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. […]
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari decorated 67 recipients of National Awards (Civil), including five foreign nationals, at the investiture ceremony held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Friday (March 23). The President had approved 189 Pakistan Civil Awards on August 14, 2011, including the 9 approved as special cases after August 14, 2011. The Governor Punjab on […]
HYDERABAD: No staff and computers are available at the Nadra centres as catastrophe-hit people have been facing problems in getting their CNICs registered, while swindling agents and police officials are exploiting victims, asking for bribes from community members in exchange for “fast-tracking” CNICs in districts, including Mirpurkhas, Shaheed Benazirabad and Sanghar, a report released by […]
ISLAMABAD: On the occasion of Pakistan Day, Jang columnist Nazir Naji received a distinguished award for his outstanding contributions in the field of journalism.Geo News senior anchorperson Hamid Mir’s late father Professor Warris Mir was also posthumously recognised for his achievements, and this award was received by his son Amir Mir. Senior journalists Hanif Khalid […]
LARKANA: A man was killed and a woman injured seriously over Karo-Kari in the jurisdiction of Muhammad Bindo Police Station on Friday. Police said accused Abdul Hafeez Shaikh of Mehral Narejo village opened fire on Abdul Jabbar Shaikh and Momal over suspicion of alleged illicit relations. Jabbar was killed on the spot while Momal was […]
LARKANA: A man killed his wife over alleged illicit relations in the jurisdiction of Makli Police Station on Friday.Police said Zaman shot dead his wife Zameeran in Ali Muhammad Katyar village. The accused surrendered to the police with the weapon of murder. The dead body was handed over to the heirs after post-mortem. The News
ISLAMABAD: About 650 schools for boys and girls remained dysfunctional in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) due to threats from militants, revealed by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) in its report. The HRCP report titled “State of Human Rights in 2011”, stated that 542 boys schools and 108 girls schools remained dysfunctional in the […]
US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, who had recently introduced a controversial legislation on Balochistan, asked Radio Free Asia (RFA) to report on and broadcast in Balochistan to better equip them with the current news. According to a press release issued by his office, Representative Rohrabacher wrote a letter to Radio Free Asia’s president, saying that the […]
ISLAMABAD: At least 943 women were killed in the name of honour during 2011 in Pakistan, of which 93 were minors, according to a report released here on Thursday by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP). The report titled “State of Human Rights in 2011″ seven Christian and two Hindu women were among the […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fridous Ashiq Awan Thursday said that a conducive working atmosphere would be ensured for media and the cable operators. Talking to a delegation of cable operators at Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Headquarters, the information minister said the government considers the cable operators as media partners and the […]
Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: The prime minister’s counsel Ch Aitzaz Ahsan has again blamed ‘certain section of the media’ for propagating against him but admitted that the same ‘section of the media’ was his favourite during the historic movement for the restoration of judiciary. In his press talk outside the Supreme Court building Aitzaz again alleged […]
KARACHI: The Awami National Party (ANP), Sindh chapter, on Thursday rejected the allegations that the party was involved in burning the copies of newspapers and creating hurdles in the broadcast of a television channel. General Secretary, ANP Sindh, Bashir Jan, in his statement issued from the Bacha Khan Markaz condemned the allegations levelled against the […]
LAHORE: The Punjab government informed the Lahore High Court on Thursday that there is no law in the country to stop the sale and purchase of girls for the purpose of marriage only. This was stated by Assistant Advocate General Rabiyya Bajwa in connection with the case of a young girl (S) who was sold […]
Shoaib A Raja ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday called for stringent measures to maintain law and order in Karachi, as well as eradicating extortionists at all costs. Presiding over a special meeting convened to address the deteriorating law and order situation in Karachi at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, the president said that all those involved […]
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