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Daily Archives: August 3, 2012

Judge resigns over dance video

LAHORE: A civil judge has tendered his resignation after his private video in which he was dancing with a girl was uploaded on the Internet. Bilal Masood, a civil judge at Khanewal, was found dancing in the video with a professional dancer in a private gathering. After the video was uploaded on Internet, the LHC […]


Islamabad High Court orders release of salaries, de-freezing of CDA bank accounts

By: Faisal Kamal Pasha Islamabad: A bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), comprising Justice Riaz Ahmad Khan and Justice Muhammad Azim Khan Afridi, here on Thursday ordered release of salaries and de-freezing of CDA bank accounts. A single bench of the IHC, comprising Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, during last hearing, had ordered attachment of […]


Urs of Sachal begins today

KHAIRPUR: Three-day Urs of renowned Sufi poet of Sindh Sachal Sarmast will begin on Friday. Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah would inaugurate the Urs celebrations by laying a wreath on the grave of Sachal Sain at his Dargah in Daraza Sharif. Later, a Mehfil-e-Sama would be held at the Sama Hall and an Adabi […]


Censor board chief

ISLAMABAD: Justice Riaz Ahmed Khan of Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday sought reply from the prime minister secretariat and secretary establishment, finance and national regulations and services division on a petition filed against the extension in the service of chairman censor board. The petitioner Mumtaz Ali through his counsel G.M. Chaudhry challenged the appointment […]


All Pakistan Newspaper Society voices concern over FIR against ad agency

KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has expressed concern over the registration of an FIR against M/s Midas (Pvt) Ltd and its chief executive Inam Akbar. The APNS in a press release on Thursday recalled that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had constituted a joint committee comprising APNS members and government officials for resolving […]