By: Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) declared on Friday its support for Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) as Leader of Opposition in the Senate. The MQM and the Pakistan Muslim League-N recently agreed to work as joint opposition in both houses of parliament. The Muttahida’s decision to support […]
Islamabad: A total of 200 deserving prisoners, who have already spent their term of sentence in various jails but cannot pay fine, would be released before Ramazan, as HR ministry is paying their fine, said Advisor to the Prime Minister on Human Rights Mustafa Nawaz Khokar. The advisor said he has already secured the approval […]
Islamabad: National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has so far exempted 7.4 million senior citizens from renewal of computerised identity cards as they have reached the age of 65 and have been issued the cards declared valid for lifetime. Deputy Chairman Nadra Tariq Malik on Friday said if an applicant gets CNIC renewed after the […]
By: Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: Following in the footsteps of rulers who have repeatedly violated the apex court’s rulings and orders, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has responded in an extremely casual way to the Supreme Court’s notice on a complaint about the objectionable material freely accessible in Pakistan to the Internet users. While the Internet […]
BAHAWALPUR: Unidentified youths severely tortured two journalists and shaved their moustaches and eyebrows near Chak 6/BC on Bahawalpur-Hasilpur Road on Friday. Journalist Muhammad Yaseen Ansari and photographer Khalid Sardar told The News they received calls that some members of a qabza group were torturing the women to grab their land and the victims needed the […]
By: Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: Speakers at the forum on the safety and security of journalists stressed for developing a code of ethics by the media houses and the government to improve standards of journalism in Pakistan. Addressed by senior journalists, the panel discussion was moderated by Ambassador Lars Gunnar Wigemark, head of the European Union […]
LAHORE: South Asia Free Media Association (Safma) Secretary General Imtiaz Alam has demanded the government appoint ombudsmen with powers of superior courts judges at federal and provincial levels, as well as in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), to address complaints of harassment and killing of journalists. He made this recommendation during his appearance before […]
LAHORE: PAKISTAN Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Punjab Union of Journalists (PUJ), All Pakistan Newspapers Employers Confederation (APNEC) and Lahore Press Club (LPC) jointly held a protest demonstration and sit-in at the Charring Cross against land-grabbing mafia and registration of fake case against the journalists on Friday. They gave a 15-day deadline to Punjab government […]
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