MIRPUR (AJK): Azad Jammu & Kashmir President Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan urged the local journalists at the base camp of the Kashmir Freedom Movement to utilise their skills for early settlement of the Kashmir dispute in line with the people’s aspiration. He was talking to a five-member delegation of Kashmir Press Club Mirpur office-bearers at […]
LAHORE: A delegation, led by Political Consular of British High Commission Susan Hyland, called on PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz here Saturday. During the meeting, matters of mutual interests, women’s role in national development and measures adopted for empowerment of women in Punjab came under discussion. While talking to the political consular, Maryam said the Punjab […]
LAHORE: On the complaint of a citizen, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has directed police to recover two girls within a week. A labourer, Muhammad Amin, met the chief minister at Model Town Saturday and told him that three months ago, his two daughters were abducted from his house and the police were dragging their […]
Advocate Mustafa Lakhani was elected President of Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA) on Saturday. He bagged 719 votes while Advocate Yousuf Maulvi clinched Vice President’s slot securing 864 votes for the term 2012-13. Lakhani defeated Advocate Mushtaq Ahmed to clinch president’s slot while Advocate Yousuf beat Advocate Akhlaq Ahmed Khan for vice president’s slot. […]
By: YASIR BABBAR Sindh government’s official website (www.sindh.gov.pk) still carry the names of ministers and advisers who had submitted their resignations in protest against the Sindh Peoples Local Government Ordinance (SPLGO) 2012. They include Amir Nawab, Dr Rafiq Banbhan, Abdul Rauf Siddiqui, Nasir Khan Nizamani, Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh and others, Business Recorder learnt on Saturday. […]
By: Hasnaat Malik ISLAMABAD: Challenging the Supreme Court’s judgement regarding the role of the Presidency in the Asghar Khan case, the federal government has contended that the office of the president is a political office and not one in the service of Pakistan. The government has also asked the court that all state institutions should […]
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has ordered police to recover two abducted girls within a week and hand them over to their parents. A complainant, Muhammad Amin, a resident of Walton, met the chief minister at Model Town on Saturday and informed him that three months ago, his two daughters were abducted from […]
By: Masud Alam Congratulations. You are among the very few Pakistanis — less than one per cent of the population — who read newspapers. And if you are a woman, you are among the 0.001 per cent. You read newspapers for the same reason the newspapers are published for. The age-old objective of journalism is […]
By: Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: A top PPP leader and an icon of the lawyers’ movement will appear before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to defend the recent abusive and vulgar attacks on the judiciary and the Chief Justice of Pakistan, it is reliably learnt. After many programmes on some news TV channels airing baseless allegations […]
By: Zeeshan Azmat Karachi: Muhammad Ali Jinnah did an extraordinary job by creating a new state, and no one else has done such a thing thus far, said noted Indian Journalist Sheela Reddy on Saturday. “It was his huge achievement,” Reddy said while addressing students of mass communication and education departments and the faculty of […]
Karachi: ArtNow’s Springboard Series added another milestone to its record with a talk by Laura Egerton, curator Abraaj Capital Art Prize (ACAP). In a coordinated event between Vasl, Fomma Trust and ArtNow, Egerton summarised details about the prize, its selection criteria and application process, encouraging young and mid-career artists to apply, according to a press […]
By: Khalid Khokhar The apex court’s decision that the Balochistan government has constitutionally failed to curb the incidents involving human rights violations, killings and kidnapping-for-ransom, has been received with mixed reaction by the people. To many, general and local bodies’ elections were the only constitutional solution to the growing security problems. Nonetheless, the federal government’s […]
By: Marjorie Husain In the last/of the golden dusk/just then/when the room lights up In that moment/night and day become one This day/and the next become one/ Our coming together/ in that moment Just for a moment Coming together/for ever/ one moment No more/than a wisp of smoke/ in a moment Our coming together. (Faiz […]
By: Bhagwandas KARACHI: Speakers at a seminar on Saturday said that a large number of developing countries, including Pakistan, were to suffer owing to climate change despite the fact that their small industrial base did not contribute substantially to global warming. The seminar on ‘Climate change: impacts on livelihood, marine and coastal resources’ was organised […]
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