Tahir Khalil ISLAMABAD: Accepting the stance of Geo with regard to the Geo Super transmission, the special subcommittee of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting has directed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to immediately allow the channel’s uplinking from Pakistan to telecast sports events, sports news and sports current affairs […]
SUKKUR: Three women and a man were shot dead on the pretext of karo-kari in two different incidents on Wednesday. A man, Saddam Bhayo, shot dead his three relatives – Haseena Khatoon, Jannat Khatoon and Zulfiqar Bhayo – in Wahid Bux Bhayo village near Ghouspur, Kandhkot-Kashmore district. Haseena`s husband Ikhtiar Bhayo and Jannat`s husband Mohammad […]
THE editorial ‘Mai case’ was courageous as without mincing any words it said that it would be a shame if the case was not pursued further and the government would do well to ask the Supreme Court to review its verdict. In a dissenting note, it has been written that it is quite normal that […]
ISLAMABAD: On the advice of the prime minister, President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday approved the confirmation of 15 additional judges of Lahore High Court and four of Balochistan High Court. The judges who have been confirmed as additional judges of the LHC are Justice Nasir Saeed Sheikh, Justice S. Najamul Hassan, Justice Manzoor Ahmad […]
By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: After weeks of silence, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif made an astute move on the political chessboard on Wednesday. At the end of a long consultative meeting with his party colleagues, Mr Sharif called for the constitution of a high-level judicial commission comprising the chief justices of the Supreme and provincial high […]
Asim Yasin ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Wednesday approved the Budget Strategy Paper 2011-14 and decided to bring on board different stakeholders from political parties, the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) and Revenue Advisory Council (RAC) and incorporate their views for ensuring the best utilisation of available resources. The cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Syed […]
* Grants approval to start negotiations, signing of draft of third Frame Agreement between SUPARCO, CNSA ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval to start negotiations and signing of the draft agreement on the security of information between Pakistan and NATO. The cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza […]
Karachi: Sindh government has planned to establish the provincial Human Rights Commission to deal with the human rights violation cases. Minister for Law Ayaz Soomro introduced a bill “The Sindh Protection of Human Rights-2011” before the Sindh Assembly on Wednesday to provide a mechanism to check and control violation of human rights. The MPAs were […]
LAHORE: The South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) and South Asia Media Commission (SAMC), on Wednesday, condemned the outrageous targeted killing of a Pakistani journalist by a remote-controlled bomb planted in his car. “The death of Nasrullah Afridi from the northwestern Khyber Agency who was on the hitlist of a feared terrorist leader Mangal Bagh […]
WASHINGTON: Several leading US media organisations have filed requests under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the pictures and videos of Osama bin laden dead body and his burial. Besides the leading news agency Associated Press, Politico, Fox News, Judicial Watch and Citizens United have also submitted such petitions. President Obama’s decision to withhold […]
PESHAWAR: The journalist community here on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration against the killing of the tribal journalist Nasrullah, who was martyred in an explosion in Peshawar on Tuesday night. The protest demo was staged after the funeral prayers of the deceased journalist. The angry journalists were chanting slogans against the targeting of the journalists […]
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