ISLAMABAD: National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) on the directives of Interior Federal Minister Ch Nisar launched two hotlines 7000 and 051-111-786-100 in order to help citizens for timely resolution of their complaints. Citizens shall be able to call on these two lines to register their complaints and know the status of their identity cards. […]
ISLAMABAD: Mobilink Foundation has partnered with Kashmir Orphan Relief Trust (KORT) to set up a computer lab facility at the KORT managed orphanage in Mirpur Azad Kashmir. As a result of this partnership, the KORT will be able to provide computer based education to resident children, as well as train its teachers in line with […]
By: MALEEHA HAMID SIDDIQUI KARACHI: Writers and journalists praised Akhtar Saeedi’s contribution to Urdu literature at a sitting at the Arts Council here on Monday evening. In his introductory remarks, Rasheed Khan Rasheed shed light on Saeedi’s personal history and professional career. “Born in Tando Adam, Saeedi’s father, Jauhar Saeedi, was a poet as were […]
LAHORE: Alliance Française de Lahore and Annemarie-Schimmel Haus, in collaboration with Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop will organise a Jazz concert featuring Pakistani and French artistes to celebrate the World Music Day 2013 at Rafi Peer Cultural Complex on Wednesday (today). The Caravan quartet comprises French artistes Samuel Strouk, Mathias Levy, Olivier Loranf and Daniel Bouillard. […]
HYDERABAD: Despite very hot weather conditions, more than one million devotees from across the country are expected to attend the 761th annual Urs of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar commencing on June 28 at Sehwan Sharif. This was stated by Jamshoro Deputy Commissioner Sajid Jamal Abro who is also chairman of the Mela Committee of Hazrat […]
KARACHI: As a minister for relief in Sindh, Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid’s Haleem Adil Sheikh struggled to help the flood survivors. Failing to make much difference, Sheikh now hopes to fill the gap with his new NGO. “I saw children die from a lack of food and the indifferent attitude of bureaucrats,” he recalled […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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