]
KARACHI: Business Recorder’s senior editorial staff member Rais Ahmad Khan died due to cardiac arrest at a hospital here in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. He was 83. He leaves behind wife, two sons, one daughter and many grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be finalised after his family members’ arrival here from Iran and US […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecom (IT&T) Dr Babar Awan Tuesday said that all telecom policies should be pro-consumer. During his visit to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Headquarters, the minister said that telecom policies “must be evaluated and reviewed on annual basis.” He said that complaint-handling system should be made effective and all […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), while taking cognizance of perpetual violations by Geo News and Geo Super with regards to Pemra Ordinance 2002, and licence terms and conditions, on Tuesday issued notices to Geo News for what it alleged airing false news reports whereby it was claimed that Pemra had blocked the transmission […]
Rawalpindi–The Department of Communication Sciences at Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi organized a well-attended workshop on “Development of Curricula for Journalism Education” on Tuesday. The workshop, arranged in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural organization (UNESCO) was aimed at developing a critical understanding in which media works and shapes the world. Opening […]
HOW will women be affected by the devolution process under way in line with the 18th Amendment? The relative silence from them – compared to the deafening noise from the pro- and anti-HEC lobbies – suggests that women are not concerned. Devolution will not affect women in the same way as higher education which has […]
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