By: Haleem Asad TIMERGARA: The traditional white cap of Dir has become a symbol of Pakhtun men throughout the world but few people outside the district know that these caps are made by women in this conservative society. Only in Khall, a town famous for caps, more than 90 per cent women contribute to domestic […]
By: Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: While Pakistan has greatly compromised its independence for the sake of a few billion dollars of foreign aid and corruption is rising at an alarming rate, the Transparency International has revealed that during the last three years of PPP rule, the menace has cost the nation more than Rs3,000 billion only […]
By: Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court froze on Tuesday all promotions or demotions in the Punjab police and directed the department not to disturb seniority of any officer till final orders of the court. A bench comprising Justice Javed Iqbal and Justice Ghulam Rabbani which has taken up suo motu notice of shoulder promotions […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) demanded the government to take urgent steps to assist the citizens who were forced to leave their homes because of military operations against terrorists in the Tribal Areas and violence in Karachi. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the HRCP said that it is concerned over the […]
HYDERABAD: Renowned scholar, writer, poet and academician Dr Abdul Jabbar Junejo died of kidney failure in Karachi on Tuesday. He was 75. He is survived by six daughters and one son. Born on November 26, 1935, in Pir Fateh Shah Village, Badin district, in the family of Dr Sultan Ahmed Junejo, Dr Junejo received his […]
MIRAMSHAH: Militants blew up a tower of the Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Limited (PTCL), near the building of the Agency Headquarters Hospital in Miramshah on Monday night, tribal sources said. The sources said that explosives devices planted by the militants at the PTCL tower in Miramshah, headquarters of North Waziristan, went off at night. The explosion […]
ISLAMABAD: Having brought smiles to many-a-gloomy-faces, veteran comedian and actor Ashraf Nirala has no one to bring a smile to his. He is losing the battle for his life for want of money. He does not have enough cash to afford his treatment; the veteran comedian has been suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes […]
NAWABSHAH: A large number of journalists staged a protest demonstration in front of the local press club against misbehave of Senior Minister Zulfiqar Mirza with the media team of Geo TV and snatching of equipment and using abusive language by his guards. The demo led by Muhammad Anwar Shaikh was participated by Muhammad Hakim Khaskheli, […]
LAHORE: A large number of media persons staged a phased sit-in outside the Punjab Assembly building and CCPO’s to protest against the local police for implicating more than 12 journalists in a fake case of robbery and kidnapping. The journalists chanted slogans against the Punjab Government, offered collective arrests and demanded suspension of Harbanspura DSP […]
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information, Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Tuesday said that the government has taken steps for welfare of journalist community in the province, saying journalists were rendering matchless sacrifices in the prevailing situation. Speaking at a cheque distribution ceremony for journalists’ community hailing from Lakki Marwat, he said that the government has […]
By: Ahmad Jamal Nizami SHANGHAI: Pakistani media delegation on the second day of their visit to Shanghai, the industrial hub of China during their tour regarding 60 years celebration of Pak-China friendship and China river civilisation visited several places of the City. Delegation alongwith China Radio International (CRI) team went to silk museum where they […]
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