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Daily Archives: October 18, 2012

All Pakistan Newspaper Society concerned at attack on local daily

KARACHI: APNS Secretary General Mr Masood Hamid has expressed his concern over the incident of robbery at the premises of Daily Deyanat, Karachi. He stated that the Executive Committee at its meeting held on October 15, 2012 was reported that on October 10, 2012, a gang of six dacoits attacked the premises of Daily Deyanat, […]


Supreme Court withdraws notice against Shahbaz Sharif

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday withdrew the notice against Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif in the dual nationality case for non-availability of evidence. The court also rejected the request of former MNA Shahnaz Sheikh’s counsel not to initiate criminal proceedings against her. The counsel requested the court that as she had resigned from […]


Malala: internal & external threats

By: DR NABEEL MANZAR THE attack on Malala Yousufzai has united the nation against the Taliban. The reaction on this incident by some religious parties and some ulema has rubbed salt into the nation’s wound. The reaction by Qazi Hussain Ahmad and Maulana Fazlur Rehman was totally out of sync with the public opinion. First, […]


Whirling and Healing opens at Art Scene

By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Here is an exceptionally talented artist, Dr Mohsen Keiany. The fact that he was born and brought up in Iran enables the viewer to ‘feel’ the thrust of his work which is steeped in tradition. What tradition? It is not easy to answer the question, reason being there are strands in […]


455 killed, 5m affected by floods

ISLAMABAD: Monsoon floods in the country have killed 455 people over the past five weeks and affected more than five million, according to the latest figures from the government’s disaster relief agency. As in the previous two years, most of those hit by the latest floods were in Sindh, where the National Disaster Management Authority […]


Allies lend conditional support: Drug authority bill sails through Senate

By: Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: The government succeeded in getting the Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA) Bill passed by the Senate unanimously on Wednesday, though its coalition partners said they were supporting it “conditionally”. The bill was adopted without any hindrance after the Minister for National Regulations and Services, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, assured senators that their […]


Cop harasses Nai Baat reporter

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) Sunday asked the provincial government to take stern action against Sub Inspector Kishwar Khan of Gulberg Police Station for harassing and misbehaving with a staff reporter of an Urdu daily. The union threatened to launch a series of protests if prompt action was not taken. The KhUJ, quoting […]