Eateries and movie theatres are always flooded with the youth during summer time as the youth try to beat the heat and rescue themselves from the endless power outages. Logically, at a certain point in time, everyone is bound to get sick of constantly dining out and watching movies day in and day out. With […]
MULTAN – For the first time in the electoral history of the country, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is going to send the information of polling stations to the voters via mobile SMS, The Nation has learnt. The ECP sources disclosed that the pilot project had been launched in by election to national assembly’s […]
JACOBABAD: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said a law would be passed in the provincial assembly to protect the Hindu community. He was talking to notables, traders, and party office bearers after a cabinet meeting here on Saturday. Speaking about law and order situation and violence against Hindu community and alleged kidnapping […]
The writer recently completed her three-year term as a member of the National Commission on the Status of Women and as the chairperson of the National Anti-Sexual Harassment Watch Committee. The recent case of the alleged murder of five women in Kohistan was hot news all around our nation. Our government and civil society joined […]
KARACHI: All India Secular Forum general secretary and renowned human rights (HR) activist, Prof Ram Puniyani, has said that a strong and democratic Pakistan will be the biggest hurdle in the way of regional extremism. He expressed these views while talking to Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Coordination Committee members, here at the MQM headquarters on […]
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Central Information Secretary Shafqat Mahmood has strongly condemned the reported incident of gunfire by PPP workers on a PTI women’s rally on Sariab Road in Quetta. Addressing a party meeting on Saturday, he said that the Balochistan government had subjugated its people, and the ruling party had resorted to such tactics out […]
ISLAMABAD: An amendment to clean the Constitution of the muddles left by military ruler Gen Ziaul Haq, especially about regulating lawmakers by incorporating a set of disqualifications for them, will be a far better option for the government than bringing altogether new laws on contempt, legal experts believe. “The proposed law to repeal the older […]
SUKKUR: Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah on Saturday announced Rs5 billion for the development of Jacobabad district. The chief minister held a meeting with notables and PPP leaders to discuss party’s future strategy regarding the coming elections.Speaking to the media, Shah said that Rs5 billion had been allocated for the development of Jacobabad. He […]
A senior journalist, Irshad Gulabani, passed away here on Saturday. He was about 45. According to President of Karachi Union of Journalists G.M. Jamali, the deceased was suffering from the kidney cancer and admitted at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) here. Jamali said that the body would be taken to Hyderabad for […]
LAHORE: The Punjab government has estimated an amount of Rs 8,742.434 million under the Budget estimates 2012-13 for the permanent debt-foreign in the financial year 2012-13. Direct debt and loans borrowed from or through the federal government i.e. domestic and foreign loans comprise the permanent debt of the provincial government, sources said, adding, “During FY […]
Punjab Bar Council’s executive committee on Saturday suspended licenses of eight lawyers on charges of ransacking the Bar office and misbehaving the executive committee’s chairman. The lawyers whose licenses were suspended included Humera Bashir, Afaq Ahmed, Irshad Baig, Abdul Majeed Dogar, Hafiz Tariq, Shakeela Rana, Imrana Parveen Baloch and Shahid Nadeem Shaukat. A press release […]
KARACHI: Senior journalist, Irshad Gulabani, passed away on Saturday afternoon at Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT). He was 48. He was admitted there due to pain in kidney. Doctors had conducted an operation of his one kidney few days back. According to Dr Adeeb Rizvi, cancer had spread to his lungs and liver. […]
ISLAMABAD: The government is set to introduce a bill in the Parliament for punishing those involved in electricity theft and inflicting damage to the Water and Power Development Authority’s belongings during power riots. Under the terms set out in the proposed draft, those found guilty of electricity theft and of involvement in power riots could […]
KARACHI: Welcoming the return of internationally reputed broadcaster and vice president of Geo Network Amir Liaquat Hussain, the scholars of different schools of thought termed it a good decision of the management of Jang and Geo. Praying for success of Amir Liaquat Hussain, administrator of Darul Aloom Mufti Taqi Muhammad Rafi Usmani hoped that he […]
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