LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), on Friday, strongly condemned the killing of nine trainee prison staff from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in a terrorist attack in Lahore on Thursday. The HRCP criticized the lack of security for the victims and called for an efficient probe to apprehend the killers. In a meeting on Friday, […]
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday announced schedule for the election of a technocrat seat falling vacant after the resignation of Adviser to Prime Minister on Interior A Rehman Malik. The ECP, in a statement, called upon the members of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh to elect to the Senate one member […]
By: Farzana Ali Khan Islamabad: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has clarified the rumours about the ban on the famous Indian actor Salman Khan’s upcoming film ‘Ek Tha Tiger’. Talking to The News, the Pemra spokesman, who requested anonymity, said that it has not imposed any ban on the film, but has only […]
By: Shakil Shaikh ISLAMABAD: The Army Promotion Board, headed by Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, on Friday promoted 19 brigadiers to the rank of major general. These included former in-charge of Internally-Displaced Persons (IDPs) Crisis Management Cell Brig Omar Mahmood Hayat. Brig Omar Mahmood Hayat (Ordnance), whose father retired as a major general, would […]
QUETTA: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Friday ordered the Frontier Corps (FC) IG Major General Ubaidullah Khan to produce seven missing persons in the apex court within 10 days, adding that “The IG FC has two choices: either bring missing persons to court or let FC commandants face punishment orders from the court”. Hearing […]
By: Imtiaz Ali Karachi: Social media is emerging as a critical factor in politics while online activism helps to address certain specific issues of people like civic facilities and getting the salary, but it has limits to tackle the chronic problems of corruption and poverty. With more and more people using Twitter and Facebook, there […]
Karachi: On Twitter, he is known as ‘Really Virtual’, but people worldwide know him as the guy who live-tweeted the Osama bin Laden raid in Abbottabad. Before tweeting about the raid, the biggest achievement of Sohaib Akhtar’s life was to open up a coffee shop in Abbottabad, as he quipped he did not like the […]
By: Saher Baloch Karachi: Blogger Faisal Kapadia started off a discussion on ‘Slacktivism’ on the opening day of the Pakistan-India Social Media Mela here on Friday by saying that they were going to deliberate on “how social media got someone fired”. The “someone” in his comment was obviously Maya Khan and how outrage on social […]
By: Beena Sarwar Karachi: The restrictive visa regime between India and Pakistan nearly stymied the ‘India’ part of the First India-Pakistan Social Media Mela in Karachi on Friday and Saturday. Indian participants to this ground-breaking event got their visas literally a couple of hours before their flight to Karachi – minus keynote speaker Barkha Dutt […]
By: Sidrah Roghay Karachi: US Consul General William Martin said that the people of Pakistan and India could help pave the way for peace between the two countries by exchanging views through social media. He was speaking at the 2012 Pakistan-India Social Media Mela, which kicked off on Friday amid whispers of “the best hash […]
The body of an unidentified woman was found near the Malir Cantonment area on Friday. Police said that the body was found at a desolate place in bushes within the remit of the Malir Cantt police station. They said that the woman sustained a head injury and it appeared that she was hit by some […]
KARACHI: A session’s court sentenced on Friday a man to a total of 15 years in prison on charges of sexually assaulting a minor girl. Shahbaz Masih was found guilty of raping a five-year-old girl and also committing an unnatural offence with her in July 2010 within the remit of the Saudabad police station. Additional […]
KARACHI: From an online campaign to get visa restrictions on both sides of the border eased to using social media for change and expressing opinions that the mainstream media might not be interested in, discussions on day one of the two-day 2012 Pakistan-India Social Media Mela gave a chance for ‘alternative’ viewpoints to be heard. […]
ISLAMABAD: As many as 14 parliamentarians, including some ministers, have been issued notices of eviction from Parliament Lodges. The notices were sent out on the directives of Deputy Speaker National Assembly Faisal Karim Kundi on Friday. Talking to Dawn, the deputy speaker said the notices had been served on Federal Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira, […]
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