PESHAWAR – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Minister for Information, Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said that the provincial government has done a lot to ensure better healthcare facilities to working journalists and their families. He said for this purpose seed money out of the endowment fund had been enhanced from Rs 5 million to Rs 15 million. Similarly, […]
By Zia Khan ISLAMABAD: Authorities are preparing the country’s first-ever human rights policy to furnish guidelines for institutionalising official response to a scourge that is among several factors maligning the country’s image aboard. “We are in the final stages of drafting a human rights policy that will be covering all aspects of a grave problem […]
Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: The Indus Heritage Trust on Saturday filed an application with Islamabad High Court (IHC) against termination of its contract by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to operate the arts and craft village. On Thursday when Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui was hearing a petition filed by Shariq H. Khan, seeking reinstatement on the […]
SHEIKHUPURA: A large number of people on Saturday staged a demonstration here in front of district police offices, demanding early arrest of the five policemen who allegedly raped a young girl after abducting her from a street. Reportedly, five Muhafiz Force personnel who were on patrol on Friday evening stopped a 16-year-old girl ‘N’, daughter […]
Peerzada Salman KARACHI: A book titled ‘This is PTV — Another Day, Another World’ by former managing director of PTV Agha Nasir was launched at the Karachi Press Club on Saturday. The event was chaired by eminent mediaperson Farhad Zaidi. Shedding light on the genesis of the book, Mr Nasir said it was written to […]
KARACHI: Hollywood star Sean Penn visited the Bilquis Edhi Female Child Home in Clifton here on Saturday. He was accompanied by the Consul General of the United States in Karachi, William Martin. He was received by Maulana Abdus Sattar Edhi and Begum Bilquis Edhi. The double Oscar winner visited various sections of the Edhi Home, […]
LAHORE: Noted singer Muhammad Iqbal Bahu died of a cardiac arrest here on Saturday. He was 68. According to the family, Bahu suffered heart attack on Friday night and was taken to the Services Hospital where he initially got stable and was discharged. He however suffered the second attack and died on way to hospital. […]
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