By: Javed Aziz Khan PESHAWAR: The southern Bannu region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has sacrificed a deputy inspector general (DIG), a district police officer (DPO) and three deputy superintendents of police (DSPs) among 102 policemen who have been killed in incidents of violence since 2006. After the provincial capital Peshawar, Bannu is probably the second region […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday once again sought a comprehensive report from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in the missing International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) containers’ case while Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry observed that the court’s orders were not being implemented. A three-member bench of the apex […]
THATTA: Sindh Minister for Culture Sassui Palijo has said her department has initiated a survey of hitherto un-notified archaeological sites of national importance to preserve and document their history. Speaking at a ceremony held to lay the foundation stone of Bhambore Public Library at Gharo town here on Monday, the minister said that over 130 […]
KARACHI: A show of artworks by Sana Obaid opens at the Chawkandi art gallery on Tuesday at 5.30pm. The exhibition titled ‘STILL, Life…’ will be open till Oct 3. Dawn
KARACHI: An exhibition of works by Anwar Saeed opens at the Canvas art gallery at 5pm on Tuesday. The show titled ‘Exercises in imagining the other’ will remain open till Oct 4, daily from 11am to 8pm (excluding Sunday). Dawn
By: SONIA SADAF IS banning a website the solution to the problem? In a move against the blasphemous movie clip, the YouTube has been banned in Pakistan. I do not consider this step effective. Blocking a website, which is a platform for showing the world the reality, is not the right move to combat such […]
CHAKWAL: The body of a woman in her mid thirties was found in Moorat village, in tehsil Talagang, police sources said here on Monday. According to the police, the woman was murdered by unknown persons two days ago and her body was dumped in a deserted ground near the village. Saddar Police shifted the body […]
By: Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: District and Sessions Judge (east) Raja Jawwad Abbas Hassan on Monday summoned the Christian girl accused in the blasphemy case and ordered the investigation officer to submit another challan under the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance 2000 against her. The judge decided to try the minor girl under the JJSO and Imam […]
By: Aamir Yasin ISLAMABAD: For art lovers, it was no less a treat to be at National Art Gallery, where paintings, sculptures, posters and pen and pencil work was exhibited on Monday. The exhibition was part of the celebrations to mark the 30th anniversary of Rohtas Art Gallery. The art gallery managed to put 160 […]
KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has expressed serious concern over the ban imposed on Pakistani newspapers by the Afghanistan government and termed it a denial to the “People’s Right to Know”. In a statement, the APNS said the newspapers disseminated news and views and thus strengthened relations between the people of the two countries. […]
By: Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Farooq H. Naek will appear before the Supreme Court on Tuesday and present the draft of a letter to be sent to the Swiss authorities relating to alleged graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf had assured the Supreme Court on Sept 18 that […]
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