ON Friday, the Supreme Court lifted the ban on hunting the houbara bustard, an activity that has been termed a ‘pillar’ of Pakistan’s foreign policy. However, conservationists need not despair completely, for if the state allows the sustainable hunting of the bird and prevents an all-out slaughter, the creature’s ‘vulnerable’ status on IUCN’s Red List […]
ISLAMABAD: A committee of the upper house of parliament will take up a privilege motion against Pakistan Television (PTV) on Monday for broadcasting the speech of a minister live without the permission of Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani. The privilege motion against PTV — the first of its kind — is part of a four-point agenda […]
ISLAMABAD: Concern has been growing for the past two years that the global public internet may splinter into a series of bordered cyberspace segments, according to a white paper on ‘internet fragmentation’ published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Saturday. Troubling trends have emerged that could endanger the openness and consistency of the internet’s […]
LAHORE: Action will continue to eliminate child labour from brick kilns, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Saturday. He was addressing a meeting at Civil Secretariat through video link. “Kilns where children are found working will be sealed and their owners sent to jail. The required resources will be provided for the provision of education […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Authority (Pemra) is playing a proactive role in ensuring strict adherence to the code of conduct and law by the TV channels after prominent media man Absar Alam became its chairman. Starting from December 1 when he assumed the office, the Pemra has intervened at least 43 times to instill […]
UMERKOT: A man who hunted a deer in Jumoo Samoo, a border village of Umerkot district, was arrested by Rangers personnel and handed over to wildlife department officials here on Friday evening. He was fined Rs20,000 and released on Saturday. Atta Muhammad Samoo of Jumoo Samoo village shot dead the female deer. As Rangers personnel […]
KARACHI: The feminisation of poverty is a contested concept primarily because to truly understand it, one must openly acknowledge the rampant gender bias within Pakistani society. This was the major thrust on Saturday at the launch of the annual diary of Uks Research Centre, a resource-based publication centre dedicated to the cause of gender equality […]
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