Muhammad Nadeem Khan RAWALPINDI: Railways Prem Union held a protest demonstration against ban on Geo Super and Aag channels on Tuesday. Addressing the participants of the protest rally, Quaid of Prem Union CBA Ishtiaq Assi said that Geo TV and Geo Super were being targeted for supporting truth and right, and Geo always supported the […]
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari approved on Tuesday extension in the service of four Lahore High Court and two Sindh High Court additional judges for a period of one year. According to the president’s spokesman, Farhatullah Babar, the president extended the services of the judges as a consequence of the Supreme Court’s verdict and on […]
KARACHI: After the success of fifth consecutive exhibitions, sixth Information & Communications Technology Exhibition and Conference – (CONNECT 2011) is all set to blaze the IT industry. The exhibition will display state of the art technologies and innovative ideas & solutions from 3-5 May 2011 at Karachi Expo Centre. CONNECT 2011 will feature IT professionals […]
KARACHI: Federal Interior Minister Rahman Malik along with Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah discussed law and order in the province at a meeting held at the Chief Minister’s House on Tuesday in the backdrop of twin terrorist attacks on Pakistan Navy buses in Karachi earlier in the day. It was also stated that […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Tuesday urged the overseas Pakistani journalists’ community to play their active and vibrant role in improving country’s soft image abroad. She said this while talking to UK based Pakistani Journalists who called on her here. The Minister lauded services of UK based journalists and […]
CPNE soon to initiate membership to district- and tehsil-level newspapers running successfully. KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) will soon initiate the process of giving membership to district- and tehsil-level newspapers which have been running successfully, says a press release issued here. This was stated by CPNE President Khushnood Ali Khan at an […]
By Obaid Abbasi ISLAMABAD: The number of journalists in Pakistan has increased from 3,000 in 2005 to 17,000 in 2011, according to a presentation made by InterMedia on Tuesday. An NGO working on media development and DRI said that though the number of journalists have increased manifold during the last five years in Pakistan, they […]
ISLAMABAD: Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Tuesday that the transmission of Aag TV channel would be restored after the submission of a written statement from Geo Group to Pemra that it would not violate the content in future. Talking to the media after attending a meeting of the Senate Standing […]
Tahir Khalil ISLAMABAD: On the recommendation of the Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting, the government has shown its agreement to lift ban from the transmission of Geo Aag, while no decision could be taken about Geo Super in the committee because of inflexible attitude of the government; therefore, the committee deferred the issue […]
Zeeshan Azmat Karachi: Senior Minister for Education and Literacy Pir Mazhar-ul-Haq said on Tuesday that female staff would be appointed to all girls’ colleges in Sindh and any male staff working in those colleges would be transferred. He also issued directives for the construction of a teaching staff hostel at each girls’ college so that […]
Asim Yasin ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Women Development Tuesday presented its report in the National Assembly to amend various Acts and Codes in relation to protection against acid crimes, and rehabilitation of compensation for victims of acid crimes. Chairperson of the Committee Bushra Gohar presented the report on the Acid Control and […]
By Naila Anwar Warraich ISLAMABAD: Narrating her life and struggle, Ghulam Sughra, a recipient of International Women of Courage Award, on Tuesday told students that education was a must for women to bring in better changes in their own and others’ lives. “Education makes all the difference for a woman. I was divorced because I […]
PESHAWAR: Militants blew up a government-run primary school for girls in Adezai area on the suburbs of provincial metropolis on Tuesday, police said An official of Matani police station said that militants planted five explosive devices at the three-storey building and exploded them through a remote at about 1.25am. He said that each of the […]
MULTAN: Thirteen men, who were acquitted by a three-member bench of the Supreme Court in the Mukhtar Mai gang-rape case a couple of days ago, were released from the central jail here on Tuesday. Those released are: Mohammad Ramzan, Mohammad Aslam, Allah Ditta, Khalil Ahmed, Ghulam Hussain, Nazar Hussain, Qasim, Hazoor Bakhsh, Rasool Bakhsh, Faiz […]
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