Even though the 18th Amendment to the constitution specifically states that the public has a right to know what the government is up to, there is no specific law demanding transparency. The Freedom of Information Ordinance – introduced by Pervez Musharraf and still in operation – is riddled with loopholes. A Right to Information Bill […]
ISLAMABAD – Minister of State for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb, while chairing a meeting directed the PTV and Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) to refresh the historic and epic struggle for freedom through a series of short snippets as part of a campaign starting on March 18, which will conclude on August 14th. The campaign aims to […]
ISLAMABAD: A woman and her son were arrested on the charge of torturing a minor girl working at their house as a maid, police said on Saturday. After the arrest made by the Golra police, both the accused were produced in the court of a magistrate for seeking their remand for an investigation, said Assistant […]
JUDGES run amok, politicians moralising, the state crusading. It’s like they all had an epiphany — at the same time, on the same issue. What’s happening? With so many different strands, some random, several opportunistic, and the mixing of the old with the new, a coherent tale is hard to find. But zoom out a […]
LAHORE: Pakistan will put forward an advice of deploying a monitoring mechanism to assess the adverse affects of climate change on the water flows of Indus rivers system during a meeting, scheduled on March 19, with an Indian delegation, officials said on Saturday. As per the fourth point of agenda of the 113th meeting of […]
KARACHI: Sounds of Kolachi have been around in an evolving format since 2014, and their outing at the PCC open-air (but remarkably enclosed) Arena on the evening of March 17 was more a collision of musical genres than a fully-realised fusion. Unfamiliar as I was with them my expectation was of an evening that was laced […]
The musical play ‘Hotel Propaganda’ from Germany was staged for a second night at the National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa) on Friday evening. The play was first staged on the opening night of the International Theatre and Musical Festival but, even on the second night, it drew large crowds. The hotel is supposed to […]
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court Friday reserved its verdict on the jurisdiction for trying a district judge and his wife for allegedly abusing their 10-year-old housemaid. Justice Aamer Farooq reserved the order after all parties concluded their arguments. Additional District and Sessions Judge Raja Khurram Ali Khan and his wife Maheen Zafar had been booked […]
The meteorological department in Islamabad has announced that climate change will strongly impact spring in Pakistan. The highest temperature recorded in the capital in March was 25 degrees Celsius. It is expected that spring will cease to exist in the future. What does this mean for our future? This much-needed, albeit late, warning is crucial […]
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) directed the authorities concerned on Friday to include sections related to blasphemy and pornography in the Cyber Crimes Act. Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui noted that two important aspects – blasphemy and pornography – have not specifically been mentioned in the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016. He subsequently directed the […]
KARACHI: The sixth National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa) International Theatre and Music Festival opened here on Thursday evening with Brigel Gjoka’s Hotel Propaganda. Mr Gjoka, a German director and choreographer, collaborated with local artists from Napa to direct the play. Hotel Propaganda, an absurdist dance performance revolving around a nameless hotel owner, opens in […]
KARACHI – Representatives of trade unions, government officials, employers and civil society activists on Thursday demanded the government to provide all labour and constitutional rights to home-based workers. Speaking at a one-day provincial conference on Home Based Workers (HBWs) on ‘Finalisation of the Implementation of Strategy for HBWs in Sindh,’, jointly organised by HomeNet Pakistan, […]
ISLAMABAD: A report along with the draft of Right to Information (RTI) Bill 2016 was laid in the Senate on Thursday. The RTI Bill is aimed at enabling citizens to access information about federal government departments, Parliament, judiciary and government-funded NGOs as well. Chairman Special Committee of the Senate on RTI Senator Farhatullah Babar submitted […]
An international firm was handed over the Rs300 million tender to refurbish the Karachi Zoo, The News was informed by Sindh Project Director Niaz Soomro on Thursday. According to Soomro he would be provided the working papers for the project by coming Monday. However, he doubt work on the project could be started soon since […]
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