KARACHI: The Malir District and Sessions court charged a woman, Rabia, with aiding and abetting three men in the abduction of her 21-year-old maid, Parveen, and selling her to three men. “You sold her to three unknown men who held her captive and raped her over a period of a year and half,” said the […]
LAHORE: Punjab has made a comprehensive plan to use Zakat for the vocational and technical education to the deprived youth to engage them in healthy activities, keeping them away from terrorism. Under the plan, 1,200 children will be educated in the first phase and soft loans will also be given to them. These views were […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has asked the federal government to formally frame rules and regulations for making transparent the provision of funds/financial assistance to people in the name of journalists from the secret fund of the Ministry of Information. Moreover, the names, amount and details, including the justification, of the people […]
WASHINGTON: The United States has released $1.1 billion to Pakistan under Coalition Support Fund (CSF) amid signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by the two countries regarding restoration of Nato supplies. The money, from a US ‘CSF’ designed to reimburse Pakistan for the cost of counter-insurgency operations, had been withheld due to tensions between the […]
KARACHI: A sessions court dismissed on Wednesday the bail application of an accused in the murder case of renowned artist Ismail Gulgee and others. Mohammad Anwar, a servant of the slain artist, had moved the bail application before District and Sessions Judge (south) Hasan Feroz, who dismissed the plea after hearing arguments from both sides. […]
Dilawar Hussain KARACHI: India overturned on Wednesday a ban on foreign investment from Pakistan, the Indian commerce ministry said. According to reports reaching here, the move is aimed at building goodwill amid a renewed push for peace. “The government of India has reviewed the policy and decided to permit a citizen of Pakistan or an […]
Intikhab Hanif LAHORE: The Pakistan Meteorological Department on Wednesday forecast rain during the next few days but also feared agricultural drought in the plains of the country in the next three to four weeks. According to its latest assessment of weather, the PMD said upper and some central parts of the country were likely to […]
Shoaib Ahmed LAHORE: Shehzad Ahmed, Director of Majlis-i-Taraqqi-i-Adab and poet, died on Wednesday. He was 80. “My father went to office as usual on Wednesday and came back at 4pm. Suddenly his condition deteriorated. He was rushed to hospital but died on the way,” Tauheed Shehzad, the poet’s younger son, told Dawn. He said though […]
I.A Rehman THE hottest subject in our exalted chambers of gossip is neither the executive-judiciary confrontation nor new causes of tension between Pakistan and the US; it is the sudden spurt in cash flows to some television channels. What trends this injection of money will generate within the electronic media industry remains to be seen. […]
SACHAL Sarmast was a great saint, a mystic poet, a philosopher and one of the towering personalities produced by Sindh. His 193rd death anniversary and Urs are being observed all over the province (Thursday through Saturday) at his shrine, Daraza Sharif, Khairpur district. The spirit of Islamic mysticism, which is a distinctive mark of 16th- […]
KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said that nearly 26,000 “ghost” employees are working in various government departments, and that the public exchequer can save nearly Rs6 billion by removing them. While talking to media personnel after inaugurating the “Sindh Employees Smart Card” at the Sindh Secretariat on Monday, Memon said that computerization of […]
Karachi: Spells of scattered monsoon rain are forecast in parts of Punjab, Khyber-Pakhunkhwa, lower Sindh and Azad Kashmir during the current week, the met office said on Tuesday. “However, the trend of subdued monsoon rains would continue in Pakistan till mid of August 2012,” the office said in its fresh weather advisory. The rapid development […]
By: Nabeel Anwar Dhakku CHAKWAL: “Jins-e-hunnar ka kaun kharidaar hai Faraz,Heera, keh pathro’n sey bhee sasta dikhai day.” This couplet, penned by the legendary romantic rebel of Urdu poetry, the immortal Ahmad Faraz, aptly describes Hassan Liaquat, a man who remains in the shadows despite being exceptionally talented. Thirty-five-year-old Liaquat, who was born in Chakwal, […]
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) recently announced a plan to provide disaster risk insurance for Pakistan’s 180 million people to cover the loss of human lives, livelihoods, shelter and livestock. This would be the biggest ever insurance venture in the world. While this is a welcome move, considering how natural disasters have caused widespread […]
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