ISLAMABAD: Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif on Tuesday weighed in on the government-opposition row over the Panama Papers probe by asking Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resolve the issue at the earliest. Gen Sharif, according to a well-placed government source, conveyed the pointed message to the prime minister in a one-on-one meeting before another huddle […]
ISLAMABAD: Civil society activists on Tuesday held a protest and candlelight vigil to condemn the killing of rights activist Khurram Zaki. Zaki, who was based in Karachi, was known as a social media campaigner and an active member of the civil society. He had filed an application with the Aabpara police in Islamabad seeking to […]
KARACHI: An exhibition to acknowledge and encourage artists from Sindh, including those who practise their art in the Central Prison Karachi, opened at the National Museum of Pakistan on Tuesday. The show titled Sangat has more than two dozen exhibits on view and most of them are made by those who have not had training […]
OKARA: The government and its allied parties do not want to face the joint opposition to finalise the terms of reference (ToRs) for the judicial commission, said MNA Rana Shafqat Mehmood of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf here on Tuesday. He was talking to regional organiser Syed Ali Husnain Naqvi. The News
KARACHI: The man who kidnapped his teenage Facebook friend for ransom finally met his fate on Tuesday as an anti-terrorism court (ATC) awarded him life imprisonment for the crime. The ATC-III judge convicted Taimur Alvi for kidnapping his 13-year-old social media friend, Mustafa Dossal, son of a businessman, from his school in Defence Housing Authority […]
I still remember media reports about a debate in 2012 in the National Assembly about the failure of the provinces to pass legislation safeguarding child rights following the 18th Amendment whereby child rights became a provincial subject. A parliamentary caucus was established then to look into the situation and make recommendations. It is worth pointing […]
Wildlife hunters in the Punjab will have themselves registered and their records would be computerised to tackle illegal hunting in the province. Director General Punjab Wildlife and Parks Department, Khalid Ayaz Khan, while speaking at a meeting on Tuesday, said that each registered hunter would be confirmed via SMS text messages. The director general who […]
ISLAMABAD: The controversial recruitment process for lucrative foreign posting of press officers took a new turn on Tuesday when the government cancelled the call letters of the 14 officers who failed to pass the written test. According to sources, a top functionary of the government intervened after strong protest of the Information Group officers on […]
rawalpindi – On the International Day of Red Cross and Red Crescent, the World Union of Poets has announced ‘Cross for Peace Award’ for three famous poets of the world. The poets who will be awarded CPA included Prof Ernesto Kahan (Nobel Peace Prize winner), Prof Muhammad Shanazar (famous Pakistani poet and translator) and Dr […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid Tuesday apprised the Senate that in case of violation of code of conduct, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) initiates legal action against cable operators which include issuance of warnings, explanation notices, show cause notices, revocation, suspension of licences and imposition of fines. Replying to a question, […]
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