By: Syed Danish Hussain ISLAMABAD – A poor widow, Mehboob Jan, 67, has a sad story to tell that how officials of CDA’s Directorate of Municipal Administration after being allegedly bribed by her relatives maltreated her when she visited the concerned office to get death certificate of her husband a couple of days back. With […]
By: Fazal Khaliq SWAT: Walking into the bar room in the District Court in Swat, the sight of a woman actively discussing cases with a throng of male lawyers was more than unusual, rather in a profession dominated by men, it was unheard of. That woman was Saima Anwar, the first woman ever to pursue […]
SUKKUR: A teenage girl and her cousin were gunned down by the girl’s brother on the pretext of karo-kari, in Gul Hassan Deenari village in Jacobabad on Monday. The accused, Abdul Jabbar Deenari, suspected that his sister, Zarina, 17, and his cousin, Fauzia, 18, were involved with Mohammad Azam Deenari and Mohammad Nawaz Deenari. Abdul […]
KARACHI: Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) has awarded its Regional Prize for Young Scientist to a female scientist of Karachi University- Dr Sammer Yousuf. An official of Karachi University said here on Monday that the award was conferred during the Afro-Asia Workshop on Advanced Topics in Chemistry held recently at the TWAS Regional Office […]
By: Habib Khan Ghori KARACHI: Politically isolated and chastened by surprise government moves to scrap the local government system and initiate contact with nemesis Afaq Ahmed, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Monday decided to allow Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad to resume office. However, it announced that it was in no hurry to rejoin the […]
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani has relaxed the upper age limit for those seeking jobs in government departments. According to an official statement issued here on Monday, the age limit will be relaxed for up to 10 years and the decision will remain effective till June 30, 2013. The decision had been taken […]
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday approved an increase in the salaries of the Sindh police, bringing them equal to those of the Punjab police. The decision was taken in a meeting held between the president and the Sindh police chief, Wajid Durrani, at the Bilawal House. The issue of increasing the salaries of […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed its shock and anger at the death of a prisoner, accused of blasphemy and murder. In a statement issued here on Monday, the HRCP said that the Blasphemy Laws and a grossly unsatisfactory prison system had claimed another life. The victim, Shaukat Ali, who died […]
PESHAWAR: Speakers at the launching of a report here on Monday demanded of the government to give status of labourers to home-based women workers. “The number of home-based women workers has reached 12 million in the country. Only in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa about 1.6 million home-based workers exist. They face exploitation at the hands of their […]
By: Kamran Shafi IT is good to hear that the Pakistan-American relationship is on the mend as a spinoff of the recent visit to Washington D.C. of the ISI chief. It is good to see that so-called ghairat, or at least the foolish version of ghairat peddled by our hard-right press, did not stand in […]
HYDERABAD: A group of singers and musicians held a unique demonstration on Monday to highlight their misery, urging the government to approved financial assistance from the endowment fund. They expressed their anger against management of Radio Pakistan`s Hyderabad station by singing songs. “Local artists are being denied payments under endowment and legendary funds”, said vocalist-cum-instrumentalist […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Monday in an exclusive meeting with the holders of non-commercial FM radio licences explicitly directed them to adhere to the scope and mandate of their respective FM radios. PEMRA has so far issued 28 non-commercial FM radio licences across the country mostly to academic institutions offering Mass […]
ISLAMABAD: Senior journalists of the country will record their statements today (Tuesday) before the judicial commission set up to probe the killing of Saleem Shahzad. Meanwhile, the judicial commission on Monday recorded the statement of brother-in-law of the slain journalist, while Mandi Bahuddin police handed over the articles recovered from Shahzad’s vehicle to it. The […]
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