By: Jamal Khurshid KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday granted four-week pre-arrest protective bail to Bahria Town owner Malik Riaz Hussain in a land corruption case. Malik Riaz Hussain, his son Ahmed Ali Riaz and Bahria town’s staff were booked for their alleged involvement in fraudulent transfer of 1,411 kanal land in Deh […]
By: Abdul Sattar Khan LAHORE: Though the PAC is making every effort to hold several incumbent officials of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) accountable over issues raised by a suspended Member (Finance) PTA, financial irregularities of Rs9.13 billion still remained untouched and are duly highlighted in a special audit of the PTA conducted on the […]
By: Zubair Kasuri ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has cancelled 59.6 million numbers allocated to PTCL. PTA in December 2010 had cancelled more than 53 million telephone of PTCL and in January 2011, it had blocked 7 million telephone numbers. PTA said that all the numbers that were requested for cancellation have been cancelled.It is […]
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira Thursday said the media had played a very important role in the restoration of democracy and reinstatement of superior judiciary and its freedom was a prerequisite for continuation of democracy but its neutrality was also vital. Talking to a TV channel, the Minister said the issue of a responsible […]
ISLAMABAD: A man allegedly murdered his sister in the name of honour in capital’s rural area. According to police; the accused was upset over his sister’s secret marriage. The incident took place at Satti Town located in Kirpa where the brother in a fit of rage allegedly shot Motia Bibi 19, dead when she disclosed […]
By: DINESH CHANDOO GUJRATI MUSIC is a universal language. It unifies people irrespective of caste, culture, colour and creed. Mehdi Hassan is one of the most shining stars of the music world.Mehdi Hassan ruled over millions of hearts with his melodious and sonorous voice. Throughout his career lasting five decades, he sang more than 25,000 […]
ISLAMABAD: Two eminent and respected journalists, Hamid Mir and Absar Alam, have knocked at the doors of the Supreme Court demanding constitution of a National Media Commission to hold the journalists and media-owners accountable and to formulate a code of conduct. They have also demanded of the apex court that the proposed commission may also […]
By: Bina Shah ‘WHAT is this social media, and why is it so important?’ Variations of this question rang out all weekend as news spread of the Social Media Mela, a conference that brought Indian journalists, writers, and activists to Karachi to discuss with their Pakistani counterparts how the social media has affected various aspects […]
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