QUETTA- A journalist, was wounded in an incident of firing in Turbat, Balochistan on Sunday. According to sources, private TV reporter Jahangir Aslam and Directorate of Public Relation Balochistan Sector Incharge Abdul Wahid Baloch were heading towards their residence from Press Club in Turbat when gunmen opened in-discriminate firing on them, injuring them critically. They […]
Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pemra, Mushtaq Malik has been sacked by the Government and told not to rejoin duty on May 2 in what experts say is an action against the law and rules and regulations. Sources said the Chairman was summoned to the presidency on Saturday and was told in a threatening tone that […]
* Director programmes says Tanvir Afridi had received major share of his payment in advance and cheques of amount left are ready By Asad Farooq KARACHI: Tanvir Afridi, an artist and chief executive of an event company entitled ‘Tanvir Afridi Productions’, has claimed that the administration of the Pakistan Television (PTV) is refusing to pay […]
By Mohammad Hussain Khan HYDERABAD: Tears welled up in Bushra Bajwa`s eyes as she related her ordeal, which started when she lost a hand while working on a machine in a factory in Kotri`s SITE area last year, and continues till this day. The tragedy took place on March 8, 2010 in an industrial unit […]
By Samia Saleem Girl’s father, in cahoots with police, is threatening to kill the two to save family’s ‘honour’. KARACHI: Nazia and Shahid, who are 18 and 20 years old respectively, originally hail from Ghotki. They eloped and reached Karachi after Nazia’s parents refused Shahid permission to marry their daughter. They were married at Civil […]
Dr Shehryar Baloch Faiz’s trust in the nobler values of life and his belief in the possibilities of human effort remained unshaken throughout his life, even in his last years which were not particularly happy ones. Even in the poetry of his last years, notes of love, compassion and hope are clearly heard ‘The only […]
Gabrielle Giffords, Dilam Rouseff and Aung San Suu Kyui are a source of inspiration to not only women but also to men all around the world. It is an irony that people still see women as a source of trouble in society. The recent verdict by the Supreme Court to acquit all but one of […]
By Azfar-ul-Ashfaque KARACHI: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday took Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain into confidence about talks with the leadership of Pakistan Muslim League-Q and asked him to rejoin the federal cabinet “for stability of the country”. Mr Gilani telephoned Mr Hussain to express his condolence over the killing of MQM […]
Abdul Sattar Khan LAHORE: Out of the hundreds of politically motivated appointments, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has accommodated those influential candidates, including the son of Justice (R) Abdul Hameed Dogar for the post of assistant general manager (AGM), whose names did not appeared in the original result sheet for qualifying the written […]
Media supporting govt on national issues PESHAWAR: Minister for Information, Culture and Transport Mian Iftikhar Hussain said that journalists community was playing a key role in the progress and development of the province. He said this in a meeting with delegation of three representative media groups of Haripur inclduing Liberal Union of Journalists, Haripur Press […]
KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon visited the office of the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) on Sunday. He met with the office-bearers and members of the executive committee of the KUJ. Speaking on the occasion, the minister lauded the role of journalist community towards the cause of democracy in the country. He further […]
Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: The findings of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), which included representatives of ISI, IB, CID, Special Branch, Rangers and Police, in the Wali Khan Babar case reveal that all the three target killers, who confessed to the killing of Geo TV’s brave reporter, received the orders from one Agha in South Africa. […]
Muhammad Saleh Zaafir ISLAMABAD: The US ambassador in Pakistan has brushed aside an impression that General David Petraeus would be fighting his third war in Pakistan upon assuming head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as reported by the US media. “I don’t think so,” was the quick remarks made by US ambassador in Pakistan […]
Shakeel Anjum ISLAMABAD: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Islamabad, Amer Ali Ahmed has submitted inquiry report about the torture of journalists by police and security staff of the Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) when they were performing their duty on April 27, the Interior Ministry sources said. The report held the police supervisory officer who was station […]
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