Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: Despite being disposed of in a humiliating manner on May 1 by the Presidency, former chairman Pemra Mushataq Malik is now vying for the position of member Federal Services Tribunal (FST). Sources confirmed to The News that Malik was trying his best and was making requests to the Presidency in this regard. […]
LAHORE — Syed Ali Hashmi elected new President, Asher Butt as Secretary General and Zulqarnain Sheikh as treasurer in the Sports Journalist Association Lahore (SJAL) elections held here at the National Hockey Stadium on Monday. The elections were held under the chair of Senior Sports Journalist Raza Hameed. As many as 48 members of SJAL […]
* Says provincial health insurance policy is in its final phase and provision to include journalists too can be incorporated into it KARACHI: Sindh Health Minister Dr Sagheer Ahmed has assured ‘Group Insurance (GI) provision’ for working journalists in the province. Addressing members of the Karachi Press Club (KPC), during the inaugural ceremony of KPC […]
PESHAWAR: A Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ)-convened meeting of various bodies of media people on Monday took exception to the government, media owners and journalists’ representative organisations for cold-shoulder response towards the assassination of tribal journalist Nasrullah Afridi and worked out a proper line of action to take up the issue properly at all forums […]
KARACHI: A two-member Sindh High Court (SHC) bench headed by Chief Justice Musheer Alam with Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi as the other member has restrained the former office-bearers of CPNE (Khushnood Group) from using the CPNE accounts. The learned court passed the interim order on a constitutional petition filed by Ilyas Shakir, secretary general CPNE. […]
Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: Within a few days of the adoption of a unanimous resolution by parliament seeking complete review of Pak-US relations to safeguard the sovereignty of Pakistan, some elements in the government and the military establishment have moved to thwart the will of parliament by feeding the media with distorted information to score points […]
By IRAM GHANI WASHINGTON DC: Ten journalists were killed last year in Pakistan, making it the deadliest country for the media, the Newseum in Washington reported after adding the names of reporters and photographers who died while covering the news last year to its Journalists Memorial. The rededication of the Journalists Memorial was held in […]
ISLAMABAD: Only seven percent people in Pakistan are happy over the murder of Osama bin Laden while half the population is sad or worried following his killing, polls conducted by Geo Television Network have revealed. Polls also say seven out of 10 Pakistanis blame President Asif Ali Zardari for the release of CIA agent Raymond […]
SUKKUR: A young woman named Koonj was admitted to Civil Hospital, Sukkur on Sunday evening with the right side of her face, right arm and both hands burnt. Doctors were not sure whether she was burnt using acid or hot coal. Koonj spoke to The Express Tribune and said that she was a resident of […]
By Ali Hassan ISLAMABAD: Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Akmal Khan Monday ordered Station House Officer (SHO) Shalimar Police Station to submit inquiry report about the application of Zobia Shahid accusing Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Line Superintendent and In-charge Police Foundation of publicly hurling abuse at her after a roadside collision. Shahid filed an […]
KARACHI: The Club 40, an exclusive club for women in the age group of 40, was launched here by the Pakistan Menopause Society in collaboration with the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) in a graceful ceremony held at a local hotel on Monday. The club was introduced for the very first time in Pakistan to address […]
THE Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s attempt to deal with unregistered and unverified SIMs is headed for a failure as only a ‘few’ subscribers are getting their numbers verified with their respective operators. The PTA had directed cellular mobile operators to verify SIMs of their subscribers by May 17, after Interior Minister Rehman Malik expressed concern over […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Monday marginally reshuffled the portfolios of federal ministers belonging to PML-Q and MQM. According to the notification issued by the cabinet division, Chaudhry Wajhaat Hussain has been re-allocated the portfolio of Minister of Labour and Manpower and Sheikh Waqas Akram is now the Minister of State for Labour […]
LAHORE: Stage and television actress Anjuman Shehzadi died on Monday under mysterious circumstances. According to initial reports, 33-year-old Shehzadi was suffering from a fever for the past two days and had gotten herself some medicine from a pharmacy nearby her house in Iqbal Town. Thinking that it would be a minor case of fever, she […]
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