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Daily Archives: March 28, 2012

Obama links Pak sovereignty to US security

Muhammad Saleh Zaafir SEOUL: While Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday explicitly said the decisions taken by parliament would be followed in letter and spirit, US President Barack Obama said he hoped Pakistan’s parliament would take a balanced approach and also respect US security needs. The two leaders expressed these views in their post-meeting […]


PPP HR cell seeks justice for Fakhra, all acid crime victims

KARACHI: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Human Rights Cell members have expressed deep sorrow on the tragic death of acid crime victim Fakhra Yunus and have sought justice for her. Central Coordinator of the Cell Nafisa Shah on Tuesday termed Fakhra’s death a sad reflection on the state of the criminal justice system in the […]


Verification of votes: name of polling station to be part of SMS reply

ISLAMABAD: National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) on Tuesday claimed that name of polling station would also be part of Short Message Service (SMS) reply, launched for verification of vote status. Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in collaboration with NADRA and mobile phone operators had launched the world’s biggest SMS service for 83.2 million Pakistani […]


National Press Trust: Journalist demands pension unpaid for 25 years

LAHORE: Journalist and author Shafqat Tanvir Mirza has asked the Lahore High Court to get his pension, withheld by the National Press Trust (formerly Progressive Papers Limited) for 25 years, released so he can get treatment for lung cancer. Mirza’s lawyer Maqsooma Zahra Bokhari asked the court to direct the respondents to pay her client […]


National Press Trust: Journalist demands pension unpaid for 25 years

LAHORE: Journalist and author Shafqat Tanvir Mirza has asked the Lahore High Court to get his pension, withheld by the National Press Trust (formerly Progressive Papers Limited) for 25 years, released so he can get treatment for lung cancer. Mirza’s lawyer Maqsooma Zahra Bokhari asked the court to direct the respondents to pay her client […]


AJK PM urges media to highlight Kashmiris’ plight

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Chaudhry Abdul Majeed on Tuesday called upon the media to play their vital role in highlighting the inalienable right of self determination to people of Kashmir at domestic and international levels for the peaceful resolution of the dispute. “The people of Kashmir have been promised by […]


No girls’ hostel for Murray College

SIALKOT – It seems that the ordeal of girl students of the Government Murray College will continue, as the century-old institute does not have any girl hostel. As many as 2,000 girl students have been facing residential problems. They are forced to live in rented houses near and around the college that has prompted security […]


Police fail to solve journalist’s blind murder

By: Israr Ahmad RAWALPINDI – The gruesome and unsolved murder of Raja Assad Hameed, a senior journalist associated with TheNation, has exposed the poor performance of Rawalpindi police as they have shelved the case file and upped their hands while declaring it as “untraced”. This action of the Rawalpindi police raised many eyesbrows as it […]