Karachi: A judicial magistrate on Friday extended for four days the remand of two sweepers accused of raping a teacher of a private school. Judicial Magistrate South Hatim Aziz Solangi also allowed under Section 164 of the CrPC the recording of a statement of the schoolteacher. The deputy district public prosecutor, Syed Shamim Ahmed, had […]
PESHAWAR: Suspected militants blew up two government schools, including a girls` school, in the suburban Sharikera area late on Thursday night. An official of Matni police said that the schools were located at a short distance from each other. He said that two separate cases had been registered against unidentified terrorists. A Bomb Disposal Unit […]
By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court suspended on Friday the notification transferring Capt (retd) Zafar Ahmed Qureshi as director general of the National Police Foundation and ordered him to resume ‘forthwith’ investigations into the politically explosive multi-billion rupee NICL scam. A bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Justice Tariq Parvez and Justice Amir […]
Zubair Kasuri ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) has decided to launch a massive recovery campaign in the history of the telecom sector. The PTA sources told this scribe that due to the repeated government’s intervention, the private telecom companies had not paid over Rs15 billion to the PTA since last many years. The licenses […]
By Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE: Federal Information Minister said on Friday that the issue of Shamsi air base was being discussed only in the media. “As far as I know the matter has not been discussed in the meetings of the defence committee,” she said. She was speaking at a ‘meet the press’ programme of the […]
By Afnan Khan LAHORE: United States Consul General in Lahore Carmella Conroy has said that people like George Washington had initiated the struggle for individual liberties and there are still such people who are continuing this struggle in US, Pakistan and across the globe. She was addressing a ceremony organised at her residence to celebrate […]
Babar Sattar The writer is a lawyer based in Islamabad. There are three main arguments against condemning the khaki high command. One, casting aspersions on the institution lowers troop morale and undermines efficiency, as no military can fight without public support. Two, arraigning our military high command at this time will weaken its ability to […]
KARACHI: Government of Pakistan has appointed Qazi Asad Abid, Chief Editor ‘Ibrat’ (Sindh province) and Dr Mansoor Akbar Kundi, Vice Chancellor Gomal University DI Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) as members of the Board of Directors of Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC), for a period of three years or till attaining age of 65 years, whichever is earlier. […]
ISLAMABAD: The PPP government has reacted to The News story about putting pressure on Transparency International to stop this year’s Corruption Index. The Press Information Department issued a release which said: The government spokesman rebuts the story by saying that neither has the Government of Pakistan harassed any poll/survey conducting organization including Transparency International Pakistan […]
Mumtaz Alvi Quetta: Balochistan chief minister Muhammad Aslam Raisani has called for projecting the positive aspects of his province and said he wants to resolve the deep-rooted issues by spending more on people. Raisani, a cool administrator, who had actively participated in the historic grand Baloch Jirga, presided over by the Khan of Kalat Mir […]
LARKANA: A couple was murdered by their relative over karo-kari near Masan here on Thursday. Police said in Village Luhar Muree accused Shah Nawaz Murri killed his cousin Marriam Murree and Manzoor Babar over alleged karo-kari. Police reached on the spot and arrested the accused. The body was handed over to the heirs after post-mortem. […]
SUKKUR: Two men and two women were killed in karo-kari incidents in the Doda Pur police station area of Jacobabad on Thursday. In the first incident, one Hooran Katohar killed his wife Nawab Khatoon, 20, and Aslam Katohar in Mahwa Malghani village on suspicions of their involvement in illicit relationship. Police took the bodies to […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Commission on the Status of Women has been renamed as `National Commission for Women`, an autonomous body, following the devolution of the ministry of women development. To celebrate its autonomous status, the commission organised a function here on Thursday. “With the autonomy, we will at last be able to operate independently and […]
By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet approved in principle on Thursday a massive increase in gas prices for different categories of consumers, subject to approval by the prime minister, curtailment of gas for CNG stations for two days in Sindh and three days in Punjab and a negotiated award of […]
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