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Daily Archives: July 24, 2012

KESC takes part in Environment Excellence Awards

Karachi: The Karachi Electric Supply Company’s Energy Conservation (EC) Department actively participated in the 9th Annual Environment Excellence Awards 2012 held on July 12.The Energy Conservation Department of the KESC has played a key role to make this event successful. During the event, the EC team remained engaged in providing useful information amongst the participants […]


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JI seeks judicial probe against media black sheep

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami chief Munawar Hasan on Monday demanded accountability of the black sheep of the media and strict action against those involved in corruption. In a statement, he referred to petitions filed by some media persons in the Supreme Court and demanded a judicial inquiry into the allegations levelled against them. The media persons had […]


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3 CD shops blown up, no casualty: Police

SWABI: Unidentified miscreants blew up three CD shops at village Bacha with time bomb in the wee hours of Monday here, police said. The incident occurred in the limits of Swabi police station where miscreants placed low intensity bombs to CD shops and detonated it with remote-control device. No loss of life was reported. According […]


SC orders action against Punjab police hierarchy

ISLAMABAD: Frustrated with a new twist given by police to the case of lynching of a poor woman in Khanewal, the Supreme Court gave the federal as well as Punjab governments on Monday three days to take appropriate action against the entire provincial police hierarchy or face an adverse order. “It is the duty of […]


Warrants for Malik Riaz re-issued

By: Malik Asad RAWALPINDI: An anti-corruption court re-issued on Monday non-bailable arrest warrants for property tycoon Malik Riaz, his son Ali Riaz and seven other accused in a land fraud case. On July 17, the court had ordered the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) to arrest of the accused, but on July 19 the Sindh High Court […]


Case of illegal stay against Afghan couple quashed

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Monday quashed a case of illegal entry and stay in Pakistan against an Afghan couple, who fled their country after facing death threats over marriage. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan and Justice Shahjehan Khan Akhunzada handed over the couple to local police directing them to keep […]


Call to include Kalash valleys in World Heritage List

PESHAWAR: The Kalash Environmental Protection Society has demanded of the government to submit a bid to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) to include the Kalash valleys’ culture in the World Heritage List for preservation. In a press release issued here on Monday, the society said that the Kalash valleys were changing […]


Senate body launches website

ISLAMABAD: The first comprehensive report and interactive website of the Senate Committee on Defence and Defence Production was launched at a ceremony on Monday. Both the defence report and website provide access to information regarding committee’s activities paving the way for transparency in defence matters. The report also contains information to build a case against […]


Terror victim families participate in Geo Ramazan transmission

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 […]


Man kills mother

MITHI: A 50-year-old widow was killed by her son for having been involved in an illicit affair. Ms Meghan was axed to death by Pirbhu Bheel in Sanyasar village of Mithi taluka on Monday. Pirbhu was arrested after his brother Samto lodged a murder case against him. He has reportedly confessed to the crime. Dawn