HYDERABAD: District Coordination Officer (DCO) Muhammad Hussain Syed has directed the management of the Crisis Centre for Women in Distress, Hyderabad, to keep the centre open round the clock to facilitate women in distress. He issued the directive while presiding over a meeting at his camp office on Friday regarding the functioning of the newly […]
ISLAMABAD (March 10 2007): Additional Chief Secretary Planning and Development Sindh Ghulam Sarwar Khero said on Friday that the Rs 22 billion worth five development projects approved for Sindh recently would not only fulfil the needs of the citizens of Karachi but also would provide relief to them. Talking to PTV he said that now […]
MULTAN: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has been asked to cancel the registration of all such political parties which try to prevent women from participating in the political process. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday in connection with chalking out activities for International Women Day being observed across the world on March 8, […]
LAKKI MARWAT, March 5: To provide free legal assistance to Citizen Community Boards (CCBs) and create awareness about the role of CCBs in the development process, the Devolution Trust for Community Empowerment (DTCE), a component of the National Reconstruction Bureau, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Lakki District Bar Association and District Press Club […]
QUETTA, March 13: Balochistan Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mir Abdur Rehman Jamali and opposition members in the provincial assembly have demanded that the federal government should restore advertisements to Dawn. They said curtailing the newspaper’s advertisements was against the principle of freedom of the press. Opposition member Jan Mohammad Buledi raised the issue on Tuesday on […]
Karachi, March 3: The Provincial Transition Wing of Sindh Local Government Department on Saturday notified the rules for conducting the Election of Village and Neighborhood Councils in the province. The rules have been framed in exercise of the powers conferred by Sindh Local Government Ordinance 2001. According to notification, the elections shall be held by […]
NAWABSHAH: The executive district officer education should himself submit a report on closed schools in the district, in case his subordinates remain absent from a coming meeting of the district council. This decision was taken at a meeting of the council, held here at the Pir Qurban Hall on Thursday. It was presided over by […]
Karachi – City District Government Karachi has set up first computerised toll free call center “Citizen Complain Information Center”. The project IS in final stages to be completed with Rs 140 million to provide round the clock access to citizens to lodge their complaints. Through this new system, the city government, town administrations, KWSB and […]
PESHAWAR, Feb 28: In the wake of a surge in terrorist attacks in the city, NWFP Assembly Speaker Bakht Jehan Khan on Wednesday turned the assembly building into a ‘red security zone’ by denying access to journalists and press photographers covering the house proceedings. The speaker completely banned the entry of photographers. On Wednesday, the […]
HYDERABAD: The secretary Revenue Sindh under Section 5 of the Registration Act, 1908, on Wednesday notified limits of the newly created districts’ registration and sub-registration offices so as the property and agricultural land record be maintained appropriately. According to the notification, the district registration office Kashmore will have three sub-registration offices in Kashmore, Kandhkot and […]
LAHORE: A full bench of the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) admitted on Wednesday 12 petitions seeking declaration that the court is not empowered to dissolve the marriage bond without consent of the husband. The bench, comprising Chief Justice of FSC Haziq-ul- Khairi, Justice Allama Dr Fida Muhammad Khan and Justice Salahuddin Mirza, admitted the petitions […]
PESHAWAR, Feb 27: Women entrepreneurs will get maximum representation in national and local chambers and trade bodies to be licensed under the Trade Organisations Ordinance, 2006. Officials involved in formulating the new ordinance, which will replace the Trade Organizations Ordinance, 1961, said the new legislation, for the first time, offered greater representation to women. Under […]
KARACHI, Feb 27: The Town Nazim Landhi has resigned from his post citing health reasons. A statement issued from the MQM headquarters on Tuesday stated “Nazim Landhi Town Muhammad Ismail Qureshi belonging to Haq Parast group has resigned from his post due to ill-health and pressing personal engagements.” Talking to Dawn, Mr Qureshi confirmed his […]
LAHORE, Feb 27: Observing that some provisions of the Women Protection Act 2007 required interpretation, the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday sought assistance on a law point whether a girl aged under 16 could exercise her free will to marry someone after the enforcement of the law. The court raised the point when Chiniot […]
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