The Election Tribunal of the Sindh High Court (SHC) has issued notices to the provincial election commissioner (PEC) and a returning officer (R0) for December 6 on the appeal of Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) candidate Safwanullah against the rejection of his nomination papers for National Assembly constituency NA-251, Karachi. The ex-federal minister’s counsel Mahfooz Yar […]
ISLAMABAD: The government has announced that it would welcome any number of international observers and media persons to watch the electoral process, the interior ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. Briefing newsmen in Islamabad, Interior Ministry spokesman Brig Javed Iqbal Cheema (retd) said the government would facilitate observers to monitor the polls on the ground across […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday returned the constitutional petition challenging the closure of TV channels as well as amending the provisions of the Pemra Ordinance 2002 with the objections that the petition was not maintainable as the petitioner had no locus standi to file it. A letter addressed to Advocate-on-Record (AOR) of the Supreme […]
MINGORA, Dec 3: Security forces claimed on Monday to have found a huge arms cache in a school in Swat. They also said that a militant commander had been arrested in Shangla district. Meanwhile, militants are reported to have vacated all major areas, including the town of Matta, in the Swat valley. Local people said […]
The Pakistan Post will soon introduce the scheme of money transfer through mobile phone services, said the Director-General Pakistan Post, Arshad Khan, on Monday. The DG Pakistan Post chaired the meeting of Pakistan Postal Services Management Board at the office of Postmaster-General, Sindh, which was especially addressed by Federal Minister for Communications Barrister Habib-ur-Rahman who, […]
KARACHI, Dec 2: A modern media resource centre equipped with sophisticated gadgets, computers and other equipment, has been established at the Sindh Assembly building to facilitate the media in covering proceedings of the house and other events in a better manner. A group of journalists were shown around the centre and briefed about the new […]
ISLAMABAD: Representatives of various political parties signed the Charter of Media Freedom but differed on the question of taking part in the January 8 elections at the all-parties conference (APC) organised by the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) on Saturday. Representatives of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Awami National […]
As if the menace of hoardings, signboards and banners in the city was not enough, now the names and monograms of different firms and multi-national companies have started appearing on the city roundabouts as well. Such practice of ‘adoption’ is emerging fast: a company adopts one roundabout in the city and sponsors the work related […]
* Swat Media Centre spokesman says 11 militants arrested in Kanju MINGORA: Security forces continued their operation against militants in various areas of Swat district, while authorities relaxed curfew in Mingora city and adjoining areas to provide the people basic commodities. The curfew hours were relaxed from 7am to 4pm in Mingora city and its […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has constituted two election tribunals in Sindh for hearing appeals against the decisions of returning officers (ROs) vis-‡-vis rejection or approval of nomination papers by candidates for the January 8 general elections. The first tribunal comprises of Justice Nadeem Azhar Sidduqi and Justice Dr Rana Mohammad Shamim. The said […]
NAWABSHAH: A huge blast rocked the city at 10:45 pm on Friday but no loss of life or property was reported. The blast occurred near the main railway track close to a sugar mill. The track was not damaged and the train traffic continued normally. Two express trains, Karachi Express and Balochistan Express, which were […]
KARACHI – The Pakistan People’s Party Central Information Secretary Sherry Rehman on Thursday expressed her concerns over media curbs imposed by the government. In a press statement the PPP central leader pointed out that with the gunning down of Zubair Ahmed Mujahid, a correspondent of the national local daily newspaper last week, Pakistan earned the […]
KARACHI: For the speedy construction of the city’s first-ever multi-storey parking plaza at Empress Market, Saddar, the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has offered to give two-thirds of the space already occupied by over 50 petitioners as an incentive for them to abandon their encroached land, CDGK’s EDO Law told a bench of the High […]
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday promised to lift the state of emergency and withdraw the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) on Dec 16. In a brief address to the nation on the state television and radio, he urged opposition parties for the second time in the day to refrain from boycotting the elections. […]
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