According to the UN, good governance is consensus-oriented, participatory, follows the rule of law, and is effective, efficient, accountable, transparent, responsive, equitable and inclusive. In the 21st century, many people are still at the threshold of injustice, hunger and malnutrition and lack basic facilities due to faulty administration. The issues of governance are deep-seated and […]
CHAGHI: The former president of Mashkail Press Club and missing journalist Wazir Raiki reached home on Wednesday. According to details, Wazir Raiki, who went missing on November 24, 2011 was set free and dropped near his home by his captors. He reunited with his family after spending over six months in the captivity of unknown […]
ISLAMABAD: Sindh Information Minister Sharjil Memon Wednesday said current situation in Pakistan would improve if media stops giving coverage to the Supreme Court. He criticised the Supreme Court for pursuing the Swiss case out of 8,000 NRO cases.“The prime minister would write to the Swiss government to reopen graft cases only if the constitution allowed […]
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Wednesday approved the draft of the Contempt of Court Bill 2012, which will exempt the president, prime minister, governors and chief ministers from contempt of court proceedings. The cabinet also approved the bill to allow dual nationals to participate in the next general elections; the bill will also protect current […]
LAHORE: Novelty, creativity and amalgamation of traditional dexterity with contemporary trends are some of the salient features of the Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design thesis display 2012. More than 100 students of fashion design, textile design, fashion marketing and furniture design put on display their creations, some of which were not only thought-provoking but […]
THE International Photographic Council (IPC), an NGO of the United Nations, has awarded Muzammil Izhar Siddiqui from Pakistan the IPC Distinguished Service Award-2012. At the annual IPC Pro Award ceremony held recently at the UN headquarters in New York, the award was given for Mr Saddiqui’s services rendered for the promotion of peace in Pakistan […]
CHAKWAL: A newlywed couple was gunned down apparently for honour, police sources said on Wednesday. A.S. a resident of Warwal village located in the jurisdiction of Nila Police Station married his cousin R.B. three months ago after eloping with her. On Tuesday, R.B. along with her husband went to meet her brother on his request. […]
LANDI KOTAL: A woman worker of a non-governmental organisation was gunned down in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency on Wednesday. According to her family, three men who were hiding in bushes opened fire on 26-year-old Fareeda when she came out of her home in Ghundi in the morning to go to her office in Hayatabad […]
KARACHI: At least 1,257 people, including 135 political activists, have been killed in different parts of the city since the beginning of the year, stated a Human Rights Commission of Pakistan report released here on Wednesday. Of the victims, 27 were shot dead in sectarian attacks, 84 in Lyari gang warfare, 42 in armed robberies, […]
LARKANA: A mother of three children was killed in Badah town by her in-laws apparently over domestic dispute on Wednesday. Father of the woman, Sudheer, told reporters that Shamshad Solangi had been killed in mohalla Pir Taqi Shah when her husband was out. The in-laws used to beat her and she would visit her parents […]
KARACHI: Eminent writer Intizar Hussain and literary critic Asif Farrukhi took their audience at T2F on a road less travelled and introduced them to the Jatakas — tales of Mahatma Buddha’s previous lives as narrated by Buddha to his followers. Mr Farrukhi also retold selected translation of the stories from his forthcoming book. Reading out […]
QUETTA: The Balochistan government has expressed its inability to provide security to Nato supply vehicles because of shortage of law-enforcement personnel. “We are unable to give full security to Nato supplies along 850km route from Karachi to Chaman with the present available security manpower,” Home Secretary Nasibullah Bazai said on Wednesday. The Balochistan government has […]
SUKKUR: A woman died in mysterious circumstances in her house in ADC Colony in the limits of civil line police station in Jacobabad on Wednesday. Ms Bilqees, 30, wife of Zulfiqar Shah was seriously injured after suffering a bullet wound to her chest. Her relatives rushed her to the civil hospital where she was provided […]
WASHINGTON: The United States and Pakistan are trying to work out a separate arrangement for rebuilding the highway used for carrying supplies to Afghanistan, diplomatic sources told Dawn. On Tuesday, the United States and Pakistan reached an agreement to reopen Nato supply routes to Afghanistan seven months after Islamabad blocked them following a US air […]
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