OKARA: A man kidnapped a girl from a nearby village and kept her hostage in village Chak-36/A4-L where he assaulted her. Reportedly, Ijaz Ahmad kidnapped Aroj Fatima daughter of Ramzan Ali, a resident of 39/A4-L from her house. The police have registered a case and started raids for the arrest of the culprit. The Nation
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday launched the monsoon tree plantation campaign by planting an olive tree sapling at the Presidency, with a commitment to make the country green and environment-friendly. The tree plantation campaign is organised every year during spring and monsoon seasons. About 30 million saplings are planned to be planted in […]
By: ANWAR PARVEEN, Media plays an important role in the formation of a society but unfortunately, today it is constantly playing with our thoughts and reasoning. Crime-related programmes are aired daily on almost all news channels. The re-enacted scenes of outrageous violence leave negative impressions on young and immature minds. These programmes show how murder […]
SIALKOT: Widespread torrential rain lashed the region, breaking the long spell of muggy weather and providing relief to the prolonged power outages beaten faithfuls in the holy month of Ramazan. The public at large heaved a sigh of relief and termed the rain as the blessings of Allah Almighty. On the contrary, the electricity supply […]
By: EMES HASAN KARACHI: It seems that the Pakistani media, both the print and electronic, is trying to self-regulate itself and address issues, emanating amidst allegations of corruption in the media, yellow journalism, paucity of communication ethics, less than desired level of institution’s professional and social responsibility. Interestingly, two of the domestic TV anchors, have […]
By: Rafay Mahmood KARACHI: If a film-maker takes on a subject like the popular Imran Khan for a project, he should anticipate that expectations and public interest will be high. Films like Waar and Seedlings have raised the bar for film-makers in Pakistan, but projects like Kaptaan (which revolves around Imran Khan and Jemima Goldsmith) […]
LAHORE: NESPAK was tasked with replenishing the pond at the Katasraj Temple Complex in the Kahun Valley on Thursday. The decision was taken at a meeting called by the Ministry of National Harmony to monitor the progress of the project to restore the temples and the pond, which started a month ago. The Archaeology Department […]
KHANEWAL: The inquiry committee probing the murder of a woman in a village in Khanewal will on Friday exhume her corpse for an autopsy, Sheikhupura regional police officer Zulfiqar Cheema told The Express Tribune on Thursday. He said officials from Lahore would arrive in Katcha Khoo village with forensics equipment on Friday morning (today) to […]
Social media will play an important role in the upcoming elections and could provide an alternative to traditional corporate media. Pakistan’s democratic transition faces formidable challenges, concluded experts at a roundtable organised by Jinnah Institute, a public policy think tank. The event was organised to inform public debate on the key challenges to free and […]
KARACHI: Flood victims of 2010 are still struggling to piece together their shattered lives as the government has failed to play its role in their rehabilitation, said members of the Sindh People’s Commission on Disaster Prevention and Management (SPCDMP), the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER), and the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) on […]
By: NAILA MASOOD Rawalpindi: The Pakistani masses are already going through mental agony because of suicide attacks and the so-called ‘war on terror’. I remember when I was a child, our parents used to stop us from watching movies or dramas that contained violence or horror. Now there is bloodshed everywhere. Nobody knows who is […]
Karachi: The Meteorological Department on Thursday predicted partly cloudy to cloudy weather with chances of drizzle/light rain with the range of maximum temperature between 32 degrees Celsius to 34 degrees Celsius for Friday (today). As per a Met office report, the minimum temperature on Monday was 27.5 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature was 32 […]
Karachi: A young woman was stabbed to death by her fiancé in the Jackson police limits on Thursday. The body of Saima, 24, was found at the house of her fiancé, Tauseef Ahmed, near the Habib Public School in Sultanabad. One of the local women saw her body and informed the police, who reached spot […]
By: Kamran Mansoor Karachi: A former sector in-charge of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement – Haqiqi (MQM-H) was among the ten people murdered in different incidents across the city as target killings continued, despite repeated promises from senior officials that the violence would be curbed during the month of Ramazan. Thirty-five-year-old Athar Khan alias Topi was […]
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