RAWALPINDI – Effective use of print and electronic media for transfer of modern agricultural technology to farmers for achieving breakthrough in crops yield is need of the hour. This was said by Prof. Dr Muhammad Munir, Vice Chancellor Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, while chairing a seminar/media briefing held in connection with Golden Jubilee Celebration of […]
By Syed Mohammed Ali The writer is a development consultant and a PhD student at the University of Melbourne [email protected] Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Oscar for a documentary on the acid attacks is no doubt a big win for Pakistan’s arts and entertainment industry. Even the prime minister has taken the opportunity of announcing an award for […]
LAHORE: Levy of radio and motor vehicle tax has been challenged before the Lahore High Court. The petitioner, a bar member, Mian Asif, contended that the government instead of giving relief to the masses putting burden of taxes on the poor people. He said that government already receiving taxes on these items and hence another […]
Jennifer Kishan This is a formative moment for Pakistan. A national institution is about to be created in a country where, for decades, civil society has been the sole proactive challenge to the state on human rights violations. Pakistan’s vibrant civil society has made commendable efforts in persuading the government to legislate better laws. Yet […]
AHORE: Shehrbano Taseer, a daughter of the former governor of Punjab, Salmaan Taseer, has been included in a list of 150 fearless women. Also featuring German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Hollywood actress Angeline Jolie, the list, compiled by The Daily Beast, credits women who have made remarkable efforts for social betterment in their respective countries. […]
Muhammad Saleh Zaafir ISLAMABAD: The ruling alliance has decided to bring in Chairman Senate Farooq H Naek as the new federal law and parliamentary affairs minister in place of Senator Maula Bux Chandio. Naek is being brought in to deal with the complex constitutional scenario that may emerge sometime in the next few months. Senator […]
LARKANA: A man killed his 18-year-old sister and her alleged paramour over Karo-Kari here on Monday. Abid Ali Jatoi, a resident of Hatri, in the Dokri sub-division of Larkana, killed his – teenage sister Hurmat and 29-year old relative Ali Hyder Jatoi by clubbing them to death over allegations that they had illicit relations. The […]
Imtiaz Ali Karachi: The Sindh Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a law to regularise 14,000 teachers who were appointed since 2008. Also, Law Minister Ayaz Soomro announced that the provincial government would appoint another 19,000 teachers this year. MQM’s parliamentary leader Syed Sardar Ahmed supported the ‘Sindh regularisation of teachers appointed on contract basis bill, […]
KARACHI: A seven-year-old girl, who had gone missing a day earlier near her home in Gulistan-i-Jauhar, was found raped and murdered in a locality graveyard on Monday, police said. They said that the girl went missing on Sunday evening while playing outside her house in Husain Hazara Goth in Gulistan-i-Jauhar. Her family kept looking for […]
Iqbal Khwaja THATTA: Police pressure on villagers to identify the mother of an “unwanted child” led to the killing of a 16-year-old unmarried woman in a brutal manner. The case came to light when doctors examined the body of the woman after she was brought to the Civil Hospital, Makli, here late on Sunday night. […]
LARKANA:Sarkash Sindhi, renowned poet known for his revolutionary verses, died here on Monday after protracted illness.He was 72. He is survived by two daughters and a son. He was laid to rest in Ali Bahar graveyard near Shaikh Zayed Hospital here on Monday evening. A large number of people from different walks of life — […]
Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan upheld on Monday the previously declared Senate poll results for seven general seats from Balochistan, prompting a furious protest by the Pakistan Muslim League-N which threatened to take the matter to the Supreme Court. Balochistan Election Commissioner Abdul Jabbar Jamali, who was also returning officer in the […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has said that over 1.67 million people have verified their records from the voter lists of the Election Commission through mobile SMS. In a statement on Friday, Nadra deputy chairman Tariq Malik said the highest number of SMS had been received from Punjab. He said the Election […]
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