MANSEHRA: A local court on Friday extended the ban on meetings with Sonia, an alleged gang rape victim, until August 27. District and Sessions Judge Syed Rafique Shah issued the orders on an application moved by the lawyers affiliated with the District Bar Association on Friday.The association moved the court to seek extension of the […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Eletronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) invited experts on August 27 for consultations to thrash out a term ‘obscenity’ for electronic media which face criticism from certain quarters over its content. In the wake of criticism from some politicians and other stakeholders, the authority decided to address the issue in order to give […]
SHIKARPUR: Police recovered four women and a girl kidnapped from Punjab from a house near Wagna-Gate Mohalla after conducting a raid late on Thursday. It may be noted that women abducted from Punjab are sold in different parts of upper Sindh. The Stuart Ganj police on receiving information that a deal was in process to […]
KARACHI: An exhibition of artworks by 12 artists — Mohsin Shafi, Nida Bangash, Mizna Zulfikar, Saamia Ahmed, Shajia Azam, Rabiya Asim, Irfan Gul Dahri, Imrana Tanveer, Maria Khan, Sarah Ahmed, Saadia Hussain and Amra Khan — opens at the VM Art Gallery at 5pm on Saturday. The group show will remain open till Sept 8, […]
KARACHI: MPA Saleem Khursheed Khokhar, who represents the Christian community in the Sindh Assembly, has called for the immediate release of a Christian girl arrested recently near Islamabad. She was accused of desecrating the Quran and charged under the blasphemy law. Speaking at a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Friday, Mr Khokhar […]
By: Abbas Nasir MEDIA watchers will have observed the changing vocabulary of newspapers in particular as the print media covers ethnic and sectarian strife. Yet, despite this ever-evolving vocabulary, some social media activists have expressed disquiet over the language used by the media to describe the frequent Shia killings. Is this criticism justified or over […]
By: Munawer Azeem ISLAMABAD: The city’s district and session court on Friday issued directions to constitute a medical board to ascertain the actual age of a girl, who allegedly burnt some pages containing verses form the Holy Quran. Counsel for the girl, Advocate Tahir Naveed Chaudhry submitted an application in the court on Thursday, seeking […]
By: Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: Massive bottlenecks were witnessed at Faizabad as water accumulated under the flyover, creating traffic jams for vehicles moving towards Muree road from Rawalpindi and Islamabad. A similar situation was observed at the airport road after the twin-cities received heavy rainfall Friday morning in a large area. Since only one vehicle could […]
By: Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE: Contrary to the statement of Interior Minister Rehman Malik that prepaid mobile connections will be phased out gradually, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority says no such proposal is under consideration and being a regulatory body it is more concerned about the implementation of existing regulations regarding issuance of SIMs. “There has been […]
By: Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: In a move that is sure to allay concerns of cellular companies Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has rejected the idea of blocking altogether the pre-paid mobile phone SIMs. Informed sources told Dawn on Friday that while the prime minister wanted a credible verification system for issuing new SIMs by […]
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