MIANWALI, Nov 21: Members of the District Bar Association continued their strike for the 17th consecutive day to protest the imposition of emergency and proclamation of the Provisional Constitution Order. They held a protest meeting in the bar room which was chaired by DBA President Malik Rafique and addressed by various lawyers. The DBA decided […]
KARACHI (APP) – Chairman NADRA brig ((Rtd) Saleem Ahmed Moeen has said that every citizen should get registered with the NADRA in order to be able to avail the facility of getting a telephone connection to hassle free utility bill payment. “Every facility is now linked with the verification of the credentials of citizen through […]
Sindh High Court has given a last chance to the federal government’s law officer for filing comments on identical petitions filed by Independent Media Corporation and Bird (Pvt) against the ban on transmission of Geo TV channels, observing that the court would pass appropriate order on the next date if its direction was not complied […]
MANSEHRA, Nov 20: More than eighty per cent students of the Higher Secondary Girls School in Oghi have started going to school in burqa following a threat by the local Taliban, Dawn has learnt. It is learnt that the principal of the only higher secondary girls school in the Oghi tehsil of Mansehra had received […]
PESHAWAR, Nov 19: The Pakistan Baitul Maal has started a programme in collaboration with the World Bank to enhance literacy ratio and increase primary school enrolment, starting its first phase from the Kohistan district. Under the programme, the Baitul Maal has made it compulsory for 7,000 deserving people, benefiting from its Food Support Programme (FSP), […]
KARACHI (November 20 2007): Former Prime Minister and Chairperson Pakistan People’s Party Benazir Bhutto on Monday visited the office of private TV channel Geo to express solidarity with its staff. She said that the restrictions on private TV channels were very shocking for her. She alleged that the government wanted to block all sources of […]
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Speakers on Monday criticised the government for slapping curbs on media and advocated for allowing the independent media organisations to work in an objective and unhindered manner for providing information to the public. Speaking at a seminar on “Restrictions on media and citizens’ right to information”, organised by the Sustainable Development Policy […]
*President says Benazir misleading world *Most people support emergency rule ISLAMABAD: President General Peryez Musharraf has said that the media would be allowed to cover the upcoming elections. In an interview with Fox News channel telecast by PTV late on Monday, the president urged the media to follow the media code of conduct. “The code […]
QUETTA, Nov 21: Baloch leader Nawabzada Balach Marri was killed along with his bodyguards in a clash somewhere inside Afghanistan on Wednesday, triggering widespread violence in Quetta and some other parts of Balochistan. Two policemen and three others were killed in incidents of firing, bomb explosions and armed attacks while several government vehicles, offices and […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Museum is being established here in the premises of Shakarparian to reflect and promote Pakistan’s cultural identity. The design for the museum was approved recently through a competition organised to encourage architects by the Department of Archaeology and Museums in collaboration with the Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners (PCATP), officials […]
KARACHI (APP) – President General Pervez Musharraf said Sunday that he is recommending to the Election Commission to hold the polls in the country on January 8. He was speaking as chief guest at the farewell dinner held for the MPAs and Advisers of Sindh at the Chief Minister House here. Sindh Governor, Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad […]
ISLAMABAD – The newly formed 24-member caretaker federal cabinet in its maiden formal meeting here on Saturday spelled out its pre-elections objectives to create a conducive atmosphere for holding free, fair and transparent elections in the country. The meeting, chaired by caretaker Prime Minister Mohammadmian Soomro, directed Information Minister Nisar A. Memon to meet the […]
KARACHI (November 18 2007): Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro has said that the caretaker government’s top priority is to ensure free, fair and transparent general elections in the country. He said this in separate meetings with Governor Sindh, Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan at the Governor’s House and Chief Minister Sindh, Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim at […]
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Muhammadmian Soomro said on Saturday that challenges of misperception within and outside the country needed to be addressed at the earliest and the media focus should be turned to improving the political atmosphere leading up to the forthcoming general elections. Chairing a high-level meeting to review the media-related issues and the […]
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