ZAHEER ABBASI ISLAMABAD: The government has upwardly revised fiscal deficit projection for the next fiscal year to 4.9 percent from 4.2 percent owing to highly anticipated higher expenditure on subsidies for power sector, increase in salaries as well as expenditure on a special programme outside the pale of Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for election-related […]
By Mudassir Raja Ex-minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi, former Hajj DG Rao Shakeel and Raja Aftabul Islam plead not guilty. RAWALPINDI: A trial court on Wednesday indicted former federal minister for religious affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi and two others in the Hajj corruption scam. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Central Special Judge Khalid Shabir indicted Kazmi, former […]
KARACHI: Shafiuddin Ashraf and Ikram Bukhari were elected unopposed as chairman and secretary general, along with all other candidates in the All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation election for the years 2012-2014 held at the press club on Wednesday, says a press release. The other office-bearers declared elected are: Dara Zafar (Senior Vice Chairman), Kaleem Shamim […]
Ayesha Shahid ISLAMABAD: These days, Manto is in the air. And in a quest to celebrate Manto’s centenary, Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) put up a rendition of his short story Ten rupees on Wednesday in a simple but effective production. Directed by Sabir Khan and written by Arshad Chohan, the play took […]
KARACHI: An exhibition of artworks by Shanzay Subzwari, Saadia Shahid, Nazar ul Islam, Rabia Dawood, Zohaib Khan, Tahir A. Bhatti and Ali Abrar opens at Grandeur gallery on Wednesday at 5pm. The group show will remain open till June 10, daily from 11am to 8pm. Dawn
Shazia Hasan KARACHI: Speakers on day two of the international ‘Media Agenda 2012’ conference discussed the medium of language and its usage, sources and their protection, and objectivity and the news media at the Arts Council here on Wednesday. Speaking in the morning session about the medium of language and its usage, BBC Urdu’s senior […]
Mohammad Asghar RAWALPINDI: A lady schoolteacher was allegedly killed by her brother over her marriage issue in the limits of Airport police station on Wednesday. The police said 22-year-old Sajida Bibi, resident of Dhoke Gangal, was allegedly murdered by her brother, Mohammad Ehsan, when their parents were not at home. Sajida Bibi, the daughter of […]
QUETTA: Media persons under the auspices of the Balochistan Union of Journalists held a demonstration here on Wednesday and called upon the government to arrest the killers of Abdul Qadir Hajizai, the reporter of a private TV channel at Basima in Washuk district, who was murdered two days ago. The protesters holding placards and banners […]
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