• June 25, 2013
• Opportunities

By: Nisar Ahmad Khan MANSEHRA: The national and international nongovernmental organisations in collaboration with the relevant government departments on Monday launched the ‘Mother and Motherhood through Advocacy and Awareness (Mamtaa)’ project to improve health of the vulnerable communities in Mansehra district. The launching ceremony took place during a meeting of the representatives of the district […]

• June 25, 2013
• General News

LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Monday condemned the murder of 10 foreign climbers and at least one Pakistani citizen in Gilgit-Baltistan and called it a serious crisis in a region which could do without further aggravation. In a statement, the commission said: “The killing of the foreign mountaineers in Gilgit-Baltistan raises very […]

• June 25, 2013
• Arts and Entertainment

A book ‘Aks-e-Rahat’ by young poetess Asma Rahat was launched during a ceremony organised by Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) here on Monday. Prof Dr Ehsan Akbar presided over the ceremony. Aks-e-Rahat is the first poetic book of Asma Rahat. Addressing the ceremony, Prof Dr Ehsan Akbar said that although Asma was a new comer in […]

• June 25, 2013
• Broadcasting

By: Tariq Masood Malik We were just coming to terms with a blast that wrecked a student bus in Quetta recently and the bomb that destroyed the Ziarat Residency this past week. Then, news broke in the northern most part of the country of 10 foreign mountaineers — belonging to Ukraine, China, Slovakia, Lithuania, Nepal […]

• June 25, 2013
• General News

KARACHI: Sindh govt has decided to extend all relevant benefits of labour laws to the workers associated with agriculture sector and fisheries respectively. Workers associated with the two sectors are soon to be recognised as formal workers, through a policy document that would also be made part of the provincial legislation. He said a draft […]

• June 25, 2013
• General News

By: Waseem Ashraf GUJRAT: A polio team comprising two lady health workers came under attack when a couple subjected them to severe torture for not attending to them exclusively in Karimpura locality on Church Road in the limits of Lalamusa City police station on Monday. Reports said that LHWs Bashir Fatima and Farzana Kausar knocked […]

• June 25, 2013
• Information Technology

By: Mehtab Haider ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s telecom sector has witnessed net outflows of $390.9 million in the outgoing financial year, official sources told the News on MondayExperts said that puts a big question mark on the the PML-N government’s plan to auction Third Generation (3G) technology to fetch around $1 billion in licence fees. The raising […]

• June 25, 2013
• Arts and Entertainment, Front Page

By: SYED HASSAN ALI KARACHI: As artists are greatly affected by their surroundings, not only the death and destruction caused by bomb blasts, gun attacks and arson activities but also the subsequent changes in lifestyle of people and their emotions associated with growing violence are bound to reflect in their work, say artists and art […]

• June 25, 2013
• Information Technology

By: Aroosa Shaukat LAHORE: Banners sporting snapshots of the allegedly youngest Microsoft certified computer specialist are splashed around the humble locality of Lahore’s Nabi Park area. One of the residents, Muhammad Huzair Awan, 7, scored highly on a certification exam. It has been a week since the shy third-grader, cleared his Microsoft Certification exam. While […]