GILGIT: The Pakistan Television on Sunday launched news service in Shina and Balti languages as a gift to the people of Gilgit-Baltistan on the occasion of the Independence Day. The people welcomed the move saying it would lead to promotion of local languages at the local, national and international level. The bulletin to be aired […]
THIS refers to a media report which caught my attention. It was a video on the electronic media in which a wild boar was seen killing a man and breaking a boy’s arm. It shocked me and I was actually frightened. If I, who was in no way connected to those people involved in the […]
QUETTA: Armed men shot dead a journalist, Munir Ahmed Shakir, in Khuzdar town on Sunday. “Munir Shakir was on his way home after purchasing some household items from a market when some armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on him,” DIG Kalat range Ghulam Rasool Domki told Dawn by telephone. Sources said that Mr […]
By: Zulfiqar Ali PESHAWAR: The secular as well as religious political parties have undertaken focused campaigns to win support of women voters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, trying to improve their prospects in the next general elections, according to sources. The move is being seen, on the part of political activists, as a measure to facilitate women […]
IT is sad to see a well-established local cellular network fleecing its customers. It has been recently announced by the service provider that from July 15 helpline number 333 would be charged and if an operator-assisted call is required, then the customer has to pay even more. This is not the first time that this […]
NIDDERAU, GERMANY: This is with reference to your editorial of August 8 titled “Incident at gallery”. What happened is but a fraction of the cruelties that most women in Pakistan endure, almost on a daily basis. This particular incident came to light only because the woman belongs to an elite group. Think of the millions […]
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has conferred the highest civil awards on Pakistani citizens and foreign nationals for excellence in various fields on the 64th Independence Day of the country. The following were awarded with Nishan-e-Imtiaz: (Late) Salmaan Taseer, Senate Chairman Farooq H Naek, National Assembly Speaker Fahmida Mirza, Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Secretary […]
By: Imtiaz Ali KARACHI: The Sindh government is not bound to continue with the local government system of 2001 and will most certainly modify it and introduce a bill in this connection in the provincial assembly in consultation with its coalition partners. This was stated by the chief minister of Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, […]
By: Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: After flouting the Supreme Court orders on Saturday in mega National Insurance Company Limited scam and forcibly stopping Zafar Qureshi from even entering the Lahore FIA office, a Lahore FIA director was summoned by influential figures and a new strategy to ensure that Qureshi couldnÂ’t start functioning as chief of the […]
SWAT: The demand for new provinces is increasing with the residents of Malakand seeking provincial status for their division. The demand for a Seraiki and Bahawalpur provinces in Punjab and Hazara province in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) are gaining momentum. While it is expected that the formation of these provinces will soon be announced by the prime […]
Muneer Shakir was heading home from Khuzdar Press Club when some unknown armed men opened fire on him. KARACHI: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned the killing of Munir Shakir in Balochistan, on August 14. Shakir was heading home from Khuzdar Press Club when some unknown armed men opened fire on him. […]
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