By: Shakeel Anjum Islamabad: The National Database & Registration Authority (Nadra) has started the revalidation process of arms licences issued by the Ministry of Interior. Nadra Deputy Chairman Tariq Malik said that the process will provide transparency and authenticity of arms licence and proper data will be available with the Ministry of Interior. He said […]
PESHAWAR: Khyber Union of Journalists (KUJ) demanded, on Tuesday, setting up of judicial commission to probe the failed life attempt on senior TV reporter Hazrat Khan Mohmand and immediate arrest of the attackers. “We set September 15 deadline for the commission and demand immediate arrest of the attackers,” said KUJ President Malik Arshad Aziz while […]
NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists on Tuesday expressed concern over the attack on three Khyber TV personnel in Peshawar, saying it underscores the vulnerability of Pakistani journalists amid the deteriorating security situation. ‘This brazen daytime attack in the heart of a major City shows just how vulnerable Pakistan’s journalists are to violence from […]
ISLAMABAD: Journalists here on Tuesday held a protest demonstration against attacks on the media and government’s failure to protect the mediapersons. The protest held at National Press Club was organised by Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) against a ban on government advertisements to a regional Urdu newspaper and […]
LAHORE: The South Asian Free Media Association (Safma) has sent defamation notices to a TV channel officials and analyst Zaid Hamid over malicious accusations made in a show. Sent by Safma Secretary General Imtiaz Alam and Safma Punjab President Anjum Rashid through senior advocate Abid Hasan Minto, the legal notices under Section 8 of Defamation […]
By: Maham Javaid KARACHI: Some of the women of Clifton have had it with the damaged roads outsides their houses and their children’s schools. They went to their union council nazims and administrators, they have spoken to the men who run their building associations and they have written letters to the City District Government Karachi. […]
UNITED NATIONS: A Pakistani woman police officer, currently working for a UN peacekeeping operation, has received the 2011 International Female Police Peacekeeper Award in recognition of her outstanding performance. Shahzadi Gulfam, a deputy superintendent of police, is the first Pakistani woman officer to receive the prestigious award. She is deployed with the United Nations Mission […]
WITH the National Database and Registration Authority expressing its inability to reg-ister, under the existing system, abandoned and orphaned children, the Supreme Court has now approached the Council of Islamic Ideology for a religious interpretation on the matter. As pointed out by child rights activities, such children do not possess the Child Registration Certificates, more […]
PESHAWAR: Leaders of Alami Muttahida Ulema and Mashaikh Conference (AMUMC) have expressed grave concern over the targeted killing of innocent people in Karachi and blamed the ruling coalition parties for protecting criminal gangs in the port city. Speaking at a press conference at Peshawar Press Club on Tuesday, the AMUMC chairman Maulana Mohammad Shoaib said […]
By: Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: Another day at the court and another showing of the government’s skilful parrying. When the Supreme Court once again asked on Tuesday for progress on bringing Hussain Asghar, Inspector General of Gilgit-Baltistan, back to the FIA (to resume investigation into the Haj scam), it was informed that nothing had changed since […]
By: Imran Ayub KARACHI: Karachi shut down on Tuesday on a ‘day of mourning’ called by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in protest against continuing violence that has claimed more than 100 lives in a week. And as people waited for effective action to curb the criminals killing innocent citizens, the authorities came up with only […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted another two weeks to the federal government to repost Hussain Asghar as the additional director general of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to resume probe into Hajj arrangements corruption case. The court also directed Babar Awan, who is representing Interior Secretary Siddique Akbar, to expedite the implementation of […]
Hazrat Khan Mohamed, Bureau Chief of private TV channel “ATV Khyber News” was injured when a team of their TV channel was attacked by unknown armed men on Monday, August 22, 2011 in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. The team was returning after enquiring about the health of Provincial Education Minister Sardar Hussain Babak […]
By: Zahid Gishkori ISLAMABAD: The government is planning to set up radio and television stations in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) to provide tribesmen a window of opportunity to show the world their culture and traditions, and to counter extremism. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan informed a parliamentary panel on […]
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