• August 19, 2013
• General News

LAHORE: Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) has moved the Supreme Court against Rashid Ahmed’s appointment as the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) chairman. In a civil miscellaneous application filed before the court, TIP has argued that the previous government violated directives given by the SC on January 15, 2013, by appointing Rashid as the Pemra […]

• August 18, 2013
• General News

“NEWSPAPERS are owned and published by rich men. Rich men all belong to the same club. Sure, there’s competition — hard, tough competition for circulation, for newsbeats, for exclusive stories. Just so long as it doesn’t damage the prestige and privilege and position of the owners. If it does, down comes the lid.” This is […]

• August 16, 2013
• General News

Islamabad: The Jang Group gave awards to the Higher Education Commission’s top ranked universities of Pakistan here on Thursday. Ali Moeen Nawazish conducted the programme, whereas Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal was the chief guest on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, Jang Group Managing Director Marketing Sarmad Ali said: “It is […]

• August 12, 2013
• General News

LAHORE: ALL Pakistan Minorities Alliance (Founders) observed 11th of August 2013 as the Minorities Day throughout the Punjab and in Europe. According to a press release issued on Sunday, the main event was held in Cantt Lahore in which a large number of Christians, intellectuals, religious and political leaders participated. Pervez Rafique, Chaiman APMA (F) […]

• August 8, 2013
• General News

LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) slammed on Wednesday the execution-style killing of 13 labourers in Balochistan, reportedly hailing from Punjab who were returning home to celebrate Eid. In a statement, the HRCP said: “The HRCP is appalled by the cold-blooded killing of 13 labourers by insurgents in Mach area of Balochistan. An […]

• August 7, 2013
• General News

KARACHI: Quresh Pur spoke Urdu as if he was stringing his sentences together reading from the Farhang-i-Asifiya. Eloquence was his middle name. But it was not a matter of conscious articulation; his eloquence was rooted in erudition. He was a voracious reader. He knew his Gulistaan, Bostaan like the back of his hand and had […]

• August 3, 2013
• General News

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has expressed grave concern over the decision of the PML-N government to do away with the ministry of human rights and has called for its restoration, considering the enormous rights-based issues in the country. The incumbent government, since being sworn in, has placed human rights low on its priority list, […]

• August 2, 2013
• General News

ISLAMABAD: The civil society on Thursday demanded the government to immediately restore the ministry of Human Rights as an independent ministry, along with the appointment of a minister. The Insani Haqooq Itehad (IHI) has expressed its concern and dismay that the newly elected government has merged the federal Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) with the […]

• August 2, 2013
• General News

KARACHI: Centre for Human Rights Education (CHRE) Pakistan on Thursday invited applications for the 4th annual participatory course on democracy and human rights (PCDHR) to be held in Lahore on September 17-26, 2013. The candidates are encouraged to send their complete applications immediately to avoid the last moment tribulations. The deadline for applications is August […]

• August 1, 2013
• General News

By: Abdul Manan LAHORE: The government has accused the opposition of duplicity over the Punjab Local Government Bill 2013, saying it has yet to present its objections at a special committee set up to deliberate on the matter despite its vocal criticism of the draft legislation in the press. Speaking to reporters before the start […]

• July 31, 2013
• General News

KARACHI: In its latest fact-finding report, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) comes down hard on the paramilitary force and calls it an agent of fear, instead of an agent of security. In its report, titled ‘Extra-judicial acts by Rangers in Karachi’, the human rights organisation took up 11 recent cases of abduction, extra-judicial […]

• July 31, 2013
• General News

By: Dr Qaisar Rashid Mian Zahid Ghani is now an old man. He deserves recognition by the state for the work he performed The year was 1997. Nawaz Sharif was the prime minister (PM) of Pakistan. Aimal Kansi (or Aimal Kasi) was arrested from Dera Ghazi Khan and an American attorney, Robert F Horan, who […]

• July 31, 2013
• General News

KARACHI: Abbas Jalbani, a Karachi-based journalist, has demanded the government to conduct judicial enquiry into his son Muhammad Rafiq Jalbani’s murder case. Addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday, the journalist informed media persons that his son’s murder case was being ‘mishandled’. “The police is not performing its job well, and […]

• July 29, 2013
• General News

KARACHI: A protest demonstration was held in front of the Karachi Press Club on Sunday against the murder in Thatta of Rafique Jalbani, the son of senior journalist Abbas Jalbani. Protesters belonging to the Progressive Youth Front called for arrest of main suspects nominated in the FIR of the case and provision of shelter to […]