Rana Tanveer LAHORE: An elderly woman left with broken bones in a brutal beating and robbery two weeks ago has alleged that Ghalib Market police are refusing to register a case against the perpetrator, another woman, because she is backed by local clerics. Shehnaz Khan, 65, told The Express Tribune that her former neighbour, Samina, […]
Lahore: In the first session of the fifth Parliamentary year, the Punjab Assembly here on Wednesday adopted historic resolutions, demanding the restoration of Bahawalpur’s status as a province and creation of a separate province ‘Janoobi’ Punjab. The resolutions presented by Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah were unanimously adopted by the Punjab Assembly. Restoration of Bahawalpur’s […]
Glow by Warid continues supporting young leaders by presenting Media Fest event at Kinnaird College for Women, which was aimed at helping Media students unleash their talent and expose their inner journalistic skills. Kinnaird Media Society, the college’s Mass Communication department, organised this festival in which over 550 Kinnaird College students participated in four competitions. […]
Ijaz Kakakhel ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday expressed serious reservations over audit paras in the accounts of the Information Technology (IT) and Telecommunication Division and directed the IT Ministry to take measures and also improve the country’s exports. Nadeem Afzal Chand presided over the PAC meeting at the Parliament House. Discussing an […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) in pursuance to the decision of the authority in its 75th meeting held on Tuesday at PEMRA Headquarters issued final notices to TV channels involved in airing derogatory, humiliating programmes purposely meant for character assassination of individuals and organisation in the guise of parody or satire. The […]
KARACHI: The Sindh Culture Festival, being jointly organised by the Arts Council of Pakistan (ACP) and Sindh Culture Department on May 18-20, has been postponed due to uncertain law and order situation of the city, Daily Times has learnt. ACP Karachi president Ahmed Shah, when asked about the festival, said that though no decision had […]
Karachi: In a fit of rage, a man strangulated his wife to death after a heated argument at their residence on Wednesday, police said. Siddiqa Bibi, 25, wife of Ghulam Qadir, was killed in her house in Ayub Goth. Later, Qadir informed his wife’s relatives about her death. The family informed police, who took the […]
Salis bin Perwaiz Karachi: Police found the bullet-riddled bodies of a journalist and his friend dumped under the Love Lane Bridge in Pak Colony early on Wednesday morning. The bodies were shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where post-mortems showed the two were severely tortured before being killed. Bullet wounds to their heads were described […]
KARACHI: Senior women activists associated with human rights bodies and other non-governmental organisations engaged in social welfare activities in Lyari, as well as other parts of Karachi, strongly condemned on Wednesday frequent waves of violence, killing of innocent people, growing menace of extortion, gang warfare as well as the botched police operation in the once […]
Sadia Qasim Shah PESHAWAR: Like many other Swati women, the prolonged conflict in the region left Farida with nothing but embroidery skills to earn livelihood. Thanks to her expertise in this traditional craft, the 40-year-old currently works with Lasoona, a nongovernmental organisation developing handicraft skills of local women and marketing their work, including Swati embroidered […]
Mehmood-ul-Hassan Khan, correspondent of Urdu-language television channel “Dunya News” and Waheed-ur-Rehman, correspondent of Pashto-language television channel “Khyber News” were injured in a blast on May 9, 2012, at the shrine of famous Pashto language poet and leader of a political party Ajmal Khattak in Nowshehra district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhuwa province of Pakistan. According to press reports, […]
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