By: Asma Ghani ISLAMABAD — Two-day national conference kicked off at National Press Club Islamabad Saturday to address various issues of female journalists in the country. The National Press Club has organised the conference on “Gender Discrimination in Media and Capacity Building Sessions for Female Journalists” in which about 200 female journalists are participating from […]
THE country`s main human rights watchdog has confirmed what was widely believed to be the case – that Pakistan had a dismal track record in terms of rights violations in 2010. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan`s latest annual report paints a bleak picture. It does point to some positive developments last year, such as […]
By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: Maula Bakhsh Chandio, a Pakistan People’s Party Senator from Sindh, will take over as new federal law minister on Saturday. He will replace Babar Awan, who resigned earlier this week to plead a presidential reference seeking the Supreme Court’s opinion about the execution of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. […]
ISLAMABAD: The government has approved a project to expand the National Response Centre for Cyber Crimes and decided to turn it into a permanent wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved an allocation of Rs468.667 million for the second phase of the project. According to sources, Rs10 […]
ISLAMABAD: Talking to Daily Times, PNCA Director performing art Hassan Abbas Raza said council was a national organisation and it was committed to looking after welfare of artists belonging from all provinces. “When an artist fall ill, the council recommends his/ her name and Ministry of Culture helps the artist. There are three categories on […]
By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari appointed on Sunday his close confidant Dr Asim Hussain as adviser to the prime minister on petroleum and natural resources, the position he had quit over a year ago. Talking to Dawn, presidential spokesman Farhatullah Khan Babar said Dr Hussain would have the status of a federal […]
LAHORE: The institutions of the state must discard pursuit of personal agendas and join hands to reverse the worsening conditions for the populace, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Executive Council said in a statement issued on Saturday at the conclusion of its two-day meeting. About situation in Balochistan, the Council observes, “The human […]
LAHORE: Ms Zohra Yousaf and Mr Kamran Arif were elected chairperson and co-chairperson, respectively, of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Sunday. A statement issued by outgoing chairperson Dr Mehdi Hasan said the other elected office-bearers were treasurer: Zafar A Chaudhry; vice-chairpersons: Tahir Husain (Balochistan), Saleema Hashmi (Punjab), Sher Muhammad Khan (Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa), Amarnath Motumal […]
LAHORE: Intolerance cannot be checked without providing justice to all segments of society. This was consensus among speakers at a seminar `Growth of intolerance in Pakistan’ by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on the occasion of its annual general meeting. Supreme Court Bar Association President Asma Jehangir said the media had played a […]
By Muhammad Yasir KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has reduced Access Promotion Contribution (APC) rates by 50 percent to 2.75 cents per minute call to facilitate Long Distance International (LDI) operators for enhancing traffic of international incoming calls at lower charges. The cut in APC is likely to reduce the international call charges of the […]
By Sajid Chaudhry ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) has proposed to the government levy of one-time broadcast cess of Rs 2,000 per unit on local and imported cars equipped with radio and permanent 0.1% broadcast cess on all mobile phone users for its financial independence. The proposed one-time broadcast cess of Rs 2000 per unit […]
Karachi: The MQM coordination committee said on Friday that the recent negative propaganda was an attempt to tarnish the image of the party. In a statement issued by the Rabita Committee from London, the party accused certain elements in the media of writing baseless and unfounded stories on the MQM. The statement added that official […]
By Adil Jawad KARACHI: Two policemen, a police officer’s brother and one informer linked to the investigations into Geo reporter Wali Khan Babar’s murder on January 13 have been methodically targeted over four months. Wali Khan Babar was shot dead in Liaquatabad No. 1 near the Apwa school as he was going home from office. […]
Nadim Alvi LAHORE: The alleged assassin of Wali Khan Babar, Nadeem Polka, has been arrested by a sensitive organisation from here and handed over to the Karachi police. Highly informed sources have revealed that after committing the assassination, Nadeem Polka had escaped from Karachi and came to Lahore. One of his accomplices arrested in Karachi […]
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