By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: A new entertainment phenomenon has taken the Pakistani television audience by storm. Ironically it has nothing to do with local Pakistani TV stars, directors or producers. Rather it is the drama serials (some suggest they are categorised as soaps) produced in Turkey that Pakistani TV viewers have taken a shine to. […]
By: Mehtab Haider ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is willing to exclude parliamentarians as well as bureaucrats of the federal and provincial governments from the ambit of the upcoming tax amnesty scheme. The move is said to be a bid to counter criticism that the scheme is a financial ‘National Reconciliation Ordinance’ but […]
By: Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: More facts have been presented to the Supreme Court on the misuse of Intelligence Bureau’s funds during 1997 to 1999 when the political elite allegedly used IB’s money against political rivals and favourite journalists were showered with millions. Asad Kharal, a journalist, has submitted these facts and the court has made […]
KARACHI: An exhibition of Imran Channa’s new series opens at the Canvas art gallery on Tuesday at 5pm. The show titled “Lik Likoti” will continue till Dec 27, daily from 11am to 8pm (excluding Sunday and public holidays). Dawn
KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari sent on Monday a bouquet to a six-year-old rape victim from Umerkot district admitted to the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Hospital Lyari, and asked the Sindh government to provide necessary help to the victim and bring the perpetrators to book. In a message, he also pledged to protect […]
By: Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: As the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) gets ready to redefine limits of constituencies in Karachi and again verify the city’s voter lists, the Sindh Election Commissioner, Sonu Khan Baloch, has been removed from his position. Instead, he has been appointed as the director general (budget) at the ECP headquarters. […]
By: Amin Ahmed ISLAMABAD: Basic humanitarian services for more than 771,000 displaced people from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata are facing discontinuation by the end of the year due to a $78 million funding shortfall among humanitarian partners, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) said in a report on Monday. According to the […]
By: S. M. SHAHID IT was shocking to watch a programme on a private TV channel titled ‘Baat se baat’. A young girl, who looked like a teenager, was going round in what appeared to be a kutchi abadi, with a microphone in her hand and two police constables following her. She had raided the […]
LAHORE: Supreme Court Bar Association president Mian Israrul Haq said on Monday that instead of protesting against the superior judiciary, Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain should appear before the Supreme Court. Accompanied by former SCBA chief Asma Jehangir at a press talk, Mr Haq was responding to a question about the contempt of court […]
By: Ibrahim Shinwari JAMRUD: At least 19 people, among them women and children, were killed and 71 others injured when a powerful car bomb ripped through the Jamrud bazaar in Khyber Agency on Monday, officials and witnesses said. Officials feared the death toll might increase as condition of some victims was critical while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa […]
By: M. KHALID SAIFULLAH WE all are hearing a lot in the media about voters’ lists. I am amazed why political parties and other institutions are not thinking about other transparent and uncontroversial alternatives to voters’ lists? I recently discussed the matter with a district-level official of Nadra. He told me that Nadra can easily […]
By: Mubarak Zeb Khan ISLAMABAD: Preferring short-cuts to extend a major relief to the elite ahead of the general election, the PPP-led coalition government introduced on Monday the controversial tax amnesty bill in the National Assembly to whiten black money and assets at home and abroad within three months against a nominal one-time charge. The […]
By: Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting expressed concern on Monday over a growing trend among private channels to telecast Turkish soaps, expressing fears that the local mini-screen entertainment industry would go the way of its big-screen sister. A meeting of the committee, held at the Parliament House, noted that […]
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