If the president of United States complains that the growing number of attacks on their cyber networks has become “one of the most serious economic and national security threats their nation faces,” it certainly carries lot of weight. It reflects the stark truth that when technology is available, it could be used by anybody. In […]
LAHORE: Eminent journalist Bashir Ahmed Qureshi passed away on Tuesday. He was 95. He is survived by his son Sarmad Bashir, former president of the Lahore Press Club, and daughter Nadia Saad. Mr Qureshi started his career from Pakistan Times in the 1970s and also served as bureau chief for PPI and Dawn. His funeral […]
ISLAMABAD: World Population Day is being observed by the international community since 1989 in order to focus on the urgency of population issues in the context of an overall development plan.The theme for 2012 is Universal Access to Heath Reproductive Services. Pakistan does not fare too well in this department. In fact, it has one […]
KARACHI: “Young, aspiring, and inspiring!” is what Shamim Akhter has to say about the three upcoming contemporary artists who are currently displaying their work at Chawkandi Art. Hussain Chandio, Zeeshan Memon, and Ali Karimi, opened their exhibition on July 10. Akhter, who is the editor of the Pakistan Art Review and an art critic, is […]
KARACHI: In a surprise move, an under fire Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik announced his resignation from the Senate on Tuesday. The announcement follows the earlier suspension of his upper house membership by the Supreme Court after he failed to provide necessary documents proving he had given up his British […]
SHE has already been to both polar ice-caps and skydived over Mount Everest. And now Namira Salim is set to go into space! Namira was selected from 44,000 candidates to become a member of the Virgin Galactic Founders Club and in 2006 was introduced to the world’s media in Dubai by Sir Richard Branson himself, […]
ISLAMABAD: Former ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani has asked the Supreme Court to set aside the report of the memo commission to end his “persecution” and ensure that full justice is done. Haqqani also questioned the commission’s proceedings and repeated his assertion that he had nothing to do with the controversial memo in […]
ISLAMABAD: The Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) registrar has contradicted a news item that appeared in a section of press in which it was stated that PCP has suggested establishment of special courts for the implementation of media ethics. In a press statement issued on Tuesday, he clarified that national conference on ‘Media Ethics-Theory and […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has welcomed the selection of Justice (r) Fakhruddin G Ibrahim as the new chief election commissioner (CEC) following parliamentary consensus, and hoped that under his leadership the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) would work independently for holding free, fair and democratic elections. The HRCP, in a meeting […]
* Power producers warn of four-hour additional load shedding if money not paid ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has summoned attorney general of Pakistan (AGP) today (Wednesday) over a petition filed by independent power producers (IPPs), seeking a direction for the government to clear the circular debt in the energy sector. The IPPs also informed the […]
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday directed the DIG Hyderabad to conduct an inquiry into the alleged illegal detention of a Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) activist and to submit a report within 15 days. Mukhtiar Begum filed a petition against Hyderabad police for keeping her son Faqir Najeeb Qureshi in illegal detention. She […]
The reopening of Nato supply routes is neither a victory nor defeat of Pakistan or the US. We can definitely call it the victory of the principled stand which Pakistan took after the Salala incident. It’s very unfortunate that American lawmakers, media and even high officials misread Pakistan and levelled baseless allegations. Instead of appreciating, […]
KARACHI: Everyone is unique and no one can replace Arfa Karim Randhawa who was declared the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional at the age of nine, yet it was heartening to meet Shafay Thobani, an eight-year-old child said to be the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, at a programme held at a hotel. Born […]
QUETTA: Annoyed by non-implementation of the Supreme Court’s orders, Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry directed the Balochistan home department and law enforcement agencies on Tuesday to recover and produce before the court all missing persons in a week. A three-judge bench, comprising the chief justice, Justice Jawwad S. Khwaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, is […]
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