By: Ahmed Quraishi The real test for President Zardari, who has many good friends in the United States, would have been to ask the US government to control and restrain American hatemongers, who have continued a crude campaign of deliberate insults and humiliation against Islam for several years now. Certainly his confidante Husain Haqqani could […]
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Press Council of Pakistan and ex-lawyer Raja Shafqat Abbasi said on Wednesday that it is matter of happiness and pride for Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) to become member of the World Association of Press Councils (WAPC). Talking to the official TV, he said we have applied for its membership in November 2011 […]
By: Ansar Abbasi & Shoaib A Raja ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday announced that tomorrow (Friday) would be observed as ‘Yaum-e-Ishq-e-Rasool (SAW)’ and would be a public holiday to raise a national voice against the anti-Islam film which has rocked the Muslim world and beyond. It was also announced that President Asif Ali Zardari would […]
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday directed all the federal and provincial government departments to undertake every possible effort in a concerted manner for providing relief to the flood-hit people and to ensure that the outbreak of various water-borne diseases was also kept in check. He said that comprehensive plans should be chalked out […]
KARACHI: An exhibition of works by Masood A. Khan opens on Thursday at the Koel art gallery at 5pm. The show titled “Dekhi Andekhi” will continue till Sept 29 daily from 11am to 8pm. Dawn
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Bashir Mirza was an iconic artist. It has been 12 years since he breathed his last, and his art has not lost any of its provocative appeal. In 1997, on the eve of Pakistan’s golden jubilee celebrations, Bashir Mirza (or BM as he was fondly known) started to paint a mural […]
By: Saleem Shahid QUETTA: The flood situation in Jaffarabad has worsened and Sohbatpur town and some other areas have been inundated after torrents from Sindh entered the eastern parts of the district. “About 80 per cent of Jaffarabad district has been badly affected by the floods. Thousands of mud houses have been washed away, leaving […]
LAHORE: The four-day Rafi Peer International Film Festival featuring 30 award-winning movies from parallel cinema all over the world will open at Rafi Peer Cultural Complex, Raiwind Road, on Thursday (today). It was announced in a press conference addressed by Faizan Pirzada and Usman Pirzada at Rafi Peer Cultural Complex on Wednesday. The festival, where […]
By: Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The government made an abortive move on Wednesday to impress upon the Supreme Court that the law and order situation and human rights violations in Balochistan had a political dimension more than administrative. The assertion was made in a joint statement submitted after a meeting attended by Interior Secretary Khawaja Siddiq […]
By: Ali Hazrat Bacha PESHAWAR: At least 10 people, including two children, were killed and 30 others injured when a car-bomb exploded in a busy commercial-cum-residential area here on Wednesday. The Superintendent of Police (Rural) told reporters that the bomb planted in a parked car hit a van passing through the Scheme Chowk on Kohat […]
KARACHI: The Daily Times office, located in the Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (SITE) area of the metropolis, was targeted by some criminal elements during the strike called by Jamaat-e-Islami, here on Wednesday. Some armed men opened aerial fire and entered the premises of the Daily Times press office. A bullet hit the roof of the […]
LAHORE: THE Lahore High Court on Wednesday directed Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to immediately stop telecasting videos or movies on internet and cable networks about all prophets, including Hazarat Muhammad (PBUH). The court also summoned the chairmen of PTA and Pemra for October 5 for explanation as to […]
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