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Daily Archives: August 31, 2011

Govt establishes Social Media Cell

Mehtab Haider ISLAMABAD: In the wake of the rapidly changing political scenario, the government has established a Social Media Cell to create blogs and enhance the usage of latest tools of information technology to respond to the growing criticism against the Zardari-Gilani regime, The News has reliably learnt. But some insiders say one of the […]


KhUJ flays attack on crew of TV channel Gives call for protest today

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Union of Journalists has condemned the cowardly attack on the reporting team of a TV channel, which resulted in serious injuries to senior journalist Hazrat Khan Mohmand. In a press statement, KhUJ President Arshad Aziz Malik and general secretary Yousaf Ali asked the government to order an impartial inquiry into the incident […]


PBA condemns attack on Khyber News staff

KARACHI: The Pakistan Broadcasters Association has strongly condemned the wanton act of violence against the staff members of a private channel, the Khyber News. The PBA Board of Directors meting, held on August 26, was informed that the dastardly attack had come after a series of threats hurled at the channel. PBA said the uncalled-for […]


Mirza hits out at nationalists

By Mohammad Hussain Khan HYDERABAD: Former Sindh home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza has said the PPP is neither leaving behind a good legacy nor an energised party for Bilawal Bhutto. Speaking at a news conference here on Tuesday, he accused the late G. M. Syed, the founder of Jeay Sindh Tehrik, of using his influence […]


Man kills sister, niece on suspicion

MULTAN: A man killed his sister and his young niece on Monday evening. According to police officials Chak No7/8 resident Ghulam Sabir suspected his sister, a widow, and her daughter of having an affair. Sabir took his 40-year old sister Noor Mohammad and his 19-year-old niece Saima to the fields in the middle of the […]


Man butchers wife after she filed for divorce

Sarfraz kidnapped Zahida from her parents’ house and chopped her head off. SAHIWAL: A man allegedly murdered his wife after she threatened to divorce him for accusing her of having had an affair. According to police officials, Chak 4/10- L resident Sarfraz tied his wife to the bed and chopped her head with an axe. […]


Lawyers call for more women in the judiciary

By Zahid Gishkori There is only one female judge in the country’s superior courts. ISLAMABAD: With only one female judge in the superior courts, the country’s top lawyers have urged the government to employ more women and deal with a backlog of over 1.4 million cases. “The paucity of female judges and backlog of family […]


Commercial theatre in decline

By Shoaib Ahmed LAHORE: Three Punjab government departments that monitor commercial theatre have not been able to bring about any improvement in it, according to critics. The Punjab Arts Council, the Home Department and the DCO Office are supposed to take measures for the improvement of commercial theatre. The PAC is responsible for vetting the […]


SC tells Sindh govt to ‘wake up’

By Tahir Siddiqui KARACHI: A five-judge special bench of the Supreme Court observed on Tuesday that there should be no compromise on people’s fundamental rights in the search for security and asked the Sindh government to track down elements involved in target killings in Karachi. Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, who heads the bench hearing […]


CHRE pushes for transparent elections under ECP

* Calls upon human rights community, civil society to sensitise citizens on issue LAHORE: Centre for Human Rights Education (CHRE), a human rights body focusing its efforts on the democratic development in Pakistan, has demanded that the vote registration and verification process by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) be carried out transparently by quashing […]