Islamabad: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday took notice of the suspension of FIA Additional Director General Zafar Qureshi, assigned to probe National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) scam, and summoned Attorney General on Thursday. Qureshi’s transfer to the Police Foundation was cancelled by the SC last week, bringing him back to his earlier job […]
By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-N and Muttahida Qaumi Movement agreed on Wednesday to work together as a ‘combined opposition’ in parliament and provincial assemblies. “We have decided in principle to play our role as a strong opposition while remaining within legal and constitutional limits,” MQM’s deputy parliamentary leader in the National Assembly […]
By Habib Khan Ghori KARACHI: With the announcement of July 20 as the date for polling on the two controversial AJK Legislative Assembly constituencies, candidates in Karachi, where there are a total of 95 polling stations, have resumed their election campaigns. The election was deferred on the two constituencies – LA-30 and LA-36 – on […]
KARACHI: A sessions court on Wednesday sentenced four men to death in a double murder case. The court found Rehan Bengali, Mohammad Javed, Abu Bakar and Kamran alias Haroon guilty of killing two housemaids during a robbery in March 2005 in a Defence locality. The additional district and sessions judge (south), Sagheer Ahmed Sheikh, who […]
By Saleem Shahid QUETTA: Speakers at a seminar on Wednesday said that despite various laws there seemed to be no reduction in violence against women because the laws were not being implemented properly. At the seminar organised by Balochistan Foundation for Development (BDF), Balochistan Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Dr Ruquiya Saeed Hashmi underlined the need […]
Faisalabad: A young girl was locked up in a lawyer’s chamber for several hours as her family protested outside the court on Wednesday. According to police officials, a 15-year-old girl was held in the zilla Katchery lawyer’s chambers by unidentified men until she was freed by over a dozen protesters. According to eyewitnesses, Jaranwala resident […]
ISLAMABAD: Public Account Committee’s monitoring arm on Wednesday directed the telecommunication regulator “to keep a watch on Long Distance and International (LDI) call operators,” cautioning it about a “scam in making” as receivables of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) have already shot up to Rs41 billion. The implementation and monitoring committee of PAC asked PTA to […]
ISLAMABAD: The Travel Agents Association of Pakistan (TAAP) has been issued a legal notice worth Rs100 million by a renowned law firm of Pakistan over the theft of 5,600 passports which were stolen on 5th and 6th June this year from TAAP’s office. AK Brohi & Co law firm has sued Yahya Polani, Chairman TAAP, […]
ISLAMABAD: International Donors have asked the Federal Government to ensure the resolution of complaints of the flood affected people before issuing second tranche, after which NADRA was barred from issuing second instalment, sources in NADRA revealed to Business Recorder on Wednesday. They said that the Federal Government has directed the provincial governments to provide information […]
ISLAMABAD: Co-operation in the field of media can be an effective tool in promoting bilateral relations between Pakistan and North Korea, said Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan. During a meeting with N Korean Ambassador to Pakistan Ro Kyong Chol on Wednesday, she emphasised on the need to introduce media exchange programmes so that both countries […]
Mohammad Ali Khan THE right to know or access to information is one of the basic human rights. The United Nations in its very first session in 1946 had declared freedom of information as a fundamental human right and virtually made it the touchstone of all the freedoms to which this international body is consecrated. […]
Faisal Kamal Pasha RAWALPINDI: ‘Bol’ is the first film in Pakistan’s history in which eunuchs are not mocked or made fun of. Instead, it shows the trauma associated with their lives, said Almas Bobby, president of the Shemale Rights Association. Bobby is the only actor hailing from Rawalpindi who has performed in this blockbuster movie. […]
ISLAMABAD: A judicial commission investigating the murder of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad here on Wednesday called senior journalists to share information about the murder incident with the commission members. The commission also decided to summon complaint of the case FIR in next proceedings to be held on July 9 in Islamabad. The interior ministry and […]
LAHORE: The judicial commission investigating the murder of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad has directed the Ministry of Interior and Federal Investigation Agency to furnish complete record of email accounts and cellular phones used by the deceased. At its second meeting held at the Supreme Court registry here on Wednesday, the commission decided to invite 16 […]
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