In an important initiative aimed at women’s uplift in Pakistan, the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and UN Women signed a Letter of Intent on Wednesday to work more closely for the promotion of gender equality and women’s empowerment. Speaking on the occasion, UNIDO Country Representative said that while supporting the government in increasing economic […]
By: Asad Farooq KARACHI: Ahl-e-Sunnant Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) staged separate protest demonstrations here on Friday against sacrilegious film. JUI-F Karachi held the protest day against blasphemous film and police brutality on protesters. The party activists and leaders staged several protest demonstrations outside mosques after Friday prayers in the city. ASWJ held […]
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday ordered the trial court to halt all proceedings in Rimsha Masih case. During the hearing of the case on Friday, chaired by a single bench comprising of IHC Chief Justice (CJ) Iqbal Hameedur Rehman, Advocate Fazalur Rehman, the legal counsel for petitioner, said that his client had not […]
By: DR ALFRED CHARLES The federal government should lift the ban on YouTube. Many people, especially students, are suffering because of this ban. Some of these students seek YouTube help to complete their assignments. Would it not be better to educate people to inculcate self-discipline and self-control so that they restrain themselves from watching the […]
By: Mazhar Abbas The writer is director current affairs Express News and has previously worked with ARY News. He is a former secretary-general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists By the end of next week, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) will define obscenity, as per the directives of the Supreme Court of […]
By: Shabbir Mir GILGIT: On his maiden official visit to Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) on Friday, Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf announced a development package worth Rs2 billion for the region. “I want to assure you that the federal government will extend its support to make the system a success,” the premier said in his address to […]
Karachi: The provincial government, late on Friday night, reorganised the Sindh Police Department and turned it into 20 divisions, with a Superintendent of Police (Grade-19 officer) taking charge of each one. The change in the structure of the police department was made in light of the recently promulgated Sindh People’s Local Government Ordinance 2012 (SPLGO-2012). […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday restrained a private TV channel from airing Indian dramas and ordered Pakistan Electronic and Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to disconnect its complete transmission if it disobeyed the court order. Justice Aysha A Malik issued the interim order on a petition moved by another Pakistani private TV channel. […]
QUETTA: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Dr Zafar Iqbal Qadir has said there is no ban on local non-governmental organisations working in flood-hit areas of Balochistan. Addressing a news conference at Quetta Press Club and later talking to APP here on Friday, he said “We have not imposed ban on local NGOs of […]
SUKKUR: Protest rallies were taken out and demonstrations held on Friday in Sukkur, Hyderabad, Khairpur, Shikarpur, Tando Allahyar, Jacobabad, Mirpurkhas, Larkana and other districts of Sindh on the call of the Sunni Action Committee (SAC) against the sacrilegious film made in the US. There was complete shutter down in Tando Allahyar and Ranipur town of […]
By: Jamal Khurshid KARACHI: The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, on Friday said that Karachi, the city of lights and of our great Quaid, had now been facing the challenge of terrorism and what used to be a hub of trade and commerce had now become a “hub of terrorist activities”. Addressing […]
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: A decent variety of films were screened on the inaugural day of the two-day Gandhara Film Festival at the PACC auditorium on Friday. The event opened with a short film ‘Heal’ by Mian Adnan Ahmed. The film has been shown at more than a dozen film festivals around the world. It […]
PESHAWAR: After offering a bounty of $100,000 for the killing of the US maker of an anti-Islam film, Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour on Friday announced to put a bounty on the heads of the future blasphemers, too. Addressing a public meeting here at the historical Mahabat Khan Mosque after Friday prayers, he said he […]
ISLAMABAD: Nearly 300 lawyers from Rawalpindi and Islamabad staged a peaceful protest against the anti-Islam film here on Friday. On the call of Rawalpindi Bar Association, the lawyers took out a rally from the district and sessions court towards Islamabad. Passing through Faizabad, Kashmir Highway, Aabpara, Ataturk Avenue and Shahrah-i-Jamhuriat, the rally reached outside Parliament […]
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