KARACHI:Jan.6: The Sindh High Court was informed on Tuesday that neither any federal agency nor the provincial police had arrested the Pakistani journalist, Khawar Mehdi Rizvi, nor he was in their custody. Deputy Attorney-General Syed Zaki Muhammad and Additional Advocate-General Sindh M Sarwar Khan made these statements on behalf of their respective governments before a […]
KARACHI- Two French newsÂmen,Epsteinand Guilloteau who were set free by Sindh High Court with Rs2 lakh fine each yesterÂday left for Paris on Tuesday night.Lower court has sentenced them for six months rigorous imprisonment for violating visa regulations, as they pleaded guilty. The SHC on Monday waived off their punishment. They were arrested in the […]
KARACHI, Jan 12: The Sindh High Court upheld the conviction but remitted the jail term of two French journalists from six months each to that already served by them under the Foreigners Act on Monday. The amount of fine was, however, doubled to Rs200,000 each, giving the convicts an option to pay up the fine […]
Date: January 13-15, 2004 Location: Hub Hub is on fringe of Baluchistan province, bordering Karachi, having phenomenal growth of industries. Hub is growing into a metropolitan as workers from all over Pakistan throng to work in factories. To attract businesspeople from Karachi, Baluchistan government offers attractive tax benefits. Near Hub is the coastal strip of […]
KARACHI: Two French journalists, Jean-Paul Guilloteau and Joel Marc Epstein, were convicted of violation of the Foreigners Act 1946 and sentenced to undergo six months rigorous imprisonment each by Additional District and Sessions Judge Nuzhat Ara Alvi here on Saturday. The trial court, however, suspended the sentence handed down to them for seven days to […]
KARACHI .Jan 11: Advisor to Chief Minister on Information Salahuddin Haider was invited, for discussion by the Sindh Regional Committee of All PakistanNewspapersSodety (APNS) here on Saturday. TheAdvisoreinphasisedupon the members tha7t the Government believed in freedom of expression . It does not wish to limit ‘ at in any form but felt that the Government […]
KARACHI, Jan 10: The two French journalists were sentenced on Saturday to a six-month jail term for violating visa regulations by an additional district and sessions court. Joel Marc Epstein and Jeon Paul Gullateau, reporter and photographer, respectively, of the French weekly L’Express, were also fined Rs100,000 each by Judge Nuzhat Ara Alvi. The two, […]
ISLAMABAD,Jan.11:Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) contributed Rs474 million to national exchequer on account of annual fee and r000o a able on licenses during the financial year 2002-2003. Its total income during the period was Rs645 million against expenditures of Rsl57 million resulting into an excess of Rs488 million. According to PTA’s annual reÂport 2002-2003, due to […]
KARACHI,Jan.9: Additional District and Session Judge, Abdul Malik on Thursday awarded life imprisonment to accused Aziz Qureshi in Nawa-i-Waqt office bomb blast case. Four person including a woman who was reportedly carryong a bomb were killed in the blast at City office of Nawa-i-Waqt on M.A Jinnah road on November 6, 2001. The victims included […]
GILGIT, Jan 7: The lawyers of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday feared for the life of a married woman being taken to Swabi, after her parents obtained her custody on Tuesday from a local court. Civil judge Khursheed Khan allowed Rubina to go with her parents after two surety bonds of Rs1 […]
PESHAWAR, Jan 7: The provincial development working party (PDWP) has approved the women university scheduled to start functioning on the premises of Frontier College for Women, Peshawar, soon. According to an official handout issued here on Tuesday, the approval was given at a meeting. The college premises will be utilized temporarily for three years and […]
MANDI BAHAUDDIN,Jan.8: The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mandi Bahauddin, Tahir Hussain Kazmi, Tuesday ordered de-sealing of the press club building and accepted revision appeal of the club president Muhammed Zaheer Khan. The club building was sealed by the local STM on August 02, 2003 upon application by some newsman.A wave of happiness and joy […]
KARACHI:Jan.8: The Oracle Corporation announced that if releases grid-ready application server, the first middle-ware software that simplifies the management of applications running in a grid computing environment. According to a press release issued on Wednesday, the new release offers nearly 600 new features, including advancements in integration and the Web services infrastructure. Customers and partners […]
ISLAMABAD .Jan 08: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has invested US$ 83 million to enhance network capacity of Ufone and one million more connection will be provided to customers by June this year, said Chairman PTCL, Akhtar Ahmad Bajwa. Talking to APP here on Wednesday, Bajwa said at present Ufone has 0.6 million connections capacity […]
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