By Nadir Hassan PTA says using VPN’s hampers ability of the government to monitor for terrorist activity. KARACHI: In an effort to ramp up the monitoring of internet security, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has directed all ISPs to prevent internet users from using technology that would allow them to privately browse the internet. This was […]
LAHORE: This is with reference to a recent debate between Zaid Hamid and Marvi Sirmed that we are constrained to issue the following clarification on behalf of the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA): a) The debate in a programme aired by a private TV channel was against some professional ethics as the “accused” (SAFMA) […]
PESHAWAR: The Capital City Police Officer (CCPO), Imtiaz Altaf, has directed police officials to eliminate militants and criminals to ensure peace in the provincial capital and adopt decent behaviour towards the public. The CCPO was addressing a meeting of officers of the capital city police. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP-coordination) Mohammad Yamin Khan was also […]
FAISALABAD: The Faisalabad Arts Council (FAC) in collaboration with Punjab Information, Culture and Youth Affairs Department, Punjab Council of the Art and Lahore Photo Journalists Association has organized “Photo Festival 2011” at Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Auditorium. The festival was inaugurated by senior PML-N leader Senator Parvaiz Rasheed here on Saturday. Secretary Information, Culture […]
Women outshone boys in all fields of HSC examinations conducted in nine districts of Hyderabad. HYDERABAD: Female students excelled over the male students in all groups of Higher Secondary Certificate Part II (Class XII) examinations conducted by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) in Hyderabad. As many as 31,283 students from nine districts […]
KARACHI: Self-Employed Women’s Fund was inaugurated in Landhi Town’s 2-C Area here. This was announced in a statement issued by the University of Karachi on Saturday. It said that the director and Faculty members of Centre of Excellence for Women’s Studies, University of Karachi, in collaboration with representatives of Anjuman Tarraqi Niswan and Asif Hasnain, […]
Karachi: Sindh Minister for Women Development Tauqir Fatima Bhutto has urged the women subjected to any discrimination or violence as well as people privy to any such incident to immediately contact the complaint centres functional in the province. She said that the PPP government committed to the cause of women was running ten complaint centres […]
THIS is apropos of the article by Samar Mehmood (Dawn Magazine, Aug 14). The writer has rightly appreciated the role of Radio Pakistan as a prime entertainment and art institution of the country. Her statement that “there was a time when everyone, from poets to writers to performing artistes, was associated with radio” is historically […]
By Aamir Yasin RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday ordered seizure of Pervez Musharraf`s property and freezing of his bank accounts while declaring him absconder in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case. The order was issued by ATC-III Judge Shahid Raffique after the former president failed to appear before the court despite several reminders. The […]
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, on Saturday, administered oath to Akhtar Buland Rana as new Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP), against whom he had expressed reservations. Supreme Court (SC) Registrar Dr Faqir Hussain later on issued a statement regarding oath taken by the new AGP. According to the statement, the president […]
Rana Ghulam Qadir ISLAMABAD: Expressing annoyance over the unsatisfactory performance of the state-run TV channel, Pakistan Television (PTV), Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has ordered Information and Broadcasting Secretary Taimour Azmat Usman to conduct an inquiry. According to sources, the prime minister answered the questions of journalists in details and especially about the appointment of […]
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