Karachi: Jamaat-e Islami (JI) Karachi chief Muhammad Hussain Mehnati has expressed concern over the alleged spread of nudity and vulgarity in the Pakistani media, also asking the cable operators to stop airing Hindi films. In a statement issued here on Monday, Mehnati alleged that the Pakistani print and electronic Media had deliberately destroyed the image […]
By Syed Mohammad Ali The writer is a development consultant and a PhD student at the University of Melbourne [email protected] A landmark bill seeking to deter all forms of domestic violence against women has reached a serious deadlock following heavy resistance by opposition parties, especially the Jamiat UIema-e-Islam (JUI-F) and the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N). […]
SUKKUR: A man shot dead his 13-year-old niece on Sunday in the limits of Kot Mitha Police Station of Naushehro Feroze. Reports said Rasheed Mughairi killed his niece Hajani and, with the help of his son, dumped the body in a ditch near his house.A witness to the crime informed the SSP Naushehro Feroze, who […]
This may be sarcasm and perhaps, that is what it is meant to be, but I think the media has been unfair to this government and its elements given various tasks to handle. Can any journalist in Pakistan realise the pressure of canceling an LPG quota, a daughter and a wife’s job, huge legal assignment […]
Tahir Khan ISLAMABAD: The Afghan intelligence agency has accused Pakistani nationals working for Afghanistan’s leading TV channel of spying and influencing the country’s broadcast policy. The spokesperson for Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS), Lutfullah Mashal, alleged that Pakistanis working in the Afghan media industry were using their professions as a cover-up for spying. However, […]
Ghulam Hussain LAHORE: Pakistan film industry’s top composer maestro Amjad Bobby’s seventh death anniversary is being observed today (Sunday). Amjad Bobby died of cardiac arrest on April 15, 2005. He has composed music for a number of blockbuster films, like ‘Ik Nagina’, ‘Bobby’, ‘Rubby’, ‘Kabhi Alwida Na Kehna’, ‘Lazawaal’, ‘Sangam’, ‘Ghunghat’, Reema’s ‘Koi Tujh Sa […]
GHALLANAI: The militants bombed two girls’ schools in Safi tehsil of Mohmand Agency, official and tribal sources said on Saturday. The sources said explosives planted in the buildings of the two government girls’ primary schools in Abdullah Kor and Haji Guldar Kor in the Qandaharo area were triggered to cause the explosions on Friday night. […]
LAHORE: All Pakistan Newspapers Society President Sarmad Ali and Secretary General Masood Hamid, on behalf of the office-bearers and members of the society, have expressed their profound grief over the demise of the wife of Siddiq Baloch, chief editor of Daily Balochistan Express, Quetta, and Daily Azadi, Quetta. They prayed to Allah Almighty to rest […]
ISLAMABAD: An Indian media delegation, which called on Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday, was briefed on the recent developments in Pak-India relations. Hina said the government of Pakistan was committed to a constructive, sustained and result-oriented process of engagement with India. She also noted that since the resumption of dialogue early last year, […]
SUKKUR: Two women were killed over alleged Karo-Kari in separate incidents on Friday. Police said that in village Imam Bakhsh Domki in Jacobabad, accused Ghulam Hyder Domki gunned down his sister-in-law Pyari for having illicit relations. Later, he surrendered himself before the police. Separately, in Salim Abad in Kandyaro, Akhtiar Khatoon was shot dead by […]
Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: Friday saw a rather perturbed Aitzaz Ahsan venting his fury at the media in general and the Jang group in particular. After being refused a judicial gag order against The News from the Supreme Court, Mr. Ahsan warned that writing against him may cost journalists their jobs. While making his gag bid […]
LAHORE: Budgetary allocations for social and economic development of women should be doubled in the forthcoming budget as women in Pakistan are neglected and not getting their due rights. Budgetary allocations for the schemes focused on women development can be possible by cutting down the non-development expenditures and defence budget. These views were expressed by […]
KHAIRPUR: An influential wadera of the Mitho Mari village has declared a 10-year-old girl as ‘kari’ and a man related to her as ‘karo’, issued the girl’s death warrants and imposed Rs600,000 fine on the man. Relatives of ‘kari’ Fareeda Mari, 10, her brother Iqbal Mari, and mother and relatives of ‘karo’ Inayat Mari held […]
By Xari Jalil LAHORE: Prof Ashok Kumar is not afraid of taking a prominent stance on the Rinkle Kumari issue. Fear, he says, is secondary compared to what is happening to the Hindu community in Pakistan, in particular Sindh. “We can’t just sit back and watch what our community is going through,” he says. The […]
” 
” 
” 
” 
