ISLAMABAD: Standing Committee of the Senate on Telecommunications and Information Technology has said mobile companies are plundering the people with both hands in collaboration with Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), “whose corrupt employees are taking their share from these companies”. The committee meeting was held at the Parliament House on Wednesday. Chairman of the committee Senator […]
By Maha Mussadaq ISLAMABAD: They can treat all the wounded soldiers but they can’t go to the battlefield. Not yet at least. Thousands of women have been inducted in the Pakistan armed forces over the last five years but there is no policy to induct them in the infantry and armour department yet. Dressed in […]
By Sher Khan LAHORE: An avenue of expression for young, talented painters and artisans, Nairang Art Gallery has recently come under attack for perpetuating a liberal ideology. The August 2 incident, regarding a police assault on the gallery’s female curator Amal Fatima, a recent graduate from National College of Arts (NCA), captured the attention of […]
SUKKUR: A jirga on Wednesday imposed a fine of Rs900,000 on a man for killing his innocent wife in the name of honour. The jirga chaired by landlord Ghulam Mohammad Bugti was held in the Bagan Bugti village near Tangwani in Kashmore district to settle the dispute of a woman, Ms Hajo killed some two […]
Qaisar Rashid Governance involves management of both public and private affairs. The control exercised by the government impacts equally on all spheres of people’s life. In the case of Pakistan, there are a host of factors involved in provision of good governance to its people, and these are individually posing a challenge to the smooth […]
By Dr Amjad Parvez Thandi Aurat By Neelma Naheed Durrani Classic, Lahore; Pp 128; Rs 125 Dedicated to Hawwa, Aqleema, Zulekha, Seeta, Maryam and all those women who were blamed for one reason or the other (though it is a different story whether they were blamed rightly or wrongly), the book titled ‘Thandi Aurat’ by […]
Sir: With the increase in the popularity of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), I am feeling more insecure every day. I feel my life, being a woman, will suffer in case Mr Imran Khan’s party manages to win the next election. All ultra right wing, conservative people seem impressed by him. Mr Khan must come out […]
According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, around 800 women became victims of ‘honour’ killings in the country in 2010 alone. This figure only accounts for the killings that were reported in the media; there may be hundreds more that were not exposed and hence go uncounted. The findings of the Thomson Reuters Foundation […]
By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad met Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Minister for Religious Affairs Khursheed Shah on Wednesday, discussing ways and means for the return of Muttahida Qaumi Movement to the coalition government, sources in the two sides told Dawn. The governor first met the prime minister at the […]
By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: A new surprise awaited the Supreme Court on Wednesday when Advocate Babar Awan representing Moonis Elahi, the son of former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi of the PML-Q which is partner in the ruling coalition, heaped allegations of bias on FIA Additional Director General Capt (retd) Zafar Qureshi. “When the […]
LAHORE: Punjab Information, Culture and Youth Affairs Department, in collaboration with Lahore Photo Journalist Association (PJA), hosted a five-day photographic exhibition, titled ‘Photo Festival 2011’ at the Race Course Park, which came to an end on Wednesday. The first day of the event, on August 13, proved successful owing to the pleasant weather that uplifted […]
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