arachi: Sindh Minister for Information Sharjeel Inam Memon said on Thursday that the provincial government was likely to prepare a directory of bona fide journalists as it had been observed that certain people were impersonating media people with fake credentials. He was speaking at a luncheon his ministry had hosted for the working journalists at […]
LAHORE — The Lahore High Court on Thursday directed Punjab Journalist Housing Foundation to submit a written statement by June 6 next about developing park in Lahore Press Club Housing Scheme in Harbanspura on an alternative land. Earlier proceeding with the petition filed by senior journalist Din Muhammad Dard, assistant advocate general Shan Gull appeared […]
Muhammad Ejaz Khan QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Thursday suspended the orders of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) regarding repatriation of its ex-Regional General Manager (RGM), Gul Muhammad Kakar, from the Authority to his parent department i.e. the University of Balochistan. The BHC passed the orders, suspending the office Order No. […]
Asim Javed ISLAMABAD: Challenging Dr Abdul Jabbar’s illegal deputation, confirmation and appointment as acting chairman of Pemra in the Islamabad High Court (IHC), Ashfak Jumani, senior-most Director General of Pemra, has prayed that he (Dr Jabbar) may be restrained from performing duties with immediate effect. The writ petition of Ashfak Jumani, filed through Agha Tariq […]
ISLAMABAD: Samina Farzeen, appointed as General Manager on deputation in Pemra, challenged her premature repatriation orders in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday. In her petition, she pleaded that by declaring Pemra’s order of May 17, 2011 as illegal, the same be nullified as issued through the misuse of powers. The petitioner said she […]
By Tariq Ismaeel DERA GHAZI KHAN: Four of the five women kidnapped from Sakhi Sarwar shrine following a suicide blast on April 3 have been sold in Barkhan district of Balochistan, Muhammad Sarfaraz, whose wife was among them was told. Sarfaraz said he went to Barkhan and met some men who said they had been […]
LAHORE: Iqbal Town police have arrested an accused allegedly involved in number of kidnap cases of minor children. A minor girl was also recovered from the accused and a case was registered against him, here on Thursday, the police sources said. SP Iqbal Town constituted a special team which arrested accused Arbaz Amer when he […]
ISLAMABAD: Mukhtar Mai filed a review petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday against acquittal of persons who had raped her about nine years ago. On April 21, the Supreme Court rejected, by a majority of two to one, appeals of Mukhtar Mai against acquittal of her tormentors and for enhancement of their sentence. However, […]
ISLAMABAD: A man threw acid on her wife after she refused to withdraw a plea submitted to a local court seeking (divorce), police said on Thursday. Nagina Bibi, who works as a maid, was intercepted by her husband Mohammad Irfan at Shahzad Town when she was going to her employer`s house. He asked her to […]
Summary Urdu Newsletter May 20 To May 26, 2011 Date 5/20/2011 Download ppf newsletter vol 9 no-20.pdf
GIVEN the worsening security situation, it is not surprising that Pakistan is considered deadly for journalists. Amnesty International’s recent report says that during 2010, the maximum number of journalists killed in connection with their work anywhere in the world was in Pakistan, with eight deaths. The Committee to Protect Journalists similarly labelled Pakistan the “world’s […]
LAHORE — The Punjab government has cancelled 18 MoUs signed with the US for different development projects, provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said Thursday as he proposed the Centre to slash defence budget by up to 50 percent to end its reliance on foreign aid. The PML-N central leader said that the Punjab government has […]
By: Terence J Sigamony ISLAMABAD – Additional Attorney General KK Agha informed the court on Thursday that the government had decided to pay Rs 60,000 from Baitul Maal to the families of missing persons. Justice Javed Iqbal heading a two-member bench comprising Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, which heard the missing persons’ case, remarked there was […]
By Peerzada Salman KARACHI: To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Pakistan and China and to celebrate 2011 as the ‘Year of Pak-China Friendship’, the State Bank of Pakistan will begin issuing Rs20 commemorative coins on May 21. The obverse or the front side of the coin has the crescent […]
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