ISLAMABAD: In the preface of his book of Punjabi poems “Ajjay Qayamat Naeen Ayi,” accomplished columnist Muneer Ahmed Qureshi, or Munnoo Bhai as he is popularly known, writes that he has never claimed to be a poet. But that does not change the fact that Munnoo Bhai is a masterful Punjabi poet whose simple verses […]
LAHORE: An appeal against her blasphemy conviction by Aasia Bibi was fixed for hearing on February 14, three years after it was filed, but not taken up by the court, The Express Tribune learnt on Monday. Bibi’s criminal appeal number 2509/10 ‘Mst Aasia Bibi vs The State’ and murder reference 614/10 ‘State Vs Mst Aasia […]
ISLAMABAD: As air strikes by the PAF against TTP continue in North Waziristan and fears of civilian deaths and abuses of human rights increase, a leading activist, Asma Jahangir says the operation should no longer be delayed but extreme caution must be taken to avoid human rights violations, as seen in the past. Asma Jehangir […]
Sir: Playing music in public transport has been a normal course of entertainment to enjoy what at times become a hard and difficult journey in the public buses of Karachi. Now that respite and diversion is being snatched from the commuters. Lately the public transporters had been asked to stop playing music because of complaints […]
ISLAMABAD: A three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani on Thursday took suo motu notice of news reports that the Taliban have warned members of the indigenous Kalash community to convert to Islam or face death. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government revealed before the Supreme Court that the nearly 3,500 inhabitants […]
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has directed the Inspector General of Sindh Police to provide foolproof security to all offices of media houses in Karachi to ensure that the employees, equipments, vehicles and other assets of these media organisations remained safe and secure. The CM directed this while talking to managers of […]
KARACHI: Sindh Information Secretary Dr Zulfiqar Ali Shalwani on Thursday visited Nawa-i-Waqt office to express solidarity with the management and employees of Waqt News, Nawa-i-Waqt and The Nation. He said he had taken a serious notice of the bomb attack on the Nawa-i-Waqt and directed all the officials to take necessary steps towards providing required […]
KARACHI: The media should be held accountable for its misdeeds but society is unable to perform its due role, because it is highly polarized, said journalist Owais Tohid at a panel discussion Taming the Media Beast: State Regulation vs Self Regulation held at The Second Floor on Thursday evening. The panellists were Mr Tohid along […]
LAHORE: Abdullah Qureshi completed his undergraduate degree from Chelsea College of Art and Design, London in 2010 and then moved on to do his Masters at the same institute in 2011. The show will feature 14 pieces of his work. Qureshi’s work is not about a specific narrative or a story. Rather, he believes in […]
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Wednesday visited the Recorder House to express his solidarity with the management and employees of Aaj News and Business Recorder. The CM expressed sympathies for the two injured employees of the Recorder House. He said he had taken a serious notice of a grenade attack on […]
ISLAMABAD: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) strongly condemned the anti-press behaviour of the Accountant General Pakistan Revenue (AGPR) who is consistently denying the sanctions of payment against advertisement bills issued by various government departments including the bills against current advertising. It appears that he is deliberately bent upon destroying the government-press relations. The Executive […]
KARACHI: After terming torture an epidemic in South Asia, an activist highlighted the shortcomings of the region in terms of provision of basic human rights. Speaking on the ‘State of Human Rights in South Asia’ at the office of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), researcher and in-charge of the Pakistani desk at the […]
HYDERABAD: Speakers at a seminar stressed the need for elimination of term ‘minority’ so that about 10 million people in the country belonging to the Hindu, Christian, Sikh and Ahmedi communities could get equal rights. Their rights were usurped when they were included in minorities, adding that they were Pakistanis and must be treated as […]
ISLAMABAD: Umar Khalid Khurasani, the ameer of the Mohmand Agency chapter of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is a journalist-turned-jehadi commander whose declared objectives as a staunch follower of bin Laden are to overthrow the government of Pakistan, impose Shariah, seize nuclear weapons and wage jehad until the Caliphate is established. Khurasani hit headlines because of […]
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