KHAIRPUR: President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday announced that next general elections will be fair, free and impartial and these will be held on time. Addressing workers of Pakistan People’s Party here at the residence of PPP leader Manzoor Wasaan, in D.G. Kot area, the President said, “I want to make promise with the people […]
A multifaceted IT & IS professional, Humayun Zafar has over 25 years of experience in developed as well as emerging markets, both in public sector and private sector. To his credit, he is the stalwart of several ‘firsts’ in Pakistan IT history like 1st online banking, 1st fully online academic testing and evaluation system, 1st […]
Lahore: The Punjab government has built as many as 1,885 model homes at a cost of Rs1.6 billion for the survivors of 2010 floods and 1,705 of them have so far been handed over among the victims, Director-General of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority Mujahid Sherdil said on Sunday. According to a handout issued by […]
SUKKUR: Two poeple were killed while two were injured in two separate incidents relating to Karo-Kari on Sunday. Police said Atta Muhammad Brohi shot dead his wife Haseena and his brother Mir Muhammad on the allegation that they were maintaining illicit relations. The incident took place in village Jangal Khan in the area of Kubbo […]
‘Ek Tha Tiger’ distributors in Pakistan, IMGC shared their views about the film as an Eid treat for Salman-Katrina fans. They further denied the allegations about those parts of the movie that were considered as offensive to Pakistanis. The movie has been passed by the censor board and will be seen in Pakistani cinemas really […]
QUETTA: Violence against women in Pakistan has been increased 6.74 per cent in 2011 as compared to 2010. This was disclosed by a newly issued report of Aurat Foundation (AF) a leading women’s rights organization. The report says, “8539 different incidents of violence occurred against women in different parts of Pakistan which shows 6.74 per […]
KARACHI: Vehicular smoke is the number one cause of the growing air pollution in Karachi, causing serious environmental loss to the mega city besides spreading lung diseases in population. All major arteries of the city brave extremely higher levels of smoke in air, but various departments and agencies related to environmental control; traffic regulations, motor […]
President Zardari has declared that the government has decided to appoint women to the judiciary, a move that can only be supported at the same time as noting that it is a move long overdue. He made the announcement at the conclusion of the ‘One Million Signatures Campaign’ which was designed to raise awareness of […]
SUKKUR: Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah on Sunday said the Pakistan People’s Party has always worked for the welfare of people. He said last year we provided 6,000 tractors to growers on subsidized rates and this year, 15,000 tractors would be provided. Talking to media men in Tando Allahyar, he said Rs230 billion had […]
By: Ammar Shahbazi Karachi: The Hindu community leaders in Karachi are incensed at the insensitivity displayed towards their faith by a television channel that converted a Hindu boy to Islam on their Thursday’s live Iftar transmission. “Embracing a new faith is a personal matter of an individual, but here this is being promoted as a […]
KARACHI: An exhibition of artworks by Gulgee, Iqbal Husain, Jamil Naqsh, Kibria, Ahmed Parvez, Anwar Saeed, Afshar Malik, Adeela Suleman, Ali Azmat, Bashir Mirza, Belinda Eaton, Hamra Abbas, Muhammad Zeeshan, Moeen Faruqui, Quddus Mirza, Talha Rathore and many others is under way at the Canvas Gallery. Dawn
LAHORE: Perturbed over allegations of Rs47 billion sales tax evasion over the past five years, telecom operators will try to bail themselves out by bringing forth the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s position that the interconnection charges are ‘expenses’ and not `income’ under the Calling Party Pays regime. During back-to-back meetings last week, the five telecom operators […]
BY: AHMED RAZI SIDDIQUI Karachi: IN times when our nascent democratic set-up faces multiple challenges from within, your editorial on ‘Media soul searching’ (July 22) is quite understandable. There is a need to squarely address the challenges thrown by non- state actors and vested interests, including the black sheep in the legal fraternity. Those who […]
KARACHI: In the absence of laws through which punitive action can be taken against those committing crimes on the cyber world in Pakistan, people are increasingly becoming victims of abuse on social media sites, internet frauds, etc, it emerged on Sunday. This is evident from the fact that the Federal Investigation Agency’s Cyber Crime Cell […]
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