KHAIRPUR – A young man killed his stepmother here on Monday in village Jarro Khoh, Khairpur, on the pretext of Karo-Kari. Ali Gul Kalihoro killed his stepmother, Mst Irshad Begum, 25, and surrendered himself to police. He said he was suspicious that his stepmother had illicit relations with a person.Separately, a girl student was wounded […]
KARACHI – Begum Amna Majid Malik, an educationist, philanthropist, and the founder of the PECHS schools and college, passed away at the age of 91 on Tuesday after a brief illness. She was under treatment at a local hospital. She was buried at the army graveyard, CSD, on Monday, after Zohr prayers. She is survived […]
LANDI KOTAL – Khyber Agency MNA Allama Noorul Haq Qadri inaugurated the press club here on Sunday. The one-room club has been set up in a commercial building in the Landi Kotal bazaar. Local journalists would bear its expenses. Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah while inaugurating the Mohmand Press Club at Ghalanai early this year […]
DEMOCRACY FELLOWSHIPS The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) invites applications to its Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program. Established in 2001 to enable activists, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change, the fellowship program is based at NED’s International Forum for Democratic Studies, […]
ISLAMABAD – A two-year-old girl is among the many tribal people serving jail terms in NWFP under the Draconian Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR), Interior Ministry records show. Zarmeena, daughter of Qadir Jan, was arrested on April 5 on the charge of violating Section 40 of the FCR. She was convicted the same day and transported […]
WAGAH – A 15-member delegation of Pakistani journalists arrived on Sunday in India from across the Wagah border to embark on an unprecedented visit to occupied Kashmir. “This is first time in 57 years, since India and Pakistan gained independence from Britain, that the two governments have been able to agree to such a visit […]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on October 9, expressed readiness to extend all cooperation to Bangladesh in media development. “We are ready to extend every possible cooperation to our brotherly country,” said Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed while talking to a four-member media delegation from Bangladesh. He said Pakistan and Bangladesh enjoyed cordial relations. “We need to […]
By Omar R. Quraishi Participants at a seminar in Karachi the other day discussed curriculum issues in Pakistan, and very rightly, recommended that the portrayal of women in textbooks needed to be changed. As it is, very few female personalities from history are mentioned in the Urdu, English or Pakistan Studies textbooks. Even those who […]
KARACHI – Speakers at a seminar on ‘Education for Socio-economic Empowerment of Women’ here on Saturday called for creating awareness about the importance of education and IT knowledge among women. The seminar was organised by Education Forum of All Pakistan Women’s Association (Apwa). Z A Nizami, Chancellor of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology […]
KARACHI – Speakers at a seminar on ‘Education for Socio-economic Empowerment of Women’ here on Saturday called for creating awareness about the importance of education and IT knowledge among women. The seminar was organised by Education Forum of All Pakistan Women’s Association (Apwa). Z A Nizami, Chancellor of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology […]
LAHORE – Provision of healthcare facilities was at the top priority of the Punjab Chief Minister’s agenda and he was paying special attention regarding healthcare facilities and the rights of women. Punjab Health Minister Dr Tahir Ali Javed expressed these views while addressing a meeting regarding women and child health here on Saturday which was […]
ISLAMABAD – The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has decided to upgrade the Department of Electronics at Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) at a cost of Rs35 million. The amount would be provided to the university during the current financial year, an official statement said. The main objectives of the scheme are to strengthen lab […]
PESHAWAR – The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation, Islamabad, has asked its regional office in Peshawar to monitor the programmes of FM radio channels in the province in view of their growing popularity, said an official. “We have received many letters from the PBC, asking us to monitor the programmes being aired by the private FM radio […]
LAHORE – Punjab Minister for Special Education Qudsia Lodhi has asked the donor agencies to extend donations to the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) through the government so as to ensure transparency in use of funds. While addressing a press conference here on Thursday she said the donor agencies, apart from extending donations to the institutions of […]
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