Javed Aziz Khan PESHAWAR: A senior tribal journalist, Nasrullah Khan Afridi was killed in a bomb explosion in a targeted attack at Khyber Super Market here Tuesday night. Eyewitnesses said Nasrullah had just boarded his car after returning from a shop near Lala Hotel in Khyber Super Market after faxing news to his media organisation […]
Nasrullah Khan Afridi, 38, correspondent of state-run Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV), English Daily “Statesman” and Urdu Daily “Mashriq” in Khyber tribal agency, was killed when an explosive device ripped through his vehicle on the night May 10, 2011 in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan that borders Afghanistan. The explosion took place […]
Karachi: An exhibition of Turkish Consul-General Fethi Etam’s photos ‘Here & There’ was opened at the Canvas Gallery, Clifton, on Sunday where a pictorial album of different countries – including Pakistan, Turkey, China, Bangladesh – was put on display. While inaugurating the exhibition, Sindh Minister for Power Shazia Marri said that Pakistan in general and […]
Zubeida Mustafa ZAFAR Hilaly, a former ambassador who makes frequent appearances on television talk shows, made a very telling comment in a programme last week. This was the evening when Operation Geronimo that killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad had sent the electronic media in a spin as it buzzed with outlandish speculation. Mr Hilaly […]
Riaz Khan Daudzai PESHAWAR: The government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has decided to exempt widows, divorced women, special people and home-based businesses from all taxes. The Social Welfare and Women Development Department of the province has started initial work in this regard and the government would finalise the legal course after the provincial budget, said Minister for […]
By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD: Putting aside a divisive turmoil on the previous day over Osama bin Laden’s killing in Abbottabad by US commandos, the National Assembly united on a women’s protection cause on Tuesday, unanimously passing a private bill to punish acid throwers with up to life imprisonment. However, a cleric from Balochistan, in a […]
Zubeida Mustafa ZAFAR Hilaly, a former ambassador who makes frequent appearances on television talk shows, made a very telling comment in a programme last week. This was the evening when Operation Geronimo that killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad had sent the electronic media in a spin as it buzzed with outlandish speculation. Mr Hilaly […]
By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON: The Pakistani military cut off its communication with US and Nato forces in Afghanistan for two days after a US raid killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, an American general said on Tuesday. In the US Congress, officials told reporters that Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Rehman Malik Tuesday said the Pakistani government would give US access to Osama Bin Laden’s widows. In an interview with CNN, Malik denied speculations that the world’s most wanted terrorist may have had a supportive network in Pakistani government, military or intelligence services. Meanwhile, talking to an Indian channel, Malik said […]
ISLAMABAD: The federal government plans to transfer Rs 1,300 billion to the provinces in the next fiscal year, 2011-12, under the 7th National Finance Commission (NFC) Award, official sources informed Daily Times on Tuesday. There would be a net increase of Rs 300 billion in provincial share in the federal revenues and grants with total […]
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir admitted on Tuesday that Pakistan’s image had taken a beating after the Osama episode but insisted that Pakistan-US relations were strong. “Pakistan and the United States have a strategic convergence and both countries may have differences on actions, but on the whole agree that we are pursuing the same goals,” […]
ISLAMABAD — The Pakistan army and the premier intelligence agency (ISI) have asked the government to tighten the visa policy especially for the Western media men especially the American journalists. According to well-placed defense sources, they have noted that the American journalists are arriving here on ‘business visas.’ “This should not be on as these […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan on Tuesday sought Chinese help to set up a Media University in Pakistan to train journalists to use the latest digital media techniques in an efficient way. Talking to a visiting Chinese media delegation, headed by Deputy Director General of the Standing Committee of […]
Sabir Shah LAHORE: Quite understandably so, the Indian public, political leaders and the armed forces are having a ball since the day Osama bin Laden was hunted down on the Pakistani soil. Gleeful media across the border has visibly been obsessed with the “risk-taking nature” of the “courageous” US President Barack Obama. Dubbing him “gutsy,” […]
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