PESHAWAR – Charsadda Union of Journalists Monday staged a protest demonstration against police torture on two journalists and demanded of the Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti to take immediate action against the responsible persons. The protest rally was staged in front of Peshawar Press Club, which was led by President Charsadda Union of Journalists. […]
By Qaiser Zulfiqar ISLAMABAD: A day after the authorities briefly banned access to microblogging website Twitter due to ‘blasphemous’ material, the city capital police on the orders of a city court on Monday registered a case against social networking giant Facebook. Margalla police station registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Facebook and three other […]
SUKKUR: Mohammad Bux Mahar killed his wife and their neighbour over the pretext of karo kari in the Jind Wado Mahar village near Ghotki on Monday. Mohammad suspected that Mouran was being unfaithful to him and decided to kill her while she slept. He managed to escape and is still on the run. The Express […]
ISLAMABAD: Attacks on journalists are not only condemnable but also tantamount to causing hurdles in the free dissemination of information to the general public. Safety and protection of the journalists should be the top priority of the law enforcement agencies that were not only required to maintain law and order but also uphold the law […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has established independent bodies namely Councils of Complaints at federal and provincial capitals to redress public complaints regarding programmes broadcast by television channels. Any one aggrieved by any programme can lodge a complaint with the nearest Council of Complaints, which after considering the matter, may recommend to […]
LAHORE: The Punjab government has increased women’s quota in government jobs from five percent to fifteen percent and a notification has also been issued in this regard here on Monday. According to the notification issued by the Services and General Administration Department (S&GAD) of the provincial government, women will have relaxation of three years of […]
QUETTA: The Supreme Court on Monday issued summons for the federal defence and interior secretaries as well as the prime minister and governor Balochistan’s principal secretaries to appear before the court on Tuesday, DawnNews reported. A three-judge bench of the apex court, comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary, Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja and Justice Khilji […]
Anwar Iqbal CHICAGO: Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen acknowledged on Monday that there could be no large drawdown of troops from Afghanistan without Pakistan’s help as both sides also expressed the desire to stay engaged with each other despite differences. “We count on Pakistan’s commitment to support Isaf and Nato efforts in Afghanistan,” Mr […]
KARACHI: Speakers paid glowing tributes to eminent writer Fatima Suraiya Bajia at the launch of a book on her life and works titled Hamari Bajia by Iffat Rizvi at the Arts Council, Karachi, on Monday. Bajia’s brother and renowned satirist Anwar Maqsood hosted the programme. He peppered his anchoring with rib-tickling anecdotes, and at the […]
PESHAWAR: A local court on Monday acquitted a man and a transvestite of the same sex marriage. Judicial magistrate Mohammad Ilyas pronounced acquittal on completion of arguments by the prosecution and the defence, saying the charge against the two, Malik Iqbal and Kashif alias Rani, couldn’t be proved. Mr Iqbal later told reporters that he […]
Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD: The provincial governments are opposing an increase of more than 20 per cent in salaries and pensions of government employees. A senior government official said on Monday that a 15 per cent ad hoc relief in salaries and pensions of federal government employees would put an additional burden of Rs34 billion. A […]
HYDERABAD: The University of Sindh will set up an FM radio station in the department of Mass Communication to broadcast educational programmes and train students of the department. The project was discussed at a meting at the Jamshoro campus on Monday. It was presided over by acting vice-chancellor Professor Dr Parveen Shah and attended by […]
WILL Pakistan ever learn that bans are counterproductive and only serve to make a laughing stock out of us? More importantly, will our decision-makers ever realise that it is futile to try and police the world? Apparently not. A couple of years ago, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority, on the directives of the Lahore High Court, […]
Peerzada Salman KARACHI: It was meant to be a press conference but turned out to be a moving event of sorts. Despite one or two touchy moments when he had a lump in his throat and a teardrop was about to roll down his cheek, the pioneer of Pakistani pop music, Alamgir, looked and sounded […]
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