Karachi: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has demanded of the federal government to introduce strict laws on the use of mobile phone SIM cards, as mobile phones were being used by terrorists and criminals to carry out bomb blasts, kidnap people for ransom and extort money from traders and shopkeepers. Hussain, who was […]
By: Jawwad Rizvi LAHORE: Around 200,000 vehicle users remained disconnected from the tracker companies’ network following suspension of mobile phone services on the eve of Eid, according to data on Thursday. Official data revealed that two major companies in Pakistan are providing tracker facilities with a share of more than 50 percent users, while the […]
By: Dr Farzana Bari Women’s historic exclusion from the formal arena of politics as voters, candidates and as pubic representatives has been the hallmark of the political culture of this country. Despite a number of national and international commitments on gender equality, the gender gap in politics continues. Efforts have been made to increase women’s […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has demanded the immediate release of Rimsha, the 11-year-old Christian girl, who was arrested from Mehraabad on the charge of blasphemy. Calling for immediate protection for Rimsha’s family and to the Christian community that has fled the area, the HRCP urged the government to take measures to ensure […]
DIR: A girl was shot dead in Surdam village in Sheringal over “honour,” police officials and locals said on Thursday. They said the girl had left her home to marry one Ajmal against the wishes of her parents. However, the relatives of the girl stormed the house of Ajmal and killed the girl. The paternal […]
MANSEHRA: The local lawyers here Thursday expressed lack of confidence in the judicial commission constituted on the order of the Peshawar High Court chief justice to probe the alleged rape case of a teenager. “We reject the judicial commission under a local judicial magistrate as the police is party to the Sonia rape case,” argued […]
ISLAMABAD: A lawyer for a young Pakistani Christian girl arrested on blasphemy charges in a poor suburb of Islamabad Thursday claimed he had been refused a meeting with her. Police arrested the girl, Rimsha, who reportedly has Down’s syndrome, in a low-income neighbourhood of the capital last Thursday after she was accused of burning papers […]
BLOCKING cellphone service on chaand raat was a temporary and hopefully rare step. And making greater efforts to ensure that fake identities are not used to obtain SIMs is important. But the interior minister’s suggestion that it might make sense to shut down prepaid subscriptions altogether for security reasons — a plan he said is […]
By: Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE: About 96 to 97 per cent of 120 million cellphone subscribers in the country are using pre-paid connections and asking them to switch over to the post-paid package is not practicable. The telecom operators have not only expressed serious concern over the interior minister’s plan to do away with pre-paid mobile […]
By: Saleem Shahid QUETTA: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry asked the home secretary and the inspector general of police on Thursday to launch a major crackdown on elements creating law and order problem in Balochistan. Law enforcement agencies should go with full force against the elements opposed to peace in the province, he said during […]
By: Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: Alarmed by the threat of flash floods in different parts of the country, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf asked the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Thursday to enhance the level of preparedness and review the stock of material needed for relief and rescue operations. The prime minister expressed grief […]
By: Mazhar Abbas Ansar Abbasi, editor of investigations for Pakistan’s leading media group Jang, is apparently facing a de facto ban from his own employers. Other TV channels also report being told not to air his views. Abbasi has charged cable operators with spreading immoral, anti-Islamic messages through Indian movies and other popular culture broadcasts. […]
By: Imran Ali Teepu ISLAMABAD: Telecom operators and even some security officials have expressed grave concern over the government’s plan to block pre-paid SIMs issued on bogus national identity cards. Experts believe that the $10 billion telecom industry in Pakistan with the highest mobile phone penetration in South Asia will be in trouble if the […]
The monsoon rains, late this year, have finally arrived with the full force of nature, wreaking havoc in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Fata and Azad Kashmir and leaving at least 32 people dead just over the last few days. The weeks ahead promise more damage, with the catchment areas of the Chenab and Ravi distributaries expected […]
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