By: Hamid Mir ISLAMABAD: A recent statement of the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, has provided an opportunity to the Zardari-led PPP government to make an alliance with the army generals against the media and judiciary. Just 10 months ago, the PPP leaders used to say that the Supreme Court […]
By: I.A Rehman THE discussion on Pakistan’s human rights record during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council and the subsequent debate on it will have meaning only if the state starts delivering on the promises it has been making. Since this year’s UPR was not without some positive features, these […]
By: Imran Ali Teepu ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on Wednesday announced that it would provide Computerised National Identity Cards (CNIC) to people with unknown parentage. A handout issued by Nadra’s media wing quoted the chairman of the registration authority, Tariq Malik, as saying: “Children without known parentage will have the fundamental […]
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday opened the International Punjab Youth Festival at a colourful ceremony at the National Hockey Stadium. Some national teams and some club level teams from 26 countries are part of the festival which will continue till Nov 15. Touch-ball, fist-ball, rugby, baseball besides football and athletics are part of […]
By: Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: The government has finally dispatched a letter to Swiss legal authorities in line with the Supreme Court’s order in the NRO case, seeking revival of a graft case which also involves President Asif Ali Zardari. Law Minister Farooq Naek told Dawn on Wednesday that the letter addressed to the Swiss attorney […]
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