MINGORA – Honour killing claims two lives on October 25, in the remote Shabaka village of Matta subdivision in Upper Swat. It was reported that Ali Muhammad, son of Dauray, and his cousin, Shamia, daughter of Sher Afzal, were in love but the girl’s father was not ready to marry his daughter to his nephew. […]
KARACHI – Sindh police have informed mobile phone users to preserve a 15-digit special number in their cell phones, which can be ascertained by dialling *#06#, to check cell phone theft or snatching. In case of loss, theft or snatching of any mobile set, a user can make his/her phone inoperative by giving the said […]
KARACHI – Sindh police, for the awareness of mobile phone users, have informed that there is a 15-digit special number in the mobile phones which can be ascertained by dialling No 06. This number should be preserved by the mobile users as in case of loss, theft or snatching of their mobile set, they can […]
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) will grant 10 new licences to satellite television channels and FM radio stations after Ramazan. PEMRA had adopted a transparent system of awarding the licences and the authority had conducted three public hearings in Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar to grant licences, said an official on October […]
Editorial… Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that no society can progress and prosper unless it gives equal educational opportunities to the women. Educated and enlightened women can change the fate of a society. These days, the under-developed countries are faced with various hardships, prominent among them being the low literacy rate. No country plagued […]
By Ahmed Saleem It is a universally acknowledged fact that education plays a crucial role in character building of a nation, creating awareness amongst its masses, liberating its population and of course reducing poverty and improving the standard of living in that country. The United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and its Education For All […]
PESHAWAR – The Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan has launched a public awareness campaign about the Protocol on Child and Family laws between judiciaries of the UK and Pakistan and has requested the four high courts to circulate the protocol among its judges and subordinate courts. The commission published a special pamphlet in Urdu […]
ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Women Development Zobaida Jalal has said that her ministry was making every possible effort for the release of women prisoners and juveniles languishing in jails due to non-payment of fines. The minister stated this in Islamabad on October 24, after undertaking a visit to Central Jail Quetta to know about […]
PESHAWAR – Khyber Union of Journalist (KhUJ) has demanded from Federal government to stop immediately harassing and distressing of local journalist through a secret agency of the government. The Majlis-e-Aamal of KhUJ in a unanimous resolution adopted in Peshawar on October 25, strongly condemned the step taken by the secret government agency of teasing journalist. […]
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on October 23, said the government would look into a proposal to provide land for the expansion of Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU). He was speaking as chief guest at the fourth convocation of FJWU here at the Convention Centre. Federal Education Minister Lt-Gen (retired) Javed Ashraf Qazi, Higher […]
KARACHI – Pakistan has the highest rate of breast cancer in Asia, and more than 30,000 women should be reporting every year to just one major tertiary-care hospital, specializing in cancer treatment. Dr Saeeda Malik, Sindh minister for women development, said this while speaking at a briefing, organized by an NGO which has launched a […]
LAHORE – Muhammad Amin Bhatti, circulation manager, daily Business Recorder, Lahore, died on October 22, Friday, after protracted illness. He was 62. He was laid to rest at Miani Sahib Graveyard. Relatives, office colleagues and a large number of people from different walks of life attended his Namaz-e-Janaza. Late Amin Bhatti was a devoted worker […]
ISLAMABAD – The women ministry of Pakistan has launched a new programme with the support of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) for the training of female leaders in political processes across local bodies in the country. “The Women’s Political School [WPS] project will help in institutionalising the process of training of female political leaders, taking […]
KARACHI – Pakistan has the highest rate of breast cancer in Asia, and more than 30,000 women should be reporting every year to just one major tertiary-care hospital, specializing in cancer treatment. Dr Saeeda Malik, Sindh minister for women development, said this while speaking at a briefing, organized by an NGO which has launched a […]
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