Mehtab Haider ISLAMABAD: In the wake of the rapidly changing political scenario, the government has established a Social Media Cell to create blogs and enhance the usage of latest tools of information technology to respond to the growing criticism against the Zardari-Gilani regime, The News has reliably learnt. But some insiders say one of the […]
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Union of Journalists has condemned the cowardly attack on the reporting team of a TV channel, which resulted in serious injuries to senior journalist Hazrat Khan Mohmand. In a press statement, KhUJ President Arshad Aziz Malik and general secretary Yousaf Ali asked the government to order an impartial inquiry into the incident […]
KARACHI: The Pakistan Broadcasters Association has strongly condemned the wanton act of violence against the staff members of a private channel, the Khyber News. The PBA Board of Directors meting, held on August 26, was informed that the dastardly attack had come after a series of threats hurled at the channel. PBA said the uncalled-for […]
By Mohammad Hussain Khan HYDERABAD: Former Sindh home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza has said the PPP is neither leaving behind a good legacy nor an energised party for Bilawal Bhutto. Speaking at a news conference here on Tuesday, he accused the late G. M. Syed, the founder of Jeay Sindh Tehrik, of using his influence […]
MULTAN: A man killed his sister and his young niece on Monday evening. According to police officials Chak No7/8 resident Ghulam Sabir suspected his sister, a widow, and her daughter of having an affair. Sabir took his 40-year old sister Noor Mohammad and his 19-year-old niece Saima to the fields in the middle of the […]
Sarfraz kidnapped Zahida from her parents’ house and chopped her head off. SAHIWAL: A man allegedly murdered his wife after she threatened to divorce him for accusing her of having had an affair. According to police officials, Chak 4/10- L resident Sarfraz tied his wife to the bed and chopped her head with an axe. […]
By Zahid Gishkori There is only one female judge in the country’s superior courts. ISLAMABAD: With only one female judge in the superior courts, the country’s top lawyers have urged the government to employ more women and deal with a backlog of over 1.4 million cases. “The paucity of female judges and backlog of family […]
By Shoaib Ahmed LAHORE: Three Punjab government departments that monitor commercial theatre have not been able to bring about any improvement in it, according to critics. The Punjab Arts Council, the Home Department and the DCO Office are supposed to take measures for the improvement of commercial theatre. The PAC is responsible for vetting the […]
By Tahir Siddiqui KARACHI: A five-judge special bench of the Supreme Court observed on Tuesday that there should be no compromise on people’s fundamental rights in the search for security and asked the Sindh government to track down elements involved in target killings in Karachi. Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, who heads the bench hearing […]
* Calls upon human rights community, civil society to sensitise citizens on issue LAHORE: Centre for Human Rights Education (CHRE), a human rights body focusing its efforts on the democratic development in Pakistan, has demanded that the vote registration and verification process by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) be carried out transparently by quashing […]
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has allowed banks and development finance institutions (DFIs) to open accounts on the basis of National Database and Registration Authority’s (NADRA) receipt, or token in case of expired Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs), a statement said on Monday. The central bank said that it had been decided to […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has given five days to the government to clarify its position with regard to former Sindh home minister Zulfikar Mirza’s statement that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was behind the killing of GEO reporter Wali Khan Babar. In a statement issued here on Monday, the PFUJ expressed concern over the […]
KARACHI: All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) Secretary General Sarmad Ali has announced that all the APNS member publications will not be published for two days on account of Eid-ul-Fitr. In a statement issued here on Monday, the APNS secretary general said that all the morning newspapers would not be brought out on September 1 and […]
LAHORE — Two persons including an 18-year-old girl were gunned down by their relatives over matrimonial issues in separate parts of the City on Monday. Baghbanpura Police investigators believed a girl namely Asma, daughter of one Muhammad Ishtiaq and a resident of Mominpura, was killed by her father over her anti-social suspicious activities. Police said […]
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