KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has granted a week to the deputy attorney general to file comments on behalf of the Ministry of Interior on the Independent Music Group’s petition for the issuance of a satellite media license to its sports channel Geo Super. SHC’s division bench headed by Justice Gulzar Ahmed granted time to […]
Dr Irfan Zafar The situation is extremely grim considering the fact that out of the five operators operating in the country, four are going in loss and are already looking for buyers and mergers to avoid total collapse. The cellular industry of Pakistan has been at the forefront in contributing towards the national economy since […]
By Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Q is reported have decided in principle to join the federal government, but it has asked the PPP leadership to also take the MQM and JUI-F on board and form a “national reconciliation government” for the sake of security and prosperity of the country. According to sources, PML-Q […]
GWADAR / SUI: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani announced on Monday transition of security responsibilities of the restive town of Sui in Dera Bugti district to Balochistan’s Frontier Corps over the next two months. He said the army battalion posted in Sui would return to the Quetta cantonment and once the […]
By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court pointed out on Monday the absence of questions of law in the presidential reference relating to the Z.A. Bhutto case and suggested that the reference be sent back so that the presidency could clarify what it meant by asking the court to revisit the Bhutto trial. “It will […]
Karachi: The administrative judge of Anti-Terrorism Courts in Karachi on Monday sent the suspects charged with the murder of Geo TV reporter Wali Khan Babar to jail and directed the investigation officer to submit a charge-sheet against them. Mohammad Shahrukh, 22, Faisal Mehmood, 43, Mohammad Shakeel, 42, Syed Tahir Naveed Shah, 32, and Syed Mohammad […]
Abbas Zaidi The very idea behind the security state is that civilians are expendable, that there is no need to build civilian institutions because we are permanently invaded, that when the whole world is your enemy, you must build an almighty army. In his Distant Voices (1994), John Pilger narrates how a Soviet intellectual got […]
LAHORE: A contradiction between oral and written statements of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) chief greatly annoyed the Lahore High Court on Monday, and he was warned of action against him for giving contradictory statements in the court. A single-member LHC bench was hearing a public interest writ petition regarding the Pemra ban […]
Asim Javed ISLAMABAD: The massive scandal of recruiting over 350 persons without test and interview against 119 vacant posts through an advertisement from Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) last year turned serious when a senior Pemra officer, Dr Muhammad Safdar Rehman, filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the current acting […]
By Asad Farooq KARACHI: Chief Executive Officer of Dawood Capital Management Tara Uzra Dawood announced on Wednesday that the 3rd LADIESFUND Women’s Awards would be held at Mohatta Palace Museum on March 5. Addressing a press conference at her office, she said that 150 of the most dynamic and inspiring women in Pakistan would attend […]
Karachi: The body of a teenage girl who was raped and strangled after being abducted was found packed in a gunny bag in the Eidgah police limits on Monday. The body of 14-year-old unidentified victim with her hands and legs tied with a piece of rope was found near the Civil Hospital Karachi. After some […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to immediately vacate a girls` hostel of Rawalpindi Medical College (RMC). The bureau has been provided accommodation in the offices vacated by the devolved Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education in Islamabad, according to a statement issued by the Prime […]
RAWALPINDI: A brutally beaten pregnant woman receiving treatment in Benazir Bhutto Hospital died on Monday – as unknown as the day she was found abandoned in Kotli Sattian woods last week. Doctors discovered her pregnancy when police brought her from the hilly town to Rawalpindi for investigations and treatment on Thursday. They found that the […]
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