By: Mehtab Haider ISLAMABAD: In view of instructions issued by the Ministry of Interior, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Wednesday ordered banning Mobile Number Portability (MNP) with immediate effect. According to orders issued by the PTA, the regulator slapped ban on the MNP that was going to impact millions of subscribers of the cellular operators […]
By: Imaduddin ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Wednesday unanimously passed “The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2011” to criminalise illegal business of and dealing in fake prize bonds. The Bill was moved by Minister for Law and Justice Farooq H Naek in the House for passage. According to objects and reasons of the Bill, the Bill seeks […]
ISLAMABAD: A new group of journalists has been chosen under the US-Pakistan Journalists Exchange Program for a month-long study trip to the United States. The selected party includes young journalists, among them Irfan Haider, Asma Kundi, Anwar Abbas, Naveed Butt and Ali Usman representing different organizations. The journalists will be part of the 7th and […]
LAHORE: Noted journalist, writer and dramatist Asghar Butt died Tuesday (November 13) in Lahore following a short illness, The Nation reported Wednesday. He was 91. Asghar started his career as an assistant director at Radio Pakistan in 1950 and later served as director of its Karachi station. He was also associated with The Nation where […]
Participants of 12th Senior Management Course (SMC) comprising senior Government officers from various Federal and provincial government departments, autonomous and public sector organisations visited Pemra headquarters on Wednesday here at Islamabad. The visit was scheduled in line with the requirement of the course whereby the participants are supposed to be sentient with different working environments, […]
“Sindh Environmental Protection Agency’s (Sepa) technical team has monitored /visited 16 various units including industries, hospitals/building projects, municipal services organisation and other miscellaneous units in Karachi during the last 15 days”. This was said by Minister for Environment and Alternative Energy Sheikh Muhammad Afzal here on Wednesday. He said that no one would be allowed […]
KARACHI: Nokia Pakistan Facebook page beats all the other brands on Facebook to become the most liked brand in Pakistan with 1 million fans. This record achievement became possible in only a short span of 9 months. Nokia entered the Facebook with a clear strategy to share interesting information, engage consumers with the latest Nokia […]
By: Noman Ahmed KARACHI: Can the media be held responsible for the increasing crime rate in the society? The question pit members of the debating team of Beaconhouse School Systems’ PECHS campus against other students as the school organised an inter-chapter debate competition on Wednesday. As it turned out, the judges ruled in favour of […]
Karachi: Chairman Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) Muhammad Ali Shah has said environment is a global issue but Pakistan is not taking measures to tackle it. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the National Council of Environmental Journalists (NCEJ) at a hotel here on Tuesday, he said the new forum would make a difference in society at […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday once again extended stay on recovery of an additional tax levied by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on incoming international telephone calls and allowed the overseas Pakistanis to become a necessary party in the case. The court issued the order on a petition moved by Saad Saleem on behalf […]
By: Amir Mir LAHORE: Asif aka Waseem Commando, one of the most wanted target killers from Karachi who was arrested from Lahore on November 13 for his involvement in the January 2011 assassination of the Geo News’ reporter Wali Khan Babar, had played a crucial role in orchestrating the devious murder plot along with Faisal […]
By: Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has reasons to be happy because the Supreme Court has let him off the hook and withdrawn a contempt charge against him in the NRO implementation case after the letter he was asked to write to Swiss authorities finally reached Switzerland. But his predecessor, Yousuf Raza […]
KARACHI: An exhibition of artworks by Sabiha Nasar-ud-Deen, A.S. Rind, Henri Souffay, Nisar Ahmad and Mehtab Ali opens at the Grandeur art gallery on Thursday at 5pm. The show will continue till Nov 25, daily from 11am to 8pm. Dawn
KARACHI: At least three more people were gunned down in sectarian attacks in different parts of the city on Wednesday that witnessed a total of seven killings, police said. In the sectarian attacks, a muezzin, said to be a supporter of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat, was shot dead at a public call office on […]
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