Karachi: Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Friday ordered action against arms dealers involved in the spread of illegal weapons across the province. He directed the additional home chief secretary and IG police to take effective action against the dealers and shopkeepers involved in the trade of illegal arms in different parts of […]
Karachi: A five-day Japanese film show would be organised in the metropolis from December 3. It would be entitled “Hope of recovery from the great East Japan earthquake”. The News
By: Ikram Sehgal A key element of leadership, soft power, is meant to attract to get others to want what you want, to frame the issues, to set the agenda – and has its roots in thousands of years of human experience. Power has never flowed solely from the barrel of a gun; even the […]
ISLAMABAD: Former federal minister for human rights and Chairman of Ansar Burney Trust International, Ansar Burney, has expressed grief over the sad demise of Inder Kumar Gujral, former Indian prime minister, and sent a message of condolence to the bereaved family, says a press release. The News
ISLAMABAD: The Balochistan government on Friday told the Senate Committee that there was no military operation being carried out in the province as not a single personnel of army was deputed anywhere in the province. Chief Secretary Balochistan Babar Yaqoob informed Special Committee of Senate on law and order situation in the province. The meeting […]
By: Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: Top office bearers of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) have rejected the baseless campaign of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) against Pakistan’s judiciary. While commenting on the recent HRW statement, the newly elected SCBA president Asrar-ul-Haq Mian said that Pakistan’s judiciary has been penning down judgments against corruption and malpractices […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the by-election on a Sindh Assembly seat (PS-53 Tando Mohammad Khan) scheduled for Dec 4. The court admitted an appeal filed by Pakistan People’s Party candidate Waheeda Shah against her disqualification by the Election Commission of Pakistan and the Sindh High Court to contest the election. A three-member […]
By: Abbas Nasir MEXICO is being gravely wounded by drug cartels vying for domination just as Pakistan is being torn apart by religious zealots seeking supremacy. Everyone knows who Benazir Bhutto was and who targeted her; we also know who Malala Yousufzai is and who wanted her dead. It was nothing short of a miracle […]
ISLAMABAD: A recent litigation in the Islamabad High Court showed that the Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) is working without any rules of business even 10 years after its establishment. The PCP was set up in 2002 with the aim to revise, update, enforce and implement the ethical code of practice for newspapers, news agencies, […]
By: Ikram Junaidi ISLAMABAD: A bill on enforced disappearances was proposed to the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights on Friday. The key feature of the bill is that it seeks to clearly define the role and functions of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. The bill has been prepared by a subcommittee comprising Senator Farhatullah […]
By: Habib Khan Ghori KARACHI: Representatives of several political parties have supported the idea of fresh delimitation in the city to do away with constituencies formed on ethnic lines. However, the MQM has rejected the exercise, terming it an illegal move in the absence of fresh census. Representatives of 14 political parties separately called on […]
By: Fahim Zaman KARACHI: The recent orders by the Supreme Court of Pakistan calling for fresh electoral delimitations as a recipe to control crime and violence in Karachi appear to be based on widely-held perception that mafias and groups were controlling organised crime and large parts of the city. The ones espousing the above perception […]
MUZAFFARABAD: A landslide killed three Pakistani soldiers in the high mountains of Kashmir on Friday and 18 people sent to rescue them were missing after being hit by a second landslip, officials said. A military rescue operation swung into action after heavy snows triggered the accident at a remote outpost in the Kel area of […]
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