PESHAWAR – Director Women’s Business Development Centre (WBDC) Nabila Farman has called upon the women to equip themselves with vocational skills so at to become enabled to earn livelihoods for their families. Speaking to the female vocational students and trainers of the Vocational Training Centre, Nowshera, at the WBDC in Peshawar on Sunday, she appreciated […]
SHAH KOT – A man killed his niece along with her paramour on suspicion of illicit relations here in nearby Kotla Kahlwan Village the other day. As per detail, Ghulam Haider, a resident of Kotla Kahlwan, got an information that his niece had gone to meet her boyfriend namely Ashfaq. He rushed after them and […]
By Shamim-ur-Rahman and Syed Irfan Raza KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD: After a daylong visit President Asif Ali Zardari returned to Karachi from Iran and held meetings with officials on violence in Karachi and deteriorating law and order situation. He expressed concern over the continuation of violence in the city and directed the Sindh home minister to take […]
Ziaullah Niazi LAHORE: The Punjab government has approved a hefty amount of Rs85 million to enhance the security of VVIPs, especially of the prime minister, the chief minister and their families, The News has learnt. A six-member supervisory body, headed by the additional IGP Special Branch will look into affairs of installation of security equipments […]
Ammar Shahbazi Karachi: The news of Google’s upcoming social media website – the Google + project, which set off waves of curious discussion threads across the globe among internet users, has lent violence-hit Karachiites something exciting to talk about. After the search-engine giant announced three weeks ago that its social media website is on the […]
S Iftikhar Murshed The Jamaat-e-Islami chief, Munawar Hasan, insisted during a recent television talk show that under Islamic law four witnesses were required to prove rape. When the host observed that this stringent evidentiary requirement made it impossible to convict a rapist, he stunned viewers by asserting that victims should not report the crime as […]
ISLAMABAD— Speakers at the forum have urged the government and media houses to ensure safety and security of journalists. Speaking at the forum to discuss the safety and security of the media in Pakistan they said that journalists were working in dangerous conditions in Pakistan, adding that they face threats both in conflict and settled […]
Abdul Quayyum Khan Kundi Pakistan has become a breeding ground for extreme religious and ethnic views. Religious and political leaders seem to use inflammatory views to gain short-term benefits of votes or legitimacy. These views are then flashed on the television screens and make headlines in the newspapers without much regard for their effects on […]
BAHAWALPUR – Local journalist community has strongly condemned the attack on two local journalists – Rana Yaseen and Ch Khalid Sardar here the other night by unknown culprits near Chak 6/BC near here. Both the journalists were tortured and harassed by unidentified culprits. They staged a protest against the incident here at Press Club and […]
PAKPATTAN – Local journalists condemned the demolition of shops at Fareed Chowk during a meeting of the Pakpattan Press Club here the other day. Press club President Murad Khan Asim presided over the meeting. Syed Mukhtar Bukhari, Malik Muhammad Ali, Malik Bashir Ahmed, Irshad Ahmed Khan, Jaffar Ali Jakhar, Nayar Jameel Butt, Farooq Ahmed, Muneer […]
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