They said the GRDO and Action Aid International Pakistan signed an agreement in June 2005 to purchase lands in taluka Hyderabad rural for the rehabilitation of the farm labourers living in makeshift camps in Hyderabad suburbs after getting freed from bondage of different farm owners in lower Sindh. They said under the agreement the Action […]
The meeting asked the government to allow screening of Indian films. It said the association had also made efforts in the past to convince the government to allow Indian films but to no avail.Association chairman Jehanzeb Baig told the meeting that a film delegation would meet President Pervez Musharraf soon to request him to allow […]
They had also staged a walk out from the upper house on Monday against the kidnapping before the government reassured them that the interior ministry would come out with ‘a solid statement’ on the outcome of its investigations on Wednesday. However, the journalists were dismayed after Minister of State for Interior Zafar Iqbal Warriach said […]
KARACHI:With the required spade work done and pilot studies completed, the government will launch the National Mother & Child Health Programme, costing Rs30 billion, during current fiscal year, Federal Health Secretary Syed Anwar Mehmood said here on Sunday. He was speaking at the concluding session of the third annual symposium on “Neonatal & Child Health […]
She referred to a statement of Provincial Minister for Environment Dr Sagheer Ahmed, who said some 9,000 tons of domestic and industrial waste is generated here daily and not more than 50pc of it was being disposed of.She said City Nazim Mustafa Kamal was working hard to bring Karachi at par with other modern and […]
In Hyderabad, JSQM workers staged a protest demonstration and observed token hunger strike outside the press club. Speaking on the occasion, Mushtaq Khan, Murtaza Mughal and others said that Dr Sarki was picked up by the intelligence agencies 11 months ago and since then he was being held incommunicado.They said the agencies were not ready […]
The farmers who claimed to have fled the private jail of Shah a couple of days ago demanded protection, rehabilitation and recovery of their dues from Shah. They included Wali Mohammed, Mohammed Hussain, Ibrahim, Ismail, Ishaq, Anwar, Hashti, Karim Dad, Allahwarayo and Abdullah, all by caste Khokhar along with their wives and children. Talking to […]
They expressed dissatisfaction over the statement given by Minister of State for Interior Zafar Iqbal Warraich that efforts were being made to recover the abducted journalist. They also expressed their sentiments to Minister of Sate for Information and Broadcasting Tariq Azeem and Minister of State for Education Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli who met them in the […]
In a statement issued here, Pir Sufaid termed Qalandar’s abduction a matter of concern for the journalist community. He said that NWFP CM Akram Durrani had disclosed that the abductors had been identified therefore there should be no delay in his rescue. He assured Qalandar’s family that journalists would make continuous efforts for his safe […]
In fact, if one were to go by recent information gathered and released to the press by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, it seems that the number of those who have gone missing is much higher than otherwise believed. And lest the government or some other agency deny the HRCP’s information, it needs to […]
Expressing concern over declining standard of education in the locality, speakers pointed out various factors responsible for the mess in local educational system and urged the concerned government agencies to play their due role in solving the problems.The seminar, chaired by Sadeqa Salauddin of the NGO Resource Centre, was jointed organised by the Strengthening Participatory […]
The protesters staged a sit-in and blocked the National Highway to register their protest against the attitude of local Hesco staff. Protest leaders said the newly transferred sub-divisional officer was resorting to load-shedding of up to 16 hours, due to which business and routine works were adversely affected. Later, the demonstrators held a meeting with […]
In a statement issued here, Pir Sufaid termed Qalandar’s abduction a matter of concern for the journalist community. He said that NWFP CM Akram Durrani had disclosed that the abductors had been identified therefore there should be no delay in his rescue. He assured Qalandar’s family that journalists would make continuous efforts for his safe […]
Official sources told this agency here on Tuesday that a raiding party on the directive of the capital city police officer took into custody provocative material from the Black Aero Printing Press at Khazana Gate near Nasser Bagh, while the district administration sealed the premises for publishing it.The home department has already directed all DCOs […]
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