QUETTA: Balochistan National Party (BNP) President Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal, on Sunday, appealed to the media to take the message of the Baloch to other parts of the country and apprise them about the problems and cruelties faced by the Baloch. He said that the Baloch had endured the worst injustices and cruelties in the […]
KARACHI: The newly-appointed Director General National Accountability Bureau Sindh, Wajid Ali Khan Durrani took over the charge of NAB Sindh on Monday. Wajid Ali Khan Durrani is an experienced bureaucrat and has served on senior positions in federal and Sindh government. He was received by the outgoing DG Major (r) Shabbir Ahmed and was presented […]
KHANEWAL: Post-mortem examination has proved that the newborn daughter was buried alive at Kacha Khuh. On Saturday, police arrested her father Chand Khan, a resident of Chak No 16/9R of Kacha Khuh, a nearby town of Khanewal, after the media reported that he buried his newborn daughter alive because she was physically deformed. The child […]
By: Hafeez Tunio KARACHI: At the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata, India, the Dancing Girl stands quietly far away from home. Famous the world over, people love to have her in their drawing rooms, but the most recognised symbol of a once-mighty civilisation apparently has no admirers back home. Perhaps this […]
SWAT: Amid fireworks and cheers, the five-day Swat Summer Festival concluded in Kalam on Monday. After another round of festivities and sports activities including tent-pegging, horse dances, gymnastics, acrobatics, karate display and horse, motorbike, boat and jeep races, Peshawar Corps Commander Lieutenant General Khalid Rabbani distributed prizes and souvenirs amongst the participants who secured top […]
By: Asghar Azad KARACHI: A division bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday ordered setting up a joint investigation team headed by Deputy Inspector General, Sukkur to recover a man who disappeared in Moro about a year ago. The bench of the SHC comprising Justice Hassan Azhar Rizvi and Justice Salahuddin Panhwar was […]
ISLAMABAD: SAFMA launched new initiatives for media and peace with Norway’s support. The Free Media Foundation (FMF) signed a $ 1.4 million two-year contract with the Norwegian Embassy to support South Asian Free Media Association’s (SAFMA) programme “Media development, freedom and peace” in South Asia. Minister for Information Qamar Zaman Kaira was the chief guest […]
ISLAMABAD: Keeping in view the recent incidents of forced conversion of Hindu girls, the National Assembly Standing Committee on National Harmony on Monday stressed the need for legislation on the issue and establishment of a commission to find out the incidents where force was involved. The committee said that the Ministry of National Harmony might […]
By: Taimoor Ashraf The Bilal Khars, Deepaks and John Wayne Bobbitts exist everywhere and will unfortunately keep doing whatever it is that they do, for whatever reason(s) or motive Fakhra Younas, Kiranjit Ahluwalia and Lorena Bobbitt, three women of varied socio-economic backgrounds, religions and nationalities, were no ordinary women. Ordinary women have their loved ones […]
LAHORE: A man entered into a commercial bank, shot dead his 25-year-old wife and later attempted suicide by shooting himself in the Township area, police said on Monday. The gunfire triggered fear and terror in the bank as the staff and visitors ran towards safe places in panic. The condition of the attacker, later identified […]
KARACHI: An Islamic Art and Calligraphic Exhibition was held at Defence Authority Creek Club, DHA Phase-VIII here on Monday. The exhibition exhibited the masterpiece works of talented artists Muhammad Shafique and Asif Ghazali. The Islamic art encompasses visual arts including oil paintings, calligraphy and ceramics, among others. It mainly focused on the depiction of patterns […]
LAHORE: The faculty members of the Institute of Communication Studies (ICS) of Punjab University has proposed an idea for the Punjab government to set up a model “FM Radio-Initiative for Farmers” to educate farmers to attain the desired goal of the Punjab government vis-à-vis livestock sector. They suggested that like a laptop for each university […]
SUKKUR: The Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, told a PPP meeting in Mithi on Monday that 200,000 acres of state land in Tharparkar would be distributed among the landless peasants. The chief minister also announced the establishment of two degree colleges and reopening of 600 schools. Shah said that the concerns of […]
Karachi: An Islamic Art and Calligraphic Exhibition were held at the Defence Authority Creek Club here on Monday. The masterpiece works of talented artists Muhammad Shafique and Asif Ghazali were put on display, according to a press statement issued by the Pakistan Defence Officers Housing Authority. This form of art encompasses visual arts, including oil […]
” 
” 
” 
” 
” 
