By: Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority shut down YouTube again on Saturday evening after opening the video-sharing website for about two hours. The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications (MoITT) directed the authority, which overlooks operations of all internet service providers in the country, to unblock the second most accessed website at 2:35pm. […]
By: AAMIR RAZA THE United Producers Association (UPA), a body of local TV soap opera producers, is protesting against the airing of foreign soap operas at prime time in Pakistan. After the success of a Turkish soap opera, Pakistani entertainment channels shelved a dozen of ongoing local TV serials and purchased a number of Turkish […]
KARACHI: The Democrats won the Karachi Press Club elections for 2013 on Saturday with heavy majority. According to the results announced by the election commission, Imtiaz Khan Faran of daily Awam was elected president with 521 votes. His rival, G.M. Jamali (daily Express), who was a candidate of the Green panel and The Panel, got […]
KARACHI: The Sindh police want a ban placed on mobile phone service and pillion riding on the eve of New Year for security reasons, according to an official. “Under a security plan for Dec 31, the Sindh home department has been requested to ban pillion riding for 12 hours — starting from 5pm,” said SSP […]
KARACHI: A district and sessions court on Saturday expressed annoyance over the extended absence of some prosecution witnesses from the hearings of a gang-rape case. Two accused along with their accomplices have been charged with subjecting an 18-year-old girl to a sexual assault in Jan 2007 in Ghotki. Despite several court notices, the prosecution witnesses […]
KARACHI: Speakers at a meeting on Saturday called that a survey be conducted to find out the number of forcibly converted minority community members, particularly young Hindu girls in Sindh, so that a comprehensive report be prepared and discussed with the government. They were speaking at the meeting organised by the Human Rights Commission of […]
KARACHI: As the Bay of Bengal is cooling down and the North Arabian Sea is warming up, the number of tropical cyclones has increased owing to the temperature shifting trend. Data collected from 56 meteorological stations in Pakistan shows a sharp rise in temperature during the first decade of the 21st century, except the year […]
KARACHI: A meeting of the Executive Committee of APNS was held under the Chairmanship of its President Mr. Sarmad Ali on December 29. The meeting was called to discuss the action of the Multan Hawkers Union against Daily Jang and its coercive attempts to increase commission to hawkers. According to a press release the APNS […]
PESHAWAR: Participants at a seminar said that social media has played a tremendous role in bringing revolution (Arab Spring) in Arab countries like Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and now in Syria. That’s why people dub it as Facebook or social media revolution, said speakers in a one-day seminar on the changing role of social media in […]
KARACHI: The annual elections of Karachi Press Club (KPC) will be held at its premises on December 29. This was announced by the Chairman of the Election Committee, Prof Dr Tauseef Ahmed Khan, on Friday. He said that there are two panels- the Green Panel headed by GM Jamali and The Democrats led by Muhammad […]
By: Imran Mukhtar ISLAMABAD: Foreseeing pre-poll rigging on the part of NADRA in the presence of powerful interior minister, the proposal to bring the authority under the administrative control of Election Commission or Cabinet Division is seriously being considered, TheNation has learnt reliably. The National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) has carried out ‘Electoral Rolls […]
By: REHAN YOUSAF Pakistan and the subcontinent in general, are very unfortunate places to be a woman in. The recent case of a gang rape of a young girl on a bus in New Delhi has made the world stand up and take note of the deteriorating situation of female affairs in this part of […]
LAHORE: A group painting exhibition by renowned artists kicked off at Coopera Art Gallery on Friday. Lahore DCO Noorul Amin Mengal inaugurated the exhibition. He appreciated the efforts of artists belonging to Sindh and Punjab. He said that such events could bring the provinces more closely and help students learn the art of painting.More than […]
By: Sher Khan LAHORE: With a perfect blend of Punjabi folk and western blues in their debut track Daru Di Botal, East Side Story made its way into the spotlight earlier this year. The Lahore-based band has been anything but conventional and ordinary with its music. The duo is now back with its new single […]
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