QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court (BHC) will hear today (Wednesday) the constitutional petition of ex-chief of Pemra Balochistan, Gul Muhammad Kakar, who was removed/repatriated by acting chairman Pemra, Dr Jabbar, during the telecast of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Kakar has prayed before the BHC that he was serving as Regional General Manager (RGM) Pemra […]
ISLAMABAD: On his first day in office, Prime Minister`s Adviser on Petroleum Dr Asim Hussain is reported to have ordered regularization of service, with backdated financial benefits, of 302 management trainees inducted into the country`s largest petroleum producer, Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), amid a strong protest by regular officers and employees. More […]
By Intikhab Hanif LAHORE: The revenue administration is being placed under the control of the provincial government and withdrawn from the district governments after 10 years from Wednesday (today). This has been done after the Provincial Finance Department issued a notification in the light of the recent amendments to the Local Government Ordinance of 2001 […]
KARACHI: Sindh General Secretary of the Pakistan People`s Party Taj Haider, who is heading the party`s provincial monitoring body on census, has proposed that electronic database being compiled by the National Database Registration Authority should be made the basis of national census as large-scale manipulations, especially in Karachi, have made the census exercise extremely controversial. […]
Shakeel Anjum ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Tuesday that it was alarming that the use of unauthorised sim cards was not being addressed properly by cellular companies. Addressing a meeting of heads of cellular companies at the Interior Ministry, he said criminals and terrorists used such sim cards for their ulterior motives. “A […]
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Tuesday told National Assembly that some 90,000 illegal passports and Identity cars acquired by Afghan nationals were cancelled and investigations had been started against the delinquent. Responding to a point of order, the minister revealed that investigations had been started against as much as 215 officials of National Database […]
By Muhammad Yasir KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommun-ication Authority (PTA) has approved Reference Interconnection Offer (RIO) of Pakistan Mobile Communication Limited (PMCL) for facilitating different operators, seeking initiation of telecommunication services with its collaboration in its strong networking and subscribers’ regions. PMCL, considered as Significant Market Operator (SMP), is obliged to providing service to operators to minimise […]
ISLAMABAD: A comprehensive plan has been evolved for the coverage of National Judaical Conference (NJC) set to be held on April 22. The plan was finalised during a meeting conveyed in the chamber of Registrar Supreme Court of Pakistan for evolving publicity plan for proper coverage of National Judicial Conference. The meeting was attended by […]
By Samia Saleem KARACHI: Kiran, a class IX student of Mama Parsi School, received her objective paper 10 minutes late but the invigilator snatched it away only 20 minutes later. She was sitting for her Pakistan Studies exam at Jodhpur Memon Association Secondary School, Burns Road, on Tuesday when this incident took place. She knew […]
By Aurangzaib Khan What do you get if you cross a campus transmission with community broadcast that eschews journalism? A hybrid that may serve the state regulatory authority’s interests but is likely to lose sight of its core academic purpose. Whether the campus radios in Pakistani universities produce responsible radio-journalists or a crowd of complacent […]
SLAMABAD: Human rights campaigners, political figures and civil society activists at a conference here on Tuesday said the future of Pakistan will remain bleak without girls’ education. The conference: “Empowerment through girls education in contemporary Muslim societies” was jointly organised by Oxfam and Pakistan Coalition for Education with support from Dubai Cares. The speakers said […]
Rana Jawad ISLAMABAD: Federal Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan and other government functionaries told the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday that the country’s most popular and only sports channel Geo Super could air its transmission only from abroad and not Pakistan. The panel’s meeting was convened to discuss the lingering […]
Rahat Munir RAWALPINDI: Local cricket teams and schoolchildren staged a protest demonstration in Rawalpindi on Tuesday against the closure of Geo Super and Aag channels. The protesters carrying cricket bats and wickets chanted slogans against Pemra. On the occasion, Azhar Mir, Civil Society president, said on the directions of President Asif Ali Zardari, Pemra was […]
LAHORE: Twenty-three short films and documentaries were screened on the second day of the Vasaakh Film Festival at the FC College University on Tuesday. The documentaries raised social issues, ranging from lives in the slums of Ravi to poverty and domestic violence. ‘Not to be loud’ was the first documentary screened on the second day […]
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