KARACHI: Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested two suspected members of a banned religious outfit for their alleged involvement in the targeted killings of three Express Media Group staffers in early 2014. The two suspects — Tanvir Nadeem alias Naveed and Saqib Ahmed alias Chacchi were arrested by Rizvia police along with weapons. Their arrests […]
KARACHI: Revolutionising the digital authentication ecosystem in the country, Telenor Pakistan has introduced Mobile Connect in collaboration with Telenor Digital and Homeshopping.pk, Pakistan’s premier online retailer. This initiative is in line with Telenor Pakistan’s commitment to strengthen the Internet ecosystem in the country by enhancing customer experience and standardising digital authentication for Telenor Pakistan’s customers. […]
PAKISTAN’S IT exports were documented at $500m in 2014-15, but unofficial estimates go up to $2bn per annum. Industry experts say much of the extra $1.5bn income from IT exports is routed as remittance. However, they add that it is the business environment that ‘compels’ IT exporters to operate as they do. These include taxation […]
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board (KPITB) would establish a state-of-the-art Information Technology (IT) park on the premises of University of Peshawar with the aim to provide ample opportunities of international standard IT education and training to the students under one roof. It was decided in principle at a meeting held at the University of […]
KARACHI: A 3D printer lab called ‘MakerStudio’ has been inaugurated at NED University of Engineering and Technology. At the inauguration event organsied by Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation (ORIC), NED vice-chancellor Dr Muhammad Afzal Haque said this was the first ever 3D lab that was established in the university. Addressing the audience at the […]
ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Right to Information Act, 2013 has secured first position with a score of 73% in a consolidated assessment of Right to Information/Freedom of Information (RTI/FOI) laws and their implementation at federal and provincial levels. The comparative RTI scorecard was launched on Tuesday by Pildat in a ceremony here.Speaking on the occasion, […]
ISLAMABAD: The top judge has formed a five-member larger bench to hear the government’s review petition against the apex court’s decision to ban hunting of the endangered houbara bustard in Pakistan. The case will be taken up today (Wednesday). The Supreme Court chief justice will head the bench himself. The other members are justices Mian […]
MITHI: Civil society activists have urged people belonging to minority communities to be aware of their rights. Prof Noor Ahmed Janjhi, a research scholar, said that due to lack of awareness about their rights, people belonging to minority communities face multiple challenges. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the ‘Awareness Month on Minority Rights’ organised […]
KARACHI: Two suspected hitmen allegedly belonging to a banned sectarian outfit and involved in a dozen targeted killings, including those of policemen and three media workers, were arrested on Tuesday, a senior police officer said. Karachi-West DIG Feroze Shah added that the police apprehended Naveed, alias Tanveer, and Saqib in Nazimabad. “The held suspects belonged […]
KARACHI: An interesting question and answer session made the otherwise formal trailer launch of an upcoming film, Bachaana, an interesting event at a hotel on Tuesday evening. Replying to a question about the film’s storyline being similar to a recent Indian blockbuster Bajrangi Bhaijaan, (since it’s about an Indian girl helped in her life by […]
FAISALABAD: The University of Agriculture Faisalabad has rusticated a PhD student on charges of posting comments on Facebook against the Kissan Mela organised by the administration in November last. The notification of forever rustication (a copy is available with Dawn) of Kashan Haider Gilani, a PhD first semester student at the agri-extension department, was issued […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid on Tuesday accepted on the floor of the National Assembly that some television channels were involved in airing indecent advertisements. He said the practice needed to be curbed with the strict enforcement of laws. Mr Rashid also suggested harsh financial penalties for violators. He was […]
ISLAMABAD: Progressive Urdu writer and poet Fahmida Riaz was nominated for the Kamal-e-Fun Award 2014 on Tuesday, by a jury selected by the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL). Ms Riaz, 69, has authored several books. Her collection of poetry includes ‘Patthar Ki Zaban’, ‘Dhoop’, ‘Pura Chand’, ‘Admi Ki Zindagi’ and more. Her novels include ‘Zinda […]
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