Business Recorder Logo Sindh government on Monday appointed Khalid Mehmood Bhatti, newly promoted District & Sessions Judge (BS-21) as Special Judge Anti-Corruption (provincial) Hyderabad against the vacant post on retirement of Syed Faiz Rasool Rashidi. Business Recorder
Business Recorder LogoA World Bank mission has initiated meetings with the Federal Board of Revenue high-ups for launching a new revenue mobilization project for continuation of tax reforms to raise revenue collection by improving effectiveness, accountability and transparency of tax machinery through institutional changes in the FBR. Sources told Business Recorder on Monday that the […]
QUETTA: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Monday invited the government to write a letter to the court and admit its failure to stem the killings in Balochistan. Law and order has broken down to such an extent in the province that “the advocate general should just write to the court on behalf of the […]
MANSEHRA: A married woman accused three persons of abducting and raping her in Sharkol Chattar village, said police on Monday. The Battal police quoted Sanam Bibi*, 32 and wife of Basharat* Salim as saying that when she was home alone on Saturday afternoon, Salma* Bibi, the wife of Deedar* Khan offered her to get some […]
SUKKUR: The residents of Larkana’s Lahori Mohalla knew something was not right. They had noticed suspicious activities around a house in the neighbourhood. Their suspicions proved to be spot on. When media teams raided the house late Sunday night they found six captives inside – four of them were men, one woman and one toddler. […]
Karachi: More than 100,000 lady health workers (LHWs) across the country have been playing a vital role in healthcare sector but they face a lot of problems, says Bushra Aarain, President All Pakistan Lady Health Workers Welfare Association. Addressing a press conference here at the Karachi Press Club on Monday she said that after a […]
* Sindh information minister says report exposes claims of good governance in the province KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has said that the report on human rights, which stated that cases of kidnapping, criminal assault and collective rape are on the rise in Punjab, was a blow to the provincial government. In a […]
ISLAMABAD: The urgency was palpable. A contentious bill, effectively providing immunity to high-office holders to disobey court orders and a free hand for the public to criticise the judiciary, was bulldozed through the National Assembly on Monday night by the government. The timing of the legislation, passed after a marathon session, is key. The bill […]
ISLAMABAD: It took just two hours on Monday night for the government to get the Contempt of Court bill 2012 passed by the National Assembly amid strong protest by the opposition. However, the government suspended all relevant rules to get the nod in this regard from the lower house of parliament. It is expected that […]
Karachi: The Sindh chapter of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Monday expressed deep outrage over an attack on three faculty members of Sindh University, Jamshoro. In a statement issued by Vice Chairperson Amarnath Motumal, he said they had come to know that Sindh University teachers Amar Sindhu, Arfana Mallah and Dr Rabia […]
ISLAMABAD: Finally, the government and the opposition have reached a consensus on the name of Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim as the new chief election commissioner (CEC). Previously, for the last two months, a deadlock persisted between the treasury and opposition in the Parliamentary Committee over the appointment of the CEC.The name of Justice Ebrahim […]
SUKKUR: A condolence reference was held at the Press Club Sukkur on the demise of renowned Sindhi journalist Irshad Gullabani. Journalists of Sukkur paid rich tribute to the dedicated services of the deceased in the field of journalism. They said that Irshad Gulabani was the father of Sindhi reporting and said that he contributed for […]
LAHORE: After observing a 20-day strike at outpatient departments of the public sector hospitals, the young doctors finally resumed their duties on Monday. The Young Doctors Association (Punjab) had ended strike on Sunday on the directions of the Lahore High Court, making OPDs, indoor departments and emergencies of the public sector hospitals fully functional. As […]
KARACHI: A sessions court on Monday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his mother and sister. The man, Mohammad Ali, was found guilty of killing his mother Jamila and sister Samina within the remit of the Gulberg police station in August 2007. Additional District and Sessions Judge (central) Aaliya Latif Unar pronounced her […]
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