ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has issued notice to the NADRA chairman for issuing Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs) to 20,000 Bahria Town employees on the insistence of Malik Riaz to influence the election process in NA-52. A three-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by the CJP, will hear this […]
Shakeel Anjum ISLAMABAD: The enormous task of printing the draft electoral rolls of more than 80 million eligible voters under the close supervision of the Election Commission of Pakistan has been completed, deputy chairman Nadra, Tariq Malik, told journalists here Thursday. “We have printed draft electoral rolls of all districts and transported them to district […]
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KARACHI: Behind the high walls and gates of the only prison for women in Pakistan’s commercial hub, inmates such as Sadaf escape from prison every day — even if it’s only in her mind. Small and thin, with friendly eyes set in a weathered face, Sadaf has been an inmate since 1998 after being convicted […]
THE road to development in Pakistan is replete with statements defining our goals. Our heritage continues to cave in under the force of our current priorities. The Odeon cinema on the Mall in Rawalpindi is one example of our priorities. In the normal course of affairs, the cinema would have found reason to celebrate its […]
By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered Sheikh Muhammad Afzal, former chief executive of Haris Steel Industry and principal accused in the multi-billion-rupee Bank of Punjab (BoP) scam, on Thursday to submit a written apology for writing a contemptuous letter to former SC judge Syed Jamshed Ali Shah who heads the committee formed to […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Thursday issued warning to TV channels for violating its terms and conditions. As per terms and conditions of license, a TV channel can broadcast up to 10 per cent of total foreign content which constitutes maximum 2 hours and forty minutes duration in total broadcast of 24 […]
By Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR: Local cable operators are rapidly losing their clientele due to restrictions by the Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on the screening of programmes of the Afghanistan-based satellite channels. “Dozens of local subscribers are switching over to dish antennas because of the non-availability of the Afghan Pashto channels in Peshawar,” said Mushtaq […]
LONDON: Authorities in Pakistan must ensure journalists and media workers are given adequate protection to carry out their jobs without fearing for their lives, Amnesty International said today after a reporter was shot dead in Balochistan province on Sunday and the kidnapping of another in North Waziristan tribal agency last Thursday. Many journalists and media […]
By Bhagwandas KARACHI: Despite the access to information law, PIA has warned its employees not to provide to the media any information that may embarrass the government. According to the sources, the warning has been issued by the airline`s human resources management official Dur Mohammad Tarique through an Aug 10 circular on `Premature leakage of […]
LAHORE: Leading media persons and editors have condemned the ‘blatant accusations and lies’ of Zaid Hamid against the South Asian Free Media Association (Safma). In a statement on Thursday, the leading media personalities took an exception to the unfounded accusations made against a media organisation of credible journalists of South Asia in a show that […]
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