ISLAMABAD: The delegation also acknowledged the budgetary proposals announced by the Finance Minister in his speech and apprised the Prime Minister that the feelings of the people at large reflected that the budget was as balanced and realistic as times allowed and were fully cognizant of the fact that even in these hard times, the […]
Link is launching a weekly programme Link Asia, a 30-minute slot, in partnership with Express 24/7 on June 10, 2011. KARACHI: Pakistan’s only English news channel Express 24/7 has recently signed a barter agreement with North America’s leading non-profit Television network Link TV. Link is the United States’ first nationwide television network dedicated to providing […]
US embassy asked government to end Voice of America’s contract with Geo KARACHI: The United States (US) had blamed Jang Group of “consciously publishing and broadcasting false and inflammatory stories” against the US and its interests despite having a contract with the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and airing Voice of America (VoA) on Geo […]
Hanif Khalid ISLAMABAD: From July 1, 2011 thousands of federal government officers will become the owners of official vehicles currently under their use, The News has learnt. The book value of each vehicle will be given to the officer on monthly installments, to be deducted from their monthly salaries by the Auditor General of Pakistan […]
LAHORE: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has again demanded that an independent commission be set up immediately in accordance with the spirit of a resolution adopted by a joint sitting of both houses of parliament to investigate the May 2 raid by US commandos in Abbottabad. Talking to reporters at the Lahore Gymkhana cricket ground on […]
By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: A sub-committee of the Senate’s Standing Committee on Interior was informed on Tuesday that over 7,000 Pakistanis were languishing in foreign jails. Senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the sub-committee that a special cell had been set up in the Foreign Office to oversee the cases of […]
By Azizullah Sharif KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday ordered an allocation of Rs2.6 billion for the much-delayed Greater Karachi Sewage Treatment Project, commonly known as S-III, besides emphasising the need for completing the Lyari Expressway on a priority basis. He also directed the authorities to start work on Greater Karachi Water Supply Scheme […]
WASHINGTON: Pakistani journalists need to form a committee to provide immediate help to their colleagues facing death threats, speakers at a meeting at Washington`s National Press Club said. Bob Dietz of the Committee to Protect Journalists said his organisation was contacting PFUJ, APNS and major media groups in Pakistan for this purpose. The proposed cell […]
Lahore: A constitutional petition on Tuesday was moved in the Supreme Court, seeking constitution of a judicial commission on the murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad. The petitioner, Barrister Zafarullah Khan, said that the retired judge of the SC Khalilur Rehman Ramday or any other judge should be made the head of the commission. He said […]
Panic buttons, chips, trackers being considered By Umar Cheema ISLAMABAD: As the killing of Saleem Shalizad has alarmed the whole world about the plight of Pakistani journalists who are being killed like stray dogs, international organizations have started working out plans for protection of journalists through panic buttons, hotline contacts and trackers. While the US […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Tuesday said that secret fund was a property of journalists which could only be used for welfare of journalist community. Talking to media persons outside Parliament House, the minister said that her Ministry had all details of secret fund expenditure including the names […]
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