SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Tribal Union of Journalists, South Waziristan Agency Unit, Saturday strongly condemned torturing of a tribal journalist allegedly by personnel of Frontier Corps (FC) in Wana, South Waziristan Agency.To condemn the act on the part of the personnel of the FC, a meeting of TUJ, South Waziristan Agency unit was held with Mohammad Roshan […]
BAHAWALNAGAR: A man killed his wife and minor daughter for honour here in the limits of Maroot Police on Saturday. According to detail, Riaz, a resident of Chak 201/M suspected wife Mst Bashiran of having illicit relations with someone. Meanwhile, he axed his wife and two-year-old daughter Kaneezan to death when they were asleep. Deceased […]
Workshop for media persons held PESHAWAR: Speakers at a daylong training session for media persons stressed the need for following the international code of conduct while handling the stories of torture. “Torture is considered as one the most heinous crimes in the civilized world,” Shaukat Ali, a trainer of the daylong session said. The programme […]
LAHORE: Forty six-year-old Talat Hidayat is not your average, ‘just another’ musician. He comes across as an undercover messiah, who, despite being visually-impaired, spreads the light of God’s words through his religiously-inclined melodies. His music has a resonance of classical spirituality and unconditional faith; a trait that sets him apart from other musicians in mainstream […]
Sameer Mandhro KARACHI: It is not necessary that artists always try to convey a message through their art, said one of the four artists from Jamshoro whose work went on display at the Unicorn Gallery on Friday. The exhibition features 57 pieces from Jepar, Nusrat Raza Mangi, Hussain Chandio and Manzoor Ali Solangi, who are […]
LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has announced that the federal government will allocate Rs17 billion for the development of Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and broadband connectivity in un-served areas in the next budget. Addressing the third convocation of Virtual University at the Expo Centre here on Saturday, the prime minister said that education in […]
QUETTA: The continuing kill-and-dump operations, rampant in Balochistan, have taken the life of another journalist. The bullet-riddled body of Express News correspondent Razzaq Gul was found dumped in a deserted area near Turbat town in Kech district on Saturday morning. According to journalist bodies based in Balochistan, this is the 17th journalist to have been […]
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has lauded the role of cable operators in creating awareness among the masses on important issues. He was talking to a delegation of the Cable Operators Association of Pakistan, headed by its chairman Khalid Arain and comprising Malik Furqan, Zubair Khalid, Tahir Javed, Sheikh Ijaz, and Niaz Sheikh, a […]
SHIKARPUR: A woman and a man were killed on the pretext of karo-kari in Abdul Sattar Thaheem village near Garhi Yasin on Saturday. Nazir Thaheem shot dead his cousin Aasiya and a villager, Owais Brohi, over the suspicion that they had illicit relations. The police took the bodies to hospital and, after post-mortem, handed them […]
BAHAWALPUR: The federal government will build an IT block at the Islamia University Bahawalpur at a cost of Rs20 million. An agreement to this effect was reached between the federal IT ministry and the IUB here on Saturday, in line with an announcement made by Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani at the IUB convocation […]
QUETTA: Two women were killed in Jaffarabad district on Saturday in the name of karo-kari, reports said. Jan Mohammad allegedly killed his wife in Dera Aallahyar. A man, whose name could not be known, allegedly axed his young sister in Chatin Pati area. Dawn
HYDERABAD: The chairman of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Culture, Syed Ameer Ali Shah Jamote, and MNA Pir Aftab Shah Jilani have recommended the Sindh government should hand over control of Mehran Music School to the provincial culture department. The school set up in the Mehran Art Council here this year, is being run […]
By Shehzad Baloch QUETTA: The bullet-riddled body of a journalist was found dumped in a deserted area near Turbat city in Kech district on Saturday morning. At least 17 journalists have been killed in Balochistan during the last three years. Relatives of Express News correspondent Razzaq Gul said that he had been kidnapped from near […]
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