MULTAN – Strongly condemning increasing violence against journalists, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Secretary General Liaqat Baloch has demanded the government to immediately pass a Journalist Welfare and Protection Bill in the parliament. Talking to the journalists here on Thursday, Mr Baloch revealed that the JI had tabled the Journalist Welfare and Protection Bill in the Senate. “This […]
By: Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court announced on Tuesday it would commence the hearing on appeals moved by a number of newspaper employers against the May 31 Sindh High Court verdict upholding the Seventh Wage Board Award in favour of newspaper workers. “The case be fixed at serial number 1 before a three-judge bench […]
By Amin Ahmed ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said on Thursday that Rs900 million had been approved for the Thar coal gasification project to generate 100MW of electricity. He made the announcement after a meeting attended by Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain and Dr Samar Mubarakmand, Member (Science and Technology) […]
LAHORE: Some 3,035 cases of violence against women were recorded in the first six months of 2011 in Punjab, says a report. Ex-MNA Mehnaz Rafi, MPA Sajida Mir, Legal Advisor to Governor Abdullah Malik, Erum Sajjad Gul, Advocate Supreme Court, Nabeela Shaheen Regional Coordinator and Abid Ali Programme Officer while addressing a press conference at […]
UMERKOT: Police on Thursday registered an NC against female in-laws of a woman for torturing and abandoning her in injured condition. The victim was hospitalized after narrating her ordeal at the police station. Ms Rehmat Palli of Sadhar village reached the Dhoronaro police station in bruised condition from head to toe. Narrating her sufferings, she […]
DADU: Forced marriage of a divorced woman brought to book her two brothers, the bridegroom and his uncle on Thursday in a case of kidnapping. Unfortunately, the woman ended her life by committing suicide. Koonj Chandio, 40, mother of eight children was divorced two months back and began living with her two brothers Mohammad Moosa […]
Summary Urdu Newsletter July 22 To July 28, 2011 Date 7/22/2011 Download ppf newsletter vol 9 no-29.pdf
Gulmina Bilal Ahmad For gender mainstreaming and gender equity to move beyond jargons, we need to move beyond projects and concentrate on processes. Change always takes time and its due course. By the time these words are printed, Pakistan would have a female foreign minister. She would be the same lady who had the honour […]
* Justice Allah Nawaz hails media for exposing corruption of politicians, judges LAHORE: Speakers at a seminar, “Media role in current crisis in Pakistan”, lauded the media revolution in the country and emphasised the need for maintaining its independence and financial autonomy. Recognising the power of the media as the fourth pillar of the state, […]
Mehboob Qadir It is always the first compromise in matters of governance that exposes the rule of law to mutilation. Doors of the state were thrown open to all kinds of highway men, sorcerers and swindlers leaving the country and the people to suffer the consequences of their pillage. Military’s barrack language ordinarily is a […]
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch may have had shaving foam thrown at his face at a parliamentary inquiry in the UK, but it is the rest of us who have egg on our faces. Anyone hoping to see a contrite, humble and apologetic Murdoch would have been severely disappointed. He stated forthrightly that he is “not […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Ameen Faheem on Thursday expressed concern over alleged victimization by media propaganda based on unjustified facts establishing his and his family connections with the NICL scam. “For last two months, me and my family feel victimized by media propaganda based on unjustified facts establishing our connections with NICL Scandal,” […]
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