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Daily Archives: May 5, 2011

Peshawar jail to jam cellphones

By Sadia Qasim Shah PESHAWAR: The authorities at Peshawar central jail will soon install jammers to sever cellphone link of hardened criminals and militants with their accomplices outside the facility. “Criminals stay in touch with their accomplices from inside the prisons and issue them directives for illegal activities,” official sources told Dawn and said that […]


Culture: Sindh to give artists up to Rs30,000 in stipends

By Z Ali HYDERABAD: The Sindh Culture Department has started distributing financial assistance to artists, writers, musicians and singers of the province. A total of Rs11.33 million has been set aside. In order for the artists to be eligible they have to be either 40 years or older or suffering from a severe illness or […]


SHC moved over telecast of ‘baseless’ footage

Karachi: A petition has been filed in the Sindh High Court seeking court injunction against the broadcasting or re-broadcasting of any programme on the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Ladin without any credible and conclusive evidence. He submitted that foreign media have been ridiculing the security agencies and sovereignty of the country after the […]