By: Kazim Alam KARACHI: Some blame it on the alleged covert opposition from mainstream chambers of commerce and industry while others point a finger at the lack of enthusiasm on the part of women entrepreneurs, but the fact remains that the two women’s chambers of commerce and industry established in Sindh side by side about […]
By: Owais Jafri MULTAN: The post-mortem report of a two-day-old girl has confirmed that she was buried alive and died five or more minutes later due to suffocation. The autopsy was conducted by Dr Muhammad Tariq and Dr Rubeena from the Kacha Khu rural health centre. The grave of the child had been dug on […]
SUKKUR: A girl was killed while a boy critically injured as a couple in love attempted suicide in Shikarpur on Tuesday. Reports said that Raheel Phulpoto and Umaya Pathan were in love and but parents of the girl were against their marriage as the boy belonged to a poor family. On Tuesday, both the lovers […]
LAHORE: The condition of the murderer, who attempted to shoot himself to death after killing his wife in a local bank in the Township area yesterday, went critical. Irfan Zaman shot dead his banker wife in a bank a day back and later attempted to end his life by shooting himself. He was admitted to […]
SUKKUR: In an event which appeared to be stranger than fiction, a girl who had been declared dead suddenly appeared before the Sindh High Court’s circuit bench here on Tuesday along with her lawyer, Athar Iqbal Shaikh. According to the sources, Sallih Patt Police Station had registered an FIR in December last year against Abdul […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed concern at looming dangers for the democratic dispensation in the country and called upon political parties to realise their responsibility to avert threats to democracy. The HRCP Policy Planning Committee, the highest policy making body of the HRCP, which met on Tuesday urged political parties […]
By: Jawed Ahmed Khursheed Karachi: TEACHERS and researchers associated with the profession of teaching journalism have done little for their students to enlighten them on what is currently happening in the West as far as new theories and terminologies of journalism, in particular, and advertising, in general, are concerned. What the teachers of the mass […]
By: FAYYAZ BUKHARI Karachi: IT is observed that our public buses do not have inadequate space for female passengers. On an average, not more than eight women can sit comfortably in the space provided. Secondly, ladies usually have children with them and they also take up space in the ladies section. Then at times men […]
By: Rafia Zakaria ON July 12, 2012 a baby was born in the village of Kacha Koh in Khanewal, Punjab. According to medical workers at the hospital, the baby’s head was larger than normal. While the infant’s mother was still in hospital, her father took the baby to the local mosque and asked the imam […]
PESHAWAR: The Culture Journalists Forum (CJF) Tuesday condemned ‘ban’ on artistes and singers by Swat DPO and demanded of the provincial government to explain reasons for banning cultural activities in and around Mingora, Swat. They said artistes and singers started moving to safe places after DPO Swat imposed ban on their profession. The forum said […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting expressed deep concerns over the problems being faced by media persons due to late salary payments and working conditions. The committee, on Tuesday, directed information secretary to take necessary actions and resolve the problems of the media persons. Senator Kamil Ali Agha chaired the meeting at […]
QUETTA: Balochistan National Party (BNP) President Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal, on Sunday, appealed to the media to take the message of the Baloch to other parts of the country and apprise them about the problems and cruelties faced by the Baloch. He said that the Baloch had endured the worst injustices and cruelties in the […]
KHANEWAL: Post-mortem examination has proved that the newborn daughter was buried alive at Kacha Khuh. On Saturday, police arrested her father Chand Khan, a resident of Chak No 16/9R of Kacha Khuh, a nearby town of Khanewal, after the media reported that he buried his newborn daughter alive because she was physically deformed. The child […]
ISLAMABAD: SAFMA launched new initiatives for media and peace with Norway’s support. The Free Media Foundation (FMF) signed a $ 1.4 million two-year contract with the Norwegian Embassy to support South Asian Free Media Association’s (SAFMA) programme “Media development, freedom and peace” in South Asia. Minister for Information Qamar Zaman Kaira was the chief guest […]
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