Committee to meet regularly from July 30 Following the financial scam involving anchors, a special committee was constituted on the directives of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) President Pervaiz Shaukat, headed by Secretary General Amin Yousaf and comprising APNEC Chairman Nasir Naqvi and senior journalist Nasir Zaidi. In this regard, the committee held its […]
By: Rabia Ali KARACHI: Almost a year ago, 22-year-old Hina had filled out the customary paperwork to receive a loan of Rs0.3 million from the Waseela-e-Haq scheme of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). The form identified her as an unemployed but educated young woman who was eager to start her own business. But Hina […]
By: Kalbe Ali The sudden propping up of the so-called El Nino effects in South Asia has delayed the monsoon rains in Pakistan and India, which can cause a drought-like situation in the entire region, and also worried experts who fear another round of floods if the phenomenon takes an obverse turn. “Currently the winds […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Monday said that the democratic government is a staunch supporter of media freedom and has scrapped the draconian laws introduced in the past to curb the media. He expressed these views during a presentation given to him by the ministry of information and broadcasting at the PM House. […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Monday ordered state- owned media officials to give airtime to all political parties, including the opposition both in its news and current affairs programmes. The PM was speaking at a presentation by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry at the PM’s House. Information and Broadcasting Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira, […]
Karachi: The Meteorological Department on Monday predicted partly cloudy to cloudy weather with chances of drizzle/light rain with range of maximum temperature between 32 degrees Celsius to 34 degrees Celsius for Tuesday (today). The minimum temperature on Monday was 28 degrees Celsius and maximum temperature was 32 degrees Celsius with 72 per cent humidity. The […]
By: Raheel Salman KARACHI: A kidnapping ring in Karachi is abducting women and ‘arranges’ their marriages in rural Sindh. This came to surface after a woman, Rifat Jahan, was found from a remote area near Faiz Ganj, in Khairpur district. Jahan’s husband, Mehmood Ali, had registered a case for his wife’s kidnapping on June 19 […]
By: Owais Jafri MULTAN: Mehmood Kot police have told three men accused of killing a girl by setting her on fire not to leave the town until investigation of the case was complete. Police said the men mentioned in the FIR were not arrested because Khadim Hussain, the principal suspect, had obtained an interim bail […]
By: Ijaz Kakakhel ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change was informed on Monday that there was a strong possibility of disaster from monsoon rains this year and that the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) required Rs 16.946 billion to deal with an emergency situation. The committee was told that the country expected five […]
KARACHI: Provincial Election Commission Sindh has declared that Rehman Malik has been elected unopposed as senator from Sindh. The provincial election commissioner Sono Khan announced that after the scrutiny of the nomination paper of only candidate as valid Rehman Malik was elected unopposed as senator. He said no other candidate filed nomination nor objection was […]
Karachi: A mother of three children was killed in the Mochko police limits on Monday.Zulekha, 30, suffered bullet wounds when two men opened fire on her in her residence in the Nawab Colony and fled.Her neighbours took her to the Civil Hospital, where she breathed her last. SHO Mochko told The News that the woman […]
ISLAMABAD: In a letter sent to the prime minister with their signatures, the heads of the largest telecom companies of Pakistan categorically stated that the country’s cellular sector should be saved from unjustified interference and excesses of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Following is the text of the letter written by the heads of Mobilink, […]
By: Abdul Sattar Khan LAHORE: The row between the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) and Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has widened and the two corporate entities have failed to reach a consensus over collection of TV license fees through electricity bills, documents pertaining to this issue have revealed. The Prime Minister’s Secretariat and Economic […]
KARACHI: The participation of a large number of guests from every walk of life in Sheher-e-Ramazan set up in connection with the special live transmission of Geo TV, ‘Pehchan Ramazan’, is going on. The special feature of this transmission is that the world renowned broadcaster Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain especially invites the people suffering from […]
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