By Michael Georgy KARACHI- A huge billboard outside Pakistan’s naval air force headquarters, which came under sustained attack for hours on Monday, says it all — “Pakistan Air Force Museum. Unique experience.” Attacks against Pakistan security forces are all too common, but the scale of Monday’s operation marked it out as the most audacious since […]
By Salman Siddiqui KARACHI: They fired their first RPG at the aircraft on the tarmac at around 10:40 pm on Sunday. The DSNG vans of several media outlets and ambulances arrived at the spot fifteen minutes later, since initially there was confusion that a bomb blast had taken place on Dalmia Road near the Millennium […]
ISLAMABAD: Saif al Adel, an Egyptian militant recently appointed interim leader of the al Qaeda operations, has been linked to the killing of US journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan in 2002, US investigators said in a report. Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter, was kidnapped in Karachi in January 2002 while researching a story on […]
* Speakers at All Punjab Literary Conference commemorate efforts of literary elite in shaping country’s image LAHORE: Media has a very important role to play in shaping a country’s image and in the current circumstances, our country direly needs positive promotion, said Shehryar Taseer, while speaking at the All Punjab Literary Conference 2011 held at […]
Karachi–A seminar on freedom of press was organized here under the auspices of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) at its Abdul Haq Campus. An official of the institution said on Monday that senior journalists and faculty members expressed their views on the occasion. The speakers pointed out that the freedom […]
I WAS shocked to read the letter by Khola Nighat ‘Cheating in exams: gloomy picture’ and ‘Teachers or collaborators’ by Alvina Asad (May 11). Cheating in examinations is an epidemic and if not controlled it is going to be more dangerous than deadly diseases. This will ruin the character of our future generations and in […]
Umer and his father tied up Naseem so she couldn’t tell anyone about the incident. RAHIM YAR KHAN/ KHANPUR: A landlord’s son was accused of raping a 10-year-old housemaid on Monday. According to police officials, the accused man’s father held the girl in his house in a locked room for three days to prevent her […]
Karachi: The All Pakistan Lady health Worker Employees Association has demanded of the government to solve the problems being faced by the lady health workers who were not paid monthly salaries for the last four months. While addressing a press conference on Monday at the Karachi Press Club, the office bearers of the association said […]
CELLPHONE users are agitated because of unsolicited SMSs by service providers and others who want to promote their product/services. On an average, six to seven unsolicited SMSs are sent daily. I have no idea why the authorities concerned are not taking action to stop such violation of consumer rights. To stop such messages, the government […]
-Four terrorists killed, two escapes -10 security personnel dead -Two surveillance planes destroyed: KARACHI: Commandos regained control of the Navy’s Mehran base from a team of militants on Monday after a siege lasting 16 hours — an exceptionally audacious act at a high-security facility that once again threw up embarrassing questions across the world about […]
Abdul Sattar Khan LAHORE: Accepting the allegations levelled by the Member (Finance), Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), as serious, the Cabinet Division has asked PTA Chairman Dr Mohammad Yaseen to explain his position in respect of the allegations. A letter under the subject “Violations made by Chairman PTA resulting into losses of billions of rupees to […]
KARACHI: Pak Emirates Telecom and Wireless in collaboration with Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) inaugurated first franchise outlet at Makro Saddar. A statement Monday said the collaboration would offer various sales and branding opportunities to telecom customers. It said the Pak Emirates Telecom and Wireless has entered into an exclusive franchise agreement with PTCL to […]
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