By: Tariq Butt ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf will make no commitment to the Supreme Court personally, or through his lawyer, on Tuesday to write a letter to the Swiss authorities against President Asif Ali Zardari, his aides say. “No letter to Switzerland will be and can be written because the Constitution doesn’t allow […]
By: Sohail Khan ISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court bench Monday heard a constitutional petition regarding obscene and other objectionable material aired by the media and directed Pemra to define ‘obscenity’ within a period of two weeks. A three-member bench of the apex court comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji […]
TIMERGARA: Representatives of non-governmental organisations in Lower Dir on Monday vowed to take every step to ensure that women in Lower Dir are given right to vote in the next elections. Speaking at a news conference at the Timergara Press Club, a group of NGOs’ representatives led by Akbar Khan alleged all political and religious […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court carved out on Monday the contours on which petitions regarding media accountability initiated at the behest of some television anchors would be decided. “It is a critical petition and we are clear about its ramifications,” Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja said while heading a two-judge bench that clubbed another petition filed by […]
By: Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday formed a high-level committee to develop an electronic banking system for prompt and problem free disbursement of pensions to millions of pensioners. The five-member committee, comprising of National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) Chairman Tariq Malik, Governor State Bank of Pakistan Yaseen Anwar, Secretary Finance Abdul Wajid […]
SUKKUR: A flood threat to Jacobabad was averted when rainwater surging down the hilly areas of Balochistan was diverted on Monday. Pakistan People’s Party MNA Mir Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani along with officials of the district administration made a cut near the village of Jatoi located at the bypass of Jacobabad adjacent to Balochistan and laid […]
HYDERABAD: Protest demonstrations were held, rallies taken out and shutterdowns were observed in all major cities of Sindh including Hyderabad, Sukkur, Nawabshah, Mirpurkhas, Khairpur, Mithi and Sanghar for a second consecutive day on Monday to condemn the anti-Islam film and its maker. A shutterdown was observed in almost entire Hyderabad district and large groups of […]
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Creating art featuring street children is no mean feat. It requires great care, because the artist needs to understand the idiosyncrasies associated with street life as well as the fine line crossing which that kind of art can become vain and meaningless. Life on the street is diametrically opposed to life […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) informed the Supreme Court on Monday that it had blocked 934 websites carrying an anti-Islam film which provoked worldwide protests. PTA’s Director General Waseem Tauqeer, who had been summoned by the court, said the authority had acted on the orders of the ministry of information technology. In a later […]
By: Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: In response to surging protests against the controversial film ‘Innocence of Muslims”, the government decided on Monday evening to block operations of the video sharing website YouTube in the country. “Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has taken cognizance of the blasphemous film available on YouTube and has issued strict instructions to […]
PESHAWAR: Journalists in Peshawar have condemned an attack in Upper Dir on Wari Press Club, burnt by protestors angered by an anti-Islam film. Journalists at the club were also reportedly held hostage as scattered protests continued in parts of the country. The Peshawar Press Club termed the incident an attack on the freedom of press […]
SUKKUR: A Samaa TV reporter, Iftikhar Arain, and his cameraman were beaten by staff at Civil Hospital, Shikarpur on Sunday. On Sunday evening, a woman, identified as Chasmi, was admitted in labour but there was no female doctor available. Her angry relatives started protesting outside the hospital. Arain and his cameraman rushed to the hospital […]
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