By: Nilofar Ahmed IN their greed for unlimited power, ancient rulers came up with the concept of the divine right of kings so that the king was a ‘god’ or a shahinshah or raja were either the shadow of God on earth (zille ilahi) or his incarnation (avatar), thus exercising material as well as spiritual […]
By: Sohail Khan ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday reversed the transfer order of four officials who were members of the investigation team probing the National Insurance Company Limited scam. In pursuance of the Supreme Court’s order, Acting DG FIA Chaudhry Manzoor Ahmed placed on record the notification canceling the transfer orders of four officials, Javed […]
By: Ishaq Tanoli KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday disposed of the petition of the interned chief of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM-Haqiqi), Afaq Ahmed, seeking status of pending cases against him. When the matter came up for hearing before an SHC division bench headed by Chief Justice Mushir Alam on Thursday, police authorities […]
Lahore: The Punjab cabinet which met on Thursday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif gave formal approval to the Yellow Cab Scheme under which 20,000 vehicles would be distributed. A forty percent quota has been allocated for southern Punjab compared to its 31 percent population. The Yellow Cab Scheme would be unique with […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Dr Muhammad Yaseen has inaugurated ‘Social Innovative Fund’ (SIF) of Rs 20 million of the Pakistan Software Houses Association P@SHA for IT and ITES. The inaugural ceremony of the event was held here on Thursday at PTA Headquarters, During the address, PTA chairman congratulated P@SHA team on the announcement […]
KARACHI: Provinces will maintain the rate of general sales tax (GST) on telecommunication sector at 19.5 percent after amending service tax laws to be effective from August 1, 2011. Sources said the provincial governments are under the process of amending their provincial laws for collection of 19.5 percent sales tax from cellular sector, which are […]
Summary Urdu Newsletter July 15 To July 21, 2011 Date 7/15/2011 Download ppf newsletter vol 9 no-28.pdf
Sir: I have observed the condition of women’s hostels in Lahore. Being a student living in a hostel, I have to face many problems in my daily life. The food served in the hostels is not healthy and hygienic. The rooms are not clean, ventilated and in one room more than five girls are accommodated. […]
By: Ahmad Jamal Nizami BEIJING: Ambassadors of Pakistan and China and media persons in a forum on 60th anniversary of Pakistan-China diplomatic relations titled ‘Media to media cooperation’ have stated that after the killing of Osama bin Laden only China stood by Pakistan. They said that Pakistan and China should develop common media platforms for […]
THERE is a measure of delicious irony in the fact that the very notification through which the government has ordered that no official is to leak any material to the media, found its way to the press. As reported yesterday, the Establishment Division had sent the notification to the federal, provincial, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan governments […]
Sir: I thank Ms Mehmal Sarfraz for her hard-hitting article ‘Defaming Pakistan’ (Daily Times, July 11, 2011). My heart bleeds for Shahzad who was brutally killed for telling the truth; basically doing his job as a journalist of integrity that is rarely seen these days. I pray for all journalists in the subcontinent, be they […]
By: Imtiaz Alam The appointment of the Judicial Commission to investigate Saleem Shahzad’s case and other related issues is a welcome development that may discourage those who are in the habit of intimidating the media. While Saleem Shahzad’s case is a test case for the investigating agencies to unearth the truth and an exceptional opportunity […]
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