LAHORE: Pride of Performance and Tamgha-e-Imtiaz holder, folk singer Reshma, also known as the Nightingale of Desert, has now lost her voice. Living in her home in Shama Chowk on Pir Ghazi Road, the singer is seriously ill, with an unstable blood pressure. She talks with her family members using sign language and a feeble […]
* Demands government takes responsibility, ensure safety of activists ISLAMABAD: The civil society along with the members of the Alliance for Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG) on Sunday expressed shock and grief over the targeted murder of Farida Afridi, a renowned human rights activist of Khyber Agency. They demanded immediate action to ensure […]
Islamabad: The members of Alliance for Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (AEVAWG) has expressed shock and grief at the brutal targeted murder of a renowned human rights defender, Farida Afridi, of Khyber Agency (Fata) and has demanded immediate action to ensure safety and security of all human rights defenders, in particular women. Farida Afridi […]
LAHORE: Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has expressed concern over deterioration in all fields, particularly over the worst law and order in the province. Addressing notables and former nazims and naib nazims in PP-110 here on Sunday, he said that the chief minister had no right to rule if 100 dacoities were being committed […]
SUKKUR: A man killed his sister-in-law over the shabby tradition of Karo-Kari in Gharhi Khairo on Sunday.Police said that in Ali Murad village, Gharhi Khairo accused Sobho Mirani strangulated his sister-in-law Darya Khatoon over alleged illicit relations. The News
ISLAMABAD: Terming the private sector as an engine of growth, Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said on Sunday that he would like to see it play a leading role in the economy, adding that he was committed to easing loadshedding and people had already felt some improvement under his reign. The prime minister was talking […]
ISLAMABAD: The Awami National Party (ANP) after successfully sabotaging the dual nationality bill has now moved a step forward and asked the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to appoint the new chief election commissioner (CEC) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “The present central offices have no one from our province and therefore the new CEC from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa […]
KARACHI: In this day and age when electronic and distorted music is gaining popularity there are still some that hold the traditional rock music close to their heart. The Beatles may have defined the generation of the 1960s, but 40 years after the band was first formed, it still ardent has fans in the youth […]
KARACHI: Mother of Dawn’s senior sub-editor Naseer Ahmad Awan died in a hospital here on Sunday afternoon after brief illness. She was 75. She has left behind two sons and four daughters. The funeral prayers were offered at the Jamia Masjid Ibrahim in Bhitai Colony. She was buried in the Ibrahim Haidery graveyard. Quran Khwani […]
GILGIT: The Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Gilgit-Baltistan Wazir Shakil has demanded of the federal government to give the GB lawmakers powers to make amendments to the Empowerment and Self-Governance Order 2009 to make the order more amenable to the local needs. Talking to Dawn here on Sunday, the minister said the elected representatives […]
ISLAMABAD: The management of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology appointed and promoted over 100 employees against rules and in violation of a February 2011 Supreme Court order during the last two years, it has been learnt. Besides, the Islamabad and Karachi campuses of the university have set different criteria for appointments […]
QUETTA: A workshop on ‘Media and Civil Society in Balochistan’ was informed on Sunday that the media in Balochistan was not free and journalists on professional duty often faced harassment at the hands of influential elements and different pressure groups active in the province. According to figures presented at the workshop, at least 22 journalists […]
LAHORE: A mother of seven was tortured to death by her three relatives over a trifle in Qadri Street of Sherakot on Sunday. Sherakot police inquiries showed that 45-year-old Surraya, wife of Billa Masih, went to the adjacent house of her husband’s brother for fetching water. During her stay, they went into arguments over some […]
ISLAMABAD: The presidential camp plans a serious effort to tame the country’s premier intelligence agency — Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) — through parliamentary legislation and make it fully ‘answerable’ to parliament and the government. A 19-page draft of a bill was submitted in the Senate by president’s spokesman Senator Farhatullah Babar a few days ago and […]
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