IT seems that cellular companies are not paying any heed to the warnings of Interior Minister Rehman Malik. They have failed to block SIMs issued under fake identities. As a matter of fact, this is not the first time that the interior minister has tried to bring this issue under the limelight. However, most of […]
ISLAMABAD, April 21: The Supreme Court announced on Thursday that a larger bench would commence from May 2 regular hearing of a presidential reference seeking its opinion on the death sentence of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto after five questions of law had been formally presented to it. On Wednesday, a special cabinet meeting had allowed Babar […]
ISLAMABAD, April 21: Senior PML-N figure Javed Hashmi seemed mutinous in the National Assembly on Thursday, though differently from when he was once charged in a court, as he asked party leader Nawaz Sharif to apologise for accepting a Saudi exile for a pardoned conviction. He proposed splitting up the country’s four provinces in up […]
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday admitted a criminal appeal against 18 high ranking police officers acquitted in the Murtaza Bhutto and his companions’ assassination case and issued notices to them for appearing in the court. A division bench of the SHC, comprising Justice Gulzar Ahmad and Justice Shahid Anwar Bajwa, was hearing […]
ISLAMABAD, April 21: Around 28 inspectors and sub-inspectors of Islamabad police have been appointed as community police officers (CPOs) who will work with the local community to control crime and curb activities of anti-social elements. The announcement was made by Inspector General of Police Wajid Ali Khan Durrani while addressing policemen at the National Library […]
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani vowed to defeat terrorism and rejected the notion of Islamabad “not doing enough” in the anti-Taliban fight, the military said on Thursday. His comments followed remarks by Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, accusing the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency of having […]
ISLAMABAD: Justice Muhammad Anwar Kasi of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday issued notices to the secretary information, a Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) executive member, deputy general manager to Pemra executive member and Pemra regional general manager after a Pemra HR general manager and an HR assistant general manager alleged before the court […]
RAWALPINDI: Popular cricket teams and clubs of the city here on Thursday held a protest in collaboration with the Civil Society Pakistan against the restrictions on Geo Super and Aag. Protesters holding cricket bats and wickets chanted slogans against the government and Pemra. Members and cricketers of Raja Club, Shaheen Club, and Pakistan Club took […]
RAWALPINDI: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) in a meeting in Lahore on Thursday passed a resolution demanding immediate restoration of Geo Super and Aag. The meeting held with SCBA General Secretary Qamar Zaman Qureshi in the chair was attended by SCBA Multan chapter convenor Kanwar Iqbal Ahmed Khan, Aslam Ghuman from Islamabad, finance secretary […]
Suspected militants blew up parts of the privately-owned radio station FM 93 Dilbar Radio at about 1:30 a.m. on April 20, 2011 after planting explosives around the building housing the station. Radio Dilbar is located in the town of Charsadda, 120 kilometres southeast of Peshawar in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, and broadcasts a mix of news and […]
LAHORE: Journalists and other media practitioners assembled under the banner of a consulting firm Individualland as part of its initiative Free, Independent Responsible Media (FIRM) and discussed the problems being faced by the journalists. The speakers at the meeting observed that the media persons, especially the field reporters, are under tremendous pressure – not only […]
LAHORE — Pakistan Tehreek Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has said we can put the country on the track of prosperity by only following the thoughts of Allama Iqbal. Addressing a ceremony held in connection with the Iqbal Day at Aiwan-e-Iqbal on Thursday, he said that any coward person could not become a leader of the […]
ISLAMABAD: Women’s role in economy and society needs to expand. This was the result of a two-day conference that concluded here on Wednesday. The conference “Empowerment through girls’ education in contemporary Muslim societies” was organised by Oxfam GB and Pakistan Coalition for Education. National and international experts on education, politicians and civil society representatives attended […]
LAHORE – A nine member delegation of journalists from India’s leading media organisation visited the Punjab University (PU) on Thursday. Vice-Chancellor (VC) Dr Mujahid Kamran, Colonel Ikramullah, Assistant Professor Maria Maldonado, Dr Hassan Askari Rizvi, Dr Qalb-i-Abid, Dr Shahida Hussnain, Dr Javed Ahmad and other faculty members received the delegation consisting of Raj Changapa from […]
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