ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Tuesday announced the setting up of a revolving fund for terrorist-hit areas of Pakistan. The announcement came in response to a demand by Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao during the budget debate session of the National Assembly. The prime minister did not indicate the seed money for the fund but […]
Islamabad: National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has urged all citizens to have their expired CNICs renewed immediately to avoid any inconvenience in legal, financial and other matters where a valid CNIC is compulsory, says a press release issued here on Tuesday. More than 9 million computerised identity cards have been expired till date. Renewal […]
* NWFP governor says ‘decisive operation will root out terrorism from Pakistan’ * Says Mehsud tribes turned a deaf ear to warnings * Says Baitullah behind attacks in Pakistan By Zulfiqar Ghuman ISLAMABAD: As a military offensive rages on against the Taliban in Malakand and Swat, the government on Sunday ordered a “full-fledged” military operation […]
RAWALPINDI: Security forces said on Sunday they killed 65 Taliban, including foreigners, and injured 50 in various army operations in South Waziristan and Bannu during the last 24 hours. “Thirty terrorists were killed, including a few foreigners, and 50 were injured at Makeen, South Waziristan due to the airstrike on Saturday,” the Inter-Services Public Relations […]
Pakistan might be named the deadliest country for journalists for the second consecutive year FAISALABAD: With at least five journalists killed this year, Pakistan might be named the deadliest country for journalists for the second consecutive year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). “In 2010, with eight dead, Pakistan ranked as the most […]
KARACHI: All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) urged upon government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to withdraw proposed General Sales Tax on advertisements on newspapers and magazines to help newspapers of the province in facing acute financial crunch. Sarmad Ali, Secretary General, APNS said newspapers in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa will have to bear heavy burden of taxation in present day recessionary […]
KARACHI: Journalists on Tuesday donated blood at a camp set up at the Karachi Press Club to mark the World Blood Donor Day. The camp was organised by Hussaini Blood Bank in collaboration with the Karachi Union of Journalists and Association of Health Journalists. In-charge Hussaini Blood Bank Dr Sarfaraz Jafri, while talking to journalists, […]
By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: Media bodies will hold a protest sit-in in front of the parliament house here on Wednesday against the government`s failure to stop killing of journalists and bring the perpetrators to justice. The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), National Press Club, Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) and All Pakistan Newspapers Employees […]
Pakistan might be named the deadliest country for journalists for the second consecutive year FAISALABAD: With at least five journalists killed this year, Pakistan might be named the deadliest country for journalists for the second consecutive year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). “In 2010, with eight dead, Pakistan ranked as the most […]
KARACHI: Journalists on Tuesday donated blood at a camp set up at the Karachi Press Club to mark the World Blood Donor Day. The camp was organised by Hussaini Blood Bank in collaboration with the Karachi Union of Journalists and Association of Health Journalists. In-charge Hussaini Blood Bank Dr Sarfaraz Jafri, while talking to journalists, […]
By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: Media bodies will hold a protest sit-in in front of the parliament house here on Wednesday against the government`s failure to stop killing of journalists and bring the perpetrators to justice. The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), National Press Club, Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) and All Pakistan Newspapers Employees […]
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