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Deputy finance sec’s job on the line

ISLAMABAD – Minister of State for Environment Major (r) Tahir Iqbal on July 14 announced he would suspend a senior bureaucrat of his ministry who reportedly misbehaved with a female journalist in his office on July 10. The minister was reluctant to make a categorical statement before Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and other members […]


Two more educational channels soon: Atta

KARACHI – Two more educational television channels will become functional on Paksat-1 by the end of December, said the federal minister in-charge for Ministry of Science and Technology, Dr Atta-ur-Rehman, on July 14. Addressing a press conference at the HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, Dr Atta-ur-Rehman, also chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), said […]


HRCP concerned with police harassment

PESHAWAR – The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed its concern over the police harassment of an Indian woman who has married a Pakistani citizen. Hifsa Aman, wife of Aman Khan a resident of Mardan, has acquired a stay order from the Peshawar High Court which forbids any action against her because Ms […]


Amendments in Hudood Ordinance opposed

KARACHI – Scores of women belonging to the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on July 13 staged a protest demonstration in Karachi at the Karachi Press Club against the proposed amendments in the Hudood Ordinance and blasphemy laws. Women protestors were holding placards inscribed with slogans against government polices and amendments in the Hudood Ordinance and blasphemy laws. […]


Third largest global crime

Karachi:The absence of viable networking between civil society organisations and relevant government departments in South Asia hampers initiatives to curtail human trafficking. This makes the practice the third largest illegal trade in the world after drugs and weapons, a workshop was told on Friday. The National Consultation of the South Asia Joint Regional Action Forum […]


8th Advertising Excellence Awards-2004

KARACHI – Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shaikh Rasheed Ahmed has said that no further changes in Sindh are under consideration and the changes being brought about at the centre would be long-lasting. “An economics expert would run the affairs of the country which would ensure prosperity and progress in near future”, he said, […]


Nawa-i-Waqt gets Excellence Award

KARACHI – The Pakistan Advertising Association’s Best Mass Medium of the Year 2004 Award was awarded to daily Nawa-i-Waqt, a publication of the Nida-i-Millat Group, at the 18th Excellence Award ceremony held at a local hotel in Karachi on July 13. Federal Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed was the chief guest. He distributed the awards […]


8th Advertising Excellence Awards-2004

KARACHI – Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shaikh Rasheed Ahmed has said that no further changes in Sindh are under consideration and the changes being brought about at the centre would be long-lasting. “An economics expert would run the affairs of the country which would ensure prosperity and progress in near future”, he said, […]


Law formulated to end Karo-Kari

ISLAMABAD – Ministry of Women Development Social Welfare and Special Education has formulated a law to end Karo Kari (honour killing) with the co-ordination of Ministry of Law and Justice and Human Rights. Secretary Women Development Ministry Dr Aleem Mehmood told Business Recorder that the draft law has been sent to the Ministry of Interior […]


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HR cases to go straight to law ministry

LAHORE – The Regional Directorate of Human Rights decided in a meeting on July 13 that human rights violation cases would be submitted directly to the Justice and Law Ministry. This decision was made in the third meeting of the monitoring committee of the Directorate of Human Rights, presided over by regional director Kasoor Awan. […]


Media urged to adopt progressive approach

KARACHI – The Sindh government’s adviser on information, Salahuddin Haider has urged the Pakistani media to prepare itself for successfully meeting the challenges it faces today. He was speaking as chief quest at a seminar on ‘Impact of Cable Culture on Our Media’, held in Karachi on July 12 under the auspices of the Press […]


Women role vital in reformation of society

LAHORE – Women participation in different fields including politics would provide them an opportunity to play pivotal role in economic development, apart from enabling them to become independent economically and socially. Punjab Minister for Women Development Ashfa Riaz stated this while addressing the meeting of Provincial Steering Committee for Women Development held in Lahore on […]


Foreigner, TV reporter among 3 held in Quetta

QUETTA – One of three suspects held on July 11 night in a raid by law enforcement agencies on the Joint Road is a foreigner while another suspect had been working as a correspondent for a foreign Television channel in the city, sources revealed on July 12. The foreigner is identified as Abbas, belonging to […]


Names of approved TV channels

ISLAMABD – The cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain in Islamabad on July 12 approved the following television channels: Kashish TV Network (Daily Kawish), TV Media Network Pvt. (Daily Express), Interact Pvt. (Daily Khabrain), Sahafat Vision (Daily Sahafat), Dolphin Media (Daily Halchal), Asia News Network (Daily Jinnah), General Newspapers (The Leader Karachi), […]