Karachi: By 10am on Wednesday, the ground at the PAF museum was almost full but children kept coming in long queues ushered by their teachers. As they disembarked from the buses, their faces lit up because they could clearly hear the roar of the loudspeaker from here. Phasing and playfully nagging each other, under the […]
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Wednesday sought replies from the federal government and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting by March 20 on a writ petition filed against possible curbs on the media. The petitioner, advocate Rana Ilmuddin Ghazi, stated that the media was exposing the government and now the government […]
ISLAMABAD: Proceedings into air marshal (retd) Asghar Khan’s petition against alleged rigging in the 1990 elections by the Inter-Services Intelligence came to a halt when important documents were found missing in the official record of the Supreme Court. Reacting to the surprising development, Suleman Akram Raja, the attorney for Khan, told The Express Tribune that […]
By Sami Shah [email protected] Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won an Oscar. She held the golden figurine depicting a nude man and inspired all Pakistani women with a simple but powerful speech. If she could achieve so much, then so can they. If even one more achieves the same, then the debt of gratitude we owe her will […]
The CCP received a formal complaint from Nayatel and informal complaints from residents of National Police Foundation (NPF) that a ten-year agreement took place between NPF and Tri-Star Cable TV Network (TCTN) on November 27, 2008 granted exclusive right to TCTN in respect of multi-channel Cable TV. ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has […]
Asim Yasin ISLAMABAD: Mian Raza Rabbani, who authored 18th and 19th constitutional amendments, has a firm belief that independent judiciary, free media and active civil society is prerequisite for the federalism. “The perception of strong federation has been rotten and now we have to move forward with the thinking that we can progress through making […]
Karachi: Each member of the Sindh Assembly on Wednesday had a different interpretation of Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Oscar win. As Taimur Talpur boasted of his friendship with the filmmaker, women MPAs took pride in the fact that someone from them had achieved this honour for the country. They also unanimously passed a joint resolution to congratulate […]
KARACHI: A day-long training session for Sindh police officers was held at the Police Training College, Saeedabad, on Wednesday. It was organised by the Society for Human Rights and Prisoners Aid, says a press release. Titled ‘Refugee law and status of refugees in Pakistan’, the session was aimed at sensitising police officers on the concepts […]
KARACHI: A programme featuring an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Prof Bashir Ahmad, a presentation on ‘Art, society and gender politics’ by Niiloufur Farrukh, screening of a war documentary by M.S. Kureshi, a presentation on ‘Rediscovering identity through the visual reflections on Sindh and Pakistani history’ by Dr Hamida Khuhro, a display of art […]
Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said the process of dialogue with disgruntled Baloch leaders has been started. Talking to reporters after visiting offices of the National Database and Registration Authority on Wednesday, he appealed to the media not to invite rebel leaders to their talk shows. The minister said propaganda was […]
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