Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON: The United States and Pakistan are working on a compromise formula to resolve the Nato supply routes dispute which will require the United States to rebuild the highways damaged by Nato convoys, US sources told Dawn. In return, Pakistan will drastically reduce its demand for an increase in charges for overland deliveries […]
Exactly two years after the attacks on Ahmaddiya places of worship that killed 94 worshippers in Lahore and injured over 100 others, New York-based group Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a fresh reminder to Pakistan’s government to bring the perpetrators of the crime to justice. A report published by the human rights group quotes HRW’s […]
Karachi: Sindh Minister for Information Technology Raza Haroon has urged the media to highlight the actual situation in Karachi and help in bringing about the needed revolution. Addressing the launching ceremony of a daily Urdu newspaper, he said media is one of the strongest stakeholders that must play its due role in the right earnest […]
By Tahir Niaz ISLAMABAD: The Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) had not been able to find the required number of qualified people from the Sindh and Balochistan provinces to fill various occupational groups, said a report released by the FPSC. According to the commission’s recently released annual report for the year 2010, there were 9,056 […]
Islamabad—Chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari, in their separate messages, on Sunday congratulated Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani for achieving the coveted status of being the longest serving elected prime minister of the country in its 64 years history. Prime Minister Gilani, who is also […]
Karachi: The Youth Affairs Department, Government of Sindh, and Habib University Foundation organised iLEAD Active Women Walk. A statement issued here on Sunday said that the walk was held under the Inspiring Leadership, Empowerment and Development in Youth (iLEAD) project from DA Recreational Park to Floating Ship, Main Sea View Road. In this event, women […]
Saher Baloch Karachi: Mohabbat Khan Babar expressed his belief in the adage ‘you reap what you sow’ as he talked about the killing on Saturday of Liaqat Ali, the prime suspect in the murder case of his brother, Geo News reporter Wali Khan Babar, in a police “encounter”. “He was a criminal; he had to […]
Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: In yet another attempt to threaten senior journalist of The News, Shakeel Anjum, for exposing criminals, some half a dozen unknown men attacked his house on Saturday night, breaking a light fixture at the main gate, harassing the family and leaving a ‘message’ for the journalist. Fortunately the family of Shakeel Ajum […]
FAISALABAD: People’s Colony police rescued a 12-year-old maid from the clutches of her employer at Abdullahpur on Sunday. Sheikh Jehangir Ahmad was allegedly beating his maid Ayesha without any reason. Hearing the cry of the maid, people gathered outside the house of Jehangir and knocked at his door but he did not open it and […]
KARACHI: Two sisters have lodged an FIR against their father alleging that he had sold them in the name of marriage, police said on Sunday. The FIR (248/12) was lodged under Section 371 (habitual dealing in slaves) of the Pakistan Penal Code at the Zaman Town police station on a complaint of Hameeda, 30, and […]
THE government of the PPP took over in May 2008. Since then the difference it has made to people’s lives is evident from the following statistics: May, 2008 April, 2012 Rs Rs Petrol a litre 56 105 Diesel 39 107 CNG 30 87 Motorcycle 35,000 65,000 Air-conditioner 15,000 42,000 US dollar 60 91 Sugar per […]
Amanullah Kasi QUETTA: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has claimed that his party can emerge as the largest group in the National Assembly if fair and transparent elections are held in the country but alleged that establishment is the main hurdle in its way. Addressing the concluding session of a conference organised by his […]
LAHORE: A minor girl and two women suffered burns in an acid attack in the city’s Islampura area on Sunday. According to police, 25-year-old Arooj Husnain of Krishan Nagar was going to Itwaar Bazaar along with her daughter Fatima, 2, and sister-in-law Saba, 22, on a rickshaw when two men on a motorcycle threw acid […]
Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD: The National Art Gallery is a modern edifice on the outside but that does not reflect inside. It has been nearly a decade since the gallery made major art acquisitions. Some senior artists said NAG was becoming dull and needed more contemporary artworks installed in its galleries for the viewers’ pleasure. “Contemporary […]
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