Peshawar: Two young journalists, Wali Khan and Salman Shahzad from conflict hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Thursday initiated their journey from Peshawar to Karachi to draw attention world community toward the growing security challenges faced by journalists’ community in terrprism affected areas of Pakistan. The basic aims of their journey on motorbike is to put the security […]
THIS is apropos of Zubeida Mustafa’s article ‘Television and mental health’ (May 11). I endorse her stance that the electronic media and anchors are instrumental in worsening the state of collective anxiety in the country. I believe that best solution to this unethical and irresponsible media practices is to stop watching news channels. What can […]
QUETTA: In a brazen example of confronting the Balochistan High Court, which issued clear-cut orders on May 19 to suspend the March 2 orders of repatriation of Gul Muhammad Kakar, Acting Chairman Pemra Dr Jabbar has ordered his Balochistan office staff not to hand over the charge to Kakar in any case. Gul Muhammad Kakar […]
KARACHI: The first Pakistani cinema to have a 70mm screen, Bambino Cinema, is closing down as, the owner claimed, he cannot keep up with the latest technology. “I surrender as a cinema owner,” said Sheikh Adeel Imtiaz, the owner. “Cinema is no longer a feasible business, at least in the niche that Bambino once had. […]
Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Airport Police on Tuesday night illegally detained a lady lecturer for the whole night just because she had a minor traffic argument with a Pakistan Army major who called the Military Police and ordered her arrest without any charge or FIR. Waqar Nisar, Station House Officer of the Airport Police […]
LAHORE: A CIA police team on Thursday arrested a man and his former wife and recovered two minor girls they had allegedly kidnapped from different areas of the city. One of the girls was allegedly kidnapped from Children’s Hospital while the other from Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park, Lahore, around a year ago. SSP (Investigation) Abdur Razzaq Cheema […]
Summary Urdu Newsletter May 27 To June 02, 2011 Date 5/27/2011 Download ppf newsletter vol 9 no-21.pdf
By Anwar Abbas “[IN matters of civilised behaviour] women have the same rights over men as men have over women” – Al Quran (2:228). The Arabs of the ‘age of ignorance’ often indulged in infanticide of girls. Even a woman in a marriage was not held as an equal companion who participated in the life […]
Karachi: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approved on Thursday nearly 50 projects, including nine worth about Rs95 billion for Sindh. The projects were accorded approval at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Federal Finance Minister Dr Hafeez Shaikh. A Sindh delegation comprising Finance Minister Murad Ali Shah, Adviser to the […]
By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD: The government has finalised a consolidated budget of Rs3.854 trillion for the next financial year, envisaging a revenue of Rs2.787 trillion, fiscal deficit of Rs912 billion and provincial transfers of Rs1.224 trillion. The budgetary allocations indicate that current expenditures of most of the federal ministries will be frozen at the level […]
LAHORE: Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Tim George launched his Pakistan–Australia Business Forum (PABF) website here on Thursday. He said the website, www.pabf.com.pk, would help the PABF to reach out to new members and would highlight the potential which existed for trade and investment between Australia and Pakistan. He said he had taken a personal […]
By Muhammad Yasir KARACHI: The cellular users will be held responsible under law if the subscription under his or her name is used in punishable offence. They are liable to block the SIM within 24 hours through the concerned operators if it is lost or stolen. Pakistan Telecommuni-cation Authority (PTA) stated in its recently issued […]
Qaisar Satti/Waqas Minhas RAWALPINDI: Players of cricket and hockey organizations, hailing from Rawalpindi and Islamabad, will hold demonstration against Pemra and the government here today (Friday) against curbs on Geo Super. Announcing about the demonstration, Masood Anwar, Ustad Aziz, Zahir Shah, Iftikar Sain, Waseem Ahmad and Asif Bajwa said a number of clubs would participate […]
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