ISLAMABAD: Human rights watchdog Amnesty International on Thursday accused Pakistan Army of continuing to commit grave abuses in the fight against Taliban militants in the restive tribal region, including the areas now cleared of militancy. The report also criticised the Pakistani Taliban for killing suspected spies and military personnel captured by them. The report titled […]
By: Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau chief dismissed the government’s reaction over his statement about the level of corruption in the country on Thursday, raising the estimate to Rs13 billion a day, or Rs5 trillion a year. Admiral (retd) Fasih Bokhari had only recently put the losses at Rs7bn per day. The […]
KARACHI: A group exhibition of artworks by nine artists opens at the Majmua art gallery on Friday at 6pm. The show will be open till Dec 30 from 11am to 9pm on a daily basis except Sundays. Dawn
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Last year artist Ussman Ghouri’s untimely death from a heart attack, when he was barely in his early 40s, shocked artists and art lovers in Pakistan. He was a respected painter, sculptor and printmaker who had just begun to fulfil his potential. He would work on many projects simultaneously with the […]
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday directed the administration of Peshawar capital city and its four town councils to take immediate steps for resolving civic problems of citizens including replacement of rusted and leaked water supply pipes, proper waste disposal and fencing of canals, etc. A two-member bench comprising PHC Chief Justice Dost Mohammad […]
By: S. N. IQBAL RAZA “BALOCHISTAN cries out for rehabilitation effort,” writes Faiza Ilyas (Dec 10). It has been three months since the floods came and water is still standing. She says that 156 people lost their lives during the flood that has hit Jafferabad and Nasirabad. The report highlights that the floods devastated Jafferabad, […]
By: Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: In a rare display of unity, senators from treasury and opposition benches decried on Thursday the media’s “irresponsible” attitude for what they called over projecting a “baseless and false report” accusing parliamentarians of tax evasion. After severe criticism from all sides on the report, “Representation Without Taxation” which as released by […]
By: Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) decided on Thursday to move ahead with a plan for a Karachi-specific delimitation exercise to address the allegation that a systematic division of voters on linguistic lines had been carried out during the previous such exercise. The ECP, which met here with Chief Election […]
By: Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Registrar Dr Faqir Hussain has once again snubbed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly by refusing to appear before it for the settlement of court’s accounts. To rub salt into the committee’s wounds, the registrar, besides formally conveying his refusal to the committee, issued a statement […]
By: Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on Thursday engaged the Transparency International to watch the much-awaited auction of 3rd Generation Spectrum (3G) licences. A senior PTA official told Dawn that the authority and the TI had reached an agreement for the purpose and an integrity pact would be signed soon. “The Transparency International […]
By: Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court hearing a presidential reference on the appointment of Islamabad High Court judges on Thursday looked perplexed how to ignore the oath that the president had taken like judges to obey the law that recognises a senior judge as legitimate expectant for elevation. “If we go by the oath […]
KARACHI: Power supply to the Haroon House, the Dawn Media Group’s head office, was restored on Thursday night, the third day after some fault crippled the Haroon House substation. According to Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) General Manager, Operations, Region II, Ilyas Mansoor, power was lost due to multiple faults. “There were two to three […]
ISLAMABAD: The special committee of the Senate in its meeting held at the Parliament House on Thursday with Leader of the House Jehangir Badr in the chair deliberated upon the recruitments made in the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) from 2007 to August 31, 2012 and the appointments made in accordance with the province-wise […]
ISLAMABAD: A report regarding performance of media and its drawbacks “Asian Media Barometer” was launched by a non government organisation, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), on Thursday. The report claimed that some positive changes have occurred because of media activism, during the last three years in Pakistan. There is more awareness amongst citizens against biased, unethical […]
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