By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: They say, there are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors of perception. There is a semblance of truth to it. Doors are a potent symbol of things that can either be explored or chanced upon or never discovered. Artist Saqib Mughal, who now resides in the […]
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari has emphasised that no effort be spared in ensuring smooth law and order and no discrimination be made in dispensing justice to law violators. Presiding over a special meeting to review law and order situation in Sindh, which was held at the Chief Minister’s House on Thursday, the president said […]
By: Hassan Ali PESHAWAR: Despite widespread criticism, Federal Minister for Railways Ghulam Ahmed Bilour reaffirmed his resolve to stand by a $100,000 bounty he had placed on the head of the producer of an anti-Islam movie. “No power in the world can force me to take back my words. I am ready to face [any] […]
By: Asghar Ali Engineer THE recent attack on Malala Yousufzai has shocked not only Pakistan but the whole world. There was near unanimity among the people of Pakistan that the attack was unjustified. The Pakistani Taliban claimed that the attack was carried out by them at the behest of Maulana Fazlullah, reportedly hiding in Afghanistan. […]
MUZAFFARABAD: A mother and father in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) killed their 15-year-old daughter by dousing her with acid after seeing her talking to a young man, police said on Thursday. Local police officer Tahir Ayub told AFP the father, Mohammad Zafar, had had suspicions about his daughter Anvu Sha and became enraged when […]
Karachi: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has resolved around 377,526 appeals through ‘Grievance Redressal System’ under the Citizen Damage Compensation Programme (CDCP) Phase-II, a Nadra official said on Thursday. The CDCP Phase-II of Nadra is designed to give Rs40, 000 in two tranches to the people whose houses were damaged by the floods […]
By: Sahil Zaheer Instead of suspending cellular services, it is suggested that the government and the PTA authorities permanently cancel all SIMS which haven’t been used for the last three months. The News
KARACHI: Chairman of the Ansar Burney Trust International and former minister for human rights, Ansar Burney, has sent a petition to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Fakhruddin G Ibrahim seeking full implementation of articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution. “I write to you in relation to the Election Commission of Pakistan’s recent attempts to […]
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the Balochistan Assembly Yar Muhammad Rind was arrested on Thursday on the orders of the Supreme Court as he came out of the courtroom. It may be noted here that the trial court and Balochistan High Court (BHC) had awarded life imprisonment to Yar Muhammad Rind in a murder […]
By: Arsalan Haider LAHORE: Teachers, students, their parents and residents of Ravi Road area on Thursday condemned the attack on Farooqi Girls High School and termed allegations of blasphemy against the school a “controversy”. Carrying placards and shouting slogans against violence, hundreds of girl students protested outside Lahore Press Club against Tuesday’s mob attack on […]
By: Hidayat Khan PESHAWAR: In order to promote Pashtun culture, the Arts Council in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recently organised a music event at Nishtar Hall — the only centre for arts and entertainment in the city which had remained shut for nearly eight years — where various old and new artists took the stage. By re-opening […]
KARACHI: At least eight people were gunned down in different incidents of violence in the city on Thursday, police and rescue sources said. In the first incident a body of a man stuffed in a gunny bag was found at M.A Jinnah road near Tibat Centre falling in the limits of Preedy police station. The […]
By: Bilal Khan October 31 2012, Karachi: Major publication and portal owners of Pakistan have combined to form the Digital Publishers Association of Pakistan (DPAP). With 30 Million Internet users and 120 Million mobile subscribers, DPAP is dedicated to safeguarding the interests of all stakeholders in a rapidly emerging digital market and creating a regulated […]
ISLAMABAD: The poverty alleviation efforts can only be successful in by providing equal opportunity to work to women in Pakistan. The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE) Lahore President Salim Ghauri said an inactive role of the fifty percent of the country’s population in building economy was one major reason behind the rising poverty levels in Pakistan. It […]
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