By: Umer Farooq PESHAWAR: While closing proceedings into the case of an Afghan runaway couple, the Peshawar High Court directed a family court to decide the case, with no adjournment, within 40 days. Mariyam and Haiwad said they fled Kabul last month to wed in Abbottabad after they learned that Mariyam’s parents wanted her to […]
By: Ghulam Hussain Renowned ‘Maula Jutt’ film writer Nasir Adeeb has blamed PTV and other TV channels for the decline of Pakistan’s film industry. He said PTV and other channels had always propagated against the local film industry, due to which, working here was not considered honourable anymore. In an exclusive interview with Daily Times, […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Tuesday said the government had taken positive steps for empowerment of women to let them play their due role in national development. He was taking to National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) Chairperson Dr Nafeesa Shah, Adviser to Prime Minister on Human Rights Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar and Special […]
PESHAWAR: Tariq Orakzai, a radio journalist, who was brutally injured by the Airport Security Force (ASF) personnel on Saturday, has demanded the involvement of senior officials in a probe against the ASF personnel. Orakzai, an employee of Prague-based Mashaal Radio, had gone to The Baacha Khan International Airport to see-off his family members who were […]
KARACHI: A freewill couple on Tuesday approached Sindh High Court (SHC) seeking protection and action against tribal influential people and criminals who have planned to kill them in the pretext of honour killings. Imam Ali Chang and his wife Afshan Gul Chang stated this while talking to journalists at the SHC after submitting a petition. […]
Indian academic Salma Siddiqui is on her fourth visit to Pakistan since the year 2000, for research in connection with her PhD in Media Art and Design at the University of Westminster in London. On Friday she presented a paper at the Institute of Peace and Secular Studies (IPSS), Lahore, analysing three Pakistani films on […]
By: Ilmana Fasih As the dates approach, the excitement is increasing. The event is “Celebrate India, Pakistan Independence Days for Peace, Aug 14-15, 2012” — on Facebook at http://on.fb.me/LcHOeU. As more people join the event page, those who joined earlier are getting to know each other better. They share common interests in music, culture, poetry. […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has appointed Farooq Awan as chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) with immediate effect, confirmed the new appointee. “Yes, I have been appointed chairman PTA on specified terms and conditions,” said Farooq Awan on Tuesday night. He said he would no longer serve as secretary to the Ministry […]
By: Khalid Iqbal RAWALPINDI: Anti Corruption Court (ACC), Rawalpindi Judge Chaudhry Ameer Muhammad Khan on Tuesday suspended for fifteen days – till August 15, 2012 – the order declaring former Bahria Town chief Malik Riaz Hussain a ‘proclaimed offender’ in the land fraud case. The court suspended orders as Malik Riaz has got protective bail […]
ISLAMABAD: Standing Committee on Information Technology on Tuesday discussed the alleged tax evasion of Rs 47 billion by five telecom companies and directed the departments concerned to furnish a report about the tax evasion as to know the true fact of the matter. The Cellular Mobile Operators gave presentation to the committee regarding the procedure […]
By: Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani defence establishment has demanded of the government to immediately close all illegal Indian channels to check India’s hostile agenda against Pakistan, specifically targeting the young generation, Pakistani culture and its nationalism. According to Information Ministry sources, the defence establishment had repeatedly conveyed its extreme concern to the Pakistan Electronic […]
KARACHI: The interest of the people continued on the eleventh day running in the “Pehchan Ramazan” programme of the Geo television, the most successful broadcast in the history of television. On the special invitation of the host and internationally acclaimed broadcaster Dr Aamir Liaqat Hussain, the representatives in Pakistan of “Make a Wish,” Mirza Ishtiaq […]
By: Aurangzeb Swat: I wonder why we have a meteorological department when the weather forecasts that we get are almost always wrong. Earlier this year after an earthquake, the met department’s chairman assured us that there would be no more earthquakes in Pakistan for the next 50 years. Within a week we had another one. […]
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday inaugurated Road Safety Institute Islamabad, the first ever road safety institute of the country, here at Aiwan-e-Sadr. Established by National Highways and Motorways Police, the Institute would impart traffic education and sensitize the drivers about the traffic laws, the driving hazards and the precautionary measures that need to be […]
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