KARACHI: Ten out of the 14 accused in the Axact fake degree scandal case were released from jail on Wednesday . The release of four including Shoaib Sheikh, CEC Axact, was deferred because they were also facing some other cases. They were ordered to be freed by Additional District and Sessions Judge Sohail Ahmed Laghari […]
ISLAMABAD: The report of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice on the Hindu Marriage Bill 2016 was presented in the National Assembly on Wednesday. Now that the draft bill has been laid in the lower house, it is just one step away from being approved by the National Assembly. PPP MNA Ramesh […]
KARACHI: An exhibition of renowned Italian artist Maurizio Boscheri’s artworks titled Wildly Ours: Past, Present and Future of Pakistani Wildlife, curated by Mario Liberali, opened at the Mohatta Palace museum on Wednesday evening. It is for the first time that a solo show of a contemporary Italian artist has been organised in Pakistan. Admirers of […]
LAHORE – Following the country’s biggest child abuse scandal surfaced in Punjab last year, rights activists have expressed disappointment over the provincial government’s approach in adopting policy measures to protect children from all forms of abuse and exploitation. They regretted that the province was yet to come up with concrete policy reforms, legislative development, and […]
Islamabad – The Islamabad High Court yesterday rejected the ARY Communications’ plea to suspended PEMRA’s decision to ban its prorgramme “Live With Dr Shahid Masood” for 45 days for allegedly casting aspersions on Chief Justice Sindh High Court. A single bench of IHC comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb conducted hearing of the petition of the […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid has said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has formed a five-member committee to chalk out recommendations on the draft of Right to Information (RTI) Bill 2016. He said that this committee was established on January 11, 2016. He said this while replying to a question of […]
KARACHI: Two employees of Dawn News channel sustained bullet wounds when their van came under attack in District Malir of Karachi in the late hours of Wednesday. According to police, at least two armed assailants, riding a motorbike, opened fire on the media group’s vehicle near DC office in the Quaidabad neighbourhood. As a result […]
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