LAHORE: PML-N President Nawaz Sharif said on Friday that the decision of the influential people to voluntarily present themselves for accountability was a commendable step that would strengthen democratic values and political traditions in the country. Nawaz hailed the petition filed by two well-known journalists in the Supreme Court, seeking review of the financial matters […]
HAFIZABAD: A woman killed her seven-year-old daughter in connivance with her fella in Village ‘Ghabrika’ and buried the dead body; police said.The tragic incident took place in the Pindi Bhattian police limits. According to the police, Farzana Bibi, a mother-of-three from Mandi Bahauddin, eloped with father-of-four Zafar Iqbal. The couple started work at a brick-kiln […]
By: SOHAIL SARFRAZ ISLAMABAD: Some top anchors/media persons of prominent television channels, showbiz personalities, cricketers and Parliamentarians have been accused of concealing their assets/income. They are allegedly involved in non-reporting or under-reporting of income in their returns to avoid declaration of sources. Sources told Business Recorder here on Friday that Directorate General of Intelligence and […]
KARACHI: Calling a government official in Pakistan for data is a tasking experience, and a large majority of government-run websites simply don’t work or look like they were designed in the early 1990s. The gap has been filled by a number of organisations who collate data in the fields they focus on. Arif Hasan of […]
The first thing they must do is to make their financial dealings completely transparent and regularly release financial reports that lead to increased accountability. Rather than playing its role as a disinterested purveyor of news, the Pakistani media has always seemed to have craved becoming a political actor itself. From magnates who seek power through […]
By: Vaqas Asghar ISLAMABAD: The city’s growing list of multi-label fashion outlets got a new addition on Thursday as folk-singing legend Abida Parveen’s AP Gallerie opened its doors in F-10. Featuring clothes by Cayma Emran, Taufiq Hussain, Asim Jofa, Rani Emaan, Nadya Mistry, Ahmad Bilal, Mashaal Moazzam, BB Shireenay, Pret-a-Porter, Vada by Abida Lodhi, Zahabiya, […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday severely reprimanded the Punjab administration officials for not acting against the henchmen of a landlord who stoned a woman to death in Khanewal. The court also issued strict orders to the Punjab police to arrest those responsible for the murder. It warned the Inspector General of Punjab Police that […]
ISLAMABAD: The 3G Auction Supervisory Committee (ASC) here on Friday decided to form Inter-Ministerial Group comprising Ministry of Information Technology (IT), Law Ministry, Ministry of Finance and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to evaluate the process for hiring consultant to ensure transparency in the process. The ASC directed the IT Ministry and PTA to seek Expression […]
Karachi: A woman was killed by her father over two failed marriages in the North Nazimabad police limits on Friday. Muqaddas, 25, was strangled to death by her father, Dilbar, in his residence in North Nazimabad Block-B Area, while she was sleeping. After killing his daughter, the accused went to the police station and confessed. […]
By: Saher Baloch Karachi: With guns hanging from their shoulders, boys as young as 18, roam around the streets in Manghopir, looking for drug addicts. For the past six months, five men have been gunned down in Manghopir’s Sheedi Goth. The boys there have been assigned to shoot anyone, who looks like a drug addict […]
Islamabad: Gross violations of the new code of conduct introduced by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) along with suspicious voting patterns, heavy presence of police, fraudulent voting and unauthorised persons inside polling stations were observed in the moderate turnout by-election for NA-151 (Multan-IV). According to a report released by Free and Fair Election Network […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Friday warned against, what it called, increasing challenge of airing indecent, vulgar dramas and movies on television channels. In a statement, the authority said that it had been decided at a high-level meeting that strict action would be taken under the law against all those who […]
ISLAMABAD: The media can only give its opinion on the issues of national importance but cannot formulate policies, which is the domain of the elected Parliament. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira said this on Friday while speaking in a television talk-show. He said that the Parliament could take input from media, […]
ISLAMABAD: Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) Chairman Raja Shafqat Abbasi has approved the constitution of Advisory Committee of Academia to assist the PCP on the issues related to the media ethics, their promotion and inclusion of ethics in curriculum, etc, and to give recommendations in this regard. According to a press release issued on Friday, […]
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