MARDAN: Calling for a judicial inquiry into the burning of a church in Mardan during the protest against the blasphemous movie, Ansar Burney Trust International Chairman Ansar Burney on Wednesday said destroying the place of worship of Christians was a conspiracy to defame Pakistan in the world. “Burning the church was a shameful act committed […]
By: Kamran Mansoor Karachi: A man killed his sister on the pretext of honour in Landhi on Wednesday. Sukhan police said Zafar gunned down his sister, 25-year-old Shahnaz, wife of Naeem, at her home in 549 Labour Square. After a verbal spar, Zafar took out his pistol and opened fire on her. He later managed […]
By: Muhammad Anis ISLAMABAD: The All Parties Conference (APC) of political and religious parties on Wednesday demanded a meeting of all Muslim countries in Madina Munawwara to formulate a joint strategy against blasphemous acts in the United States and Western countries. The APC believed that the US was equally responsible for the recent blasphemous act […]
MIRANSHAH: Three security personnel were killed and 16 others were injured when a military convoy was targeted with an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Mir Ali subdivision in North Waziristan on Wednesday. Security officials and tribal sources said a military convoy was on its way to Spinwam from Shawa tehsil in Mir Ali subdivision […]
ISLAMABAD: The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) has launched a $6.2 million plan to preserve rain water in the earthquake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. According to an official, the rain water harvesting system would be installed in 40,000 houses situated in 20 union councils of the earthquake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and […]
KARACHI: Twelve men, including two workers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, were gunned down on sectarian and political grounds on Wednesday, as the government and law-enforcers failed to take measures to stem the rising wave of targeted killings in the city. In yet another incident of targeted killing on sectarian grounds, an engineer working at […]
By: HUMAIRA KANWAL PEOPLE are abusing the movie’s team and advising each other over cell phones and online social networks to share those abusing remarks to register their protest. I am not convinced. I think propagation of a good act is a healthy activity but propagation of a bad act is negative. I believe that […]
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Mansur Salim is an exceptional artist. He belongs to that rare breed of painters that Pakistan seems to have stopped producing. His art teases the mind, stirs the soul and touches the heart. Why? Answer: it is the content (spiritual, dream-like, satirical and thought-provoking) that hits you first after which you […]
By: Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Climate Change launched its policy that provides a framework for addressing environmental concerns gripping Pakistan because of the changing climatic conditions. In view of Pakistan’s high vulnerability to adverse impacts from extreme weather events, the new National Climate Change Policy particularly focuses on adaptation efforts. Approved by the […]
By: RABIA ABDUL GHAFFAR GLOBAL warming is the increase of the earth’s near-surface air and oceans’ temperature. The rise in the global temperature will cause the sea level to rise and this will enhance the intensity of the occurrence of the extreme weather events leading to a change in agricultural productivity, trade, water crisis, glacier […]
QUETTA: The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights has called for formation of working groups in all the provinces to protect the rights of people. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, the chairman of the committee, Afrasiab Khattak, along with Senator Mushahidullah Khan, Senator Farhatullah Babar and Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, said that protecting […]
ISLAMABAD: Apparently a deadlock on the draft of a letter to be sent to the Swiss authorities in the NRO implementation case compelled the Supreme Court on Wednesday to set Oct 5 as the date on which the government either has to finalise the letter or face contempt proceedings. “We expect that no further delay […]
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