ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) on Friday directed the IT Ministry to submit an inquiry report on National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) project within 15 days. The corporation is incurring an annual loss of nearly $8 million to the national exchequer. The committee met with Chudhry Muhammad Barjees Tahir in the […]
ISLAMABAD:The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) should have independent local media. This will create an enabling environment for political participation in the region ahead of the next general elections, said mainstream political parties and elected officials from the region here on Thursday. The parties and MNAs demanded that President Asif Ali Zardari urgently issue an […]
ISLAMABAD. The 12th death anniversary of the renowned folk singer Allan Fakir who claimed fame from songs like ‘Allah Allah kar bhaiya’, will be observed on July 4. The singer was an exceptional folk singer who mesmerised people through his sufi music. He also sang a duet with Muhammad Ali Shekhi. Other than his singing, […]
HYDERABAD: An inquiry report into the death of famous Sindhi singer, Master Manzoor, has established that the cause of his death was suicide. It rejected the suspicion of murder as mentioned in an FIR. Manzoor had shot himself in the head on April 22 with a pistol which was found in his room. Express Tribune
* Commission condemns Thursday’s bus attack, expresses concern over authorities’ inability or unwillingness to act against terrorists LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said that the killing of Shia pilgrims in Balochistan on Thursday proves that terrorists persist with their vicious and systematic campaign to target citizens on account of their religious beliefs […]
* PM urges PML-N to avoid politics of confrontation in NA for sake of democracy * All institutions should play their role within their constitutionally defined ambit LAHORE: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Friday invited opposition parties, particularly the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to cooperate with his government to appoint new chief election commissioner […]
LALAMUSA – The bullet-riddled body of 18-year-old girl was found from her home at Mauza Daulatnagar the other day. The motive behind the murder could not be ascertained. The police have registered a case and the investigation is on. Meanwhile, 24-year-old Shahid, a resident of Mohallah Chuherkay, Shahdiwal, committed suicide after swallowing pesticide pills. Reportedly, […]
NEW DELHI – India on Friday denied that an Indian man freed after serving three decades in a Pakistani jail on espionage charges was a spy working for New Delhi. The denial came even though the released prisoner, Surjeet Singh, 69, had told Indian media on Thursday that he was spying for India when he […]
On Friday, the twenty second day of June they laid him to eternal rest in Karachi. Obaidullah Beg, or OB to those who were close to him, left his earthly abode leaving behind a legacy of love and understanding that will be treasured by all who came in contact with him. I became an OB […]
Karachi: Of the total cost of Rs400 million only Rs100 million is available for the completion of the much-postponed Faizee Rahmeen Art Gallery under the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) budget of 2012-2013 for the project. Speaking at the budget press conference on Thursday, KMC Administrator Muhammad Hussain Syed said the project will be completed in […]
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Press Council of Pakistan Raja Shafqat Abbasi on Friday said that media needs to devise a self-accountability mechanism as this practice would add to its credibility. He stated this while addressing the concluding session of two-day national conference on “Media Ethics-Theory and Practices”, organized by the PCP.A large number of foreign dignitaries, civil […]
SUKKUR: An accused in Kandhkot gunned down his younger sister over having illicit relations. Police said that in village Mughul Golo in the jurisdiction of Kandhkot, accused Khan Muhammad Golo gunned down his sister Hani over a charge of Karo Kari and later managed to escape. The News
MIRPURKHAS: A husband strangled his wife and four children in village Jhilori, some 20km off here. Police have arrested the accused claiming him to be insane. According to the police the gruesome incident happened in early morning hours of Friday in which accused Khushi Muhammad Lashari strangled his wife Wilai 30, sons; Aqib 10 and […]
LAHORE: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Friday formally invited the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leadership for consultation over the appointment of a unanimous and impartial Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). Addressing a meeting of the PPP Executive Committee at the Governor’s House, he said he wanted to take all the political forces along for the […]
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