KARACHI:Different religious organisations, mostly those belonging to the Shia community, staged a protest on Friday against the killings of members of their community, particularly rights activist Khurram Zaki. Unidentified assailants gunned down Zaki in North Karachi last Saturday night while was sitting along with his friend at a tea shop. Zaki died shortly after the […]
KARACHI:Democracy in Pakistan has been termed ‘fragile’ by the European Union (EU) in its recent report on post Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) plus status for compromised human rights in the country, shared Hassan Nasir Mirbahar, a governance expert associated with Democracy Reporting International. Mirbahar was speaking at an event on the maintenance of GSP […]
ISLAMABAD: An ambitious mega project, costing Rs10 billion, on the pattern of China’s “Great Green Wall Programme” to grow 100 million new plants in the next five years is likely to become a reality as its project concept-1 (PC-I) has been sent to the Prime Minister’s Secretariat for final approval, sources told The News here […]
ISLAMABAD: Rawalpindi and Peshawar have been named among the list of five most polluted cities in the world according to the latest air quality report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) released this month. Peshawar is surveyed second worst city for the third consecutive year with an annual average particulate matter (PM) 2.5 measurement of […]
LAHORE: Veteran journalist Hussain Naqi said journalists should report on the facts as to who owns prime lands, developed or agriculture, in Pakistan. He was speaking at a seminar “Challenges to Press Freedom in Pakistan” organized by Punjab Union of Journalists (PUJ) and Lahore Press Club in connection with May 13, 1978 when then military […]
ISLAMABAD: National star cricketer Mohammad Hafeez lodged a complaint with Pemra against TV channels for airing allegedly baseless news on his injury. Pemra has referred his complaint to the Pemra Council of Complaints, Lahore. The cricketer in his complaint requested Pemra to take action as per its laws on airing unprofessional and irresponsible reports against […]
A revised and expanded version of the book A Fountain of Knowledge on the life and work of the founder of the Karachi Literature Festival and managing director of Oxford University Press, Ameena Saiyid, was launched at a local hotel on Thursday. Speakers expressed their views on Ms Saiyid’s personal and professional achievements. Former governor […]
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