KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami chief Munawar Hasan has termed the loss of Egypt a loss of entire Muslim World, demanding restoration of Morsi government without any discussions. Addressing a protest rally of JI Women Wing at MA Jinnah Road near Numaish Chowrangi against the army crackdown in Egypt here on Tuesday, he said the western world should […]
For a hardcore reporter, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan revealed nothing new and headlines-worthy while deconstructing the five-hour long reality show that a loony had staged right in the middle of a high-end avenue of Islamabad last Thursday. As an old resident of this city who hates weapons and hiring security guards, however, I felt doubly […]
KARACHI/LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly unanimously passed a resolution on Monday condemning the attack on the Express Media office in Karachi and demanded that the Sindh government arrest the culprits in no time. Two staff members were injured in the firing by four unknown armed men on August 16. One of the injured is still in […]
PROCEDURAL issues and a complicated tendering process continue to delay the government’s plan to sell 3G telecom licences. It is depriving our access to a better technology which is available even to consumers in war-torn Afghanistan. New taxes on mobile phone users in the current budget are projected to further hold up the arrival of […]
As Pakistan’s 66th Indepedence Day celebrations kick off, KopyKat Production’s ‘Sawa 14 August’ will bring together on centre stage founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah and his successors and political arch rivals Z.A. Bhutto and General Zia-ul-Haq for a comical and hard-hitting analysis of the state’s decline. For a playwright who has given countless successful TV dramas, […]
By: Abrar Mustafa ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has restored two members of Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom (MOITT). Kamran Ali, member legal, and M. Amir Malik, member IT, were suspended during interim government period due to their refusal to obey orders from high-ups for appointing two proposed members for the board […]
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid has categorically denied media reports that the Abbottabad commission’s report had gone missing from the Prime Minister’s Office, saying the report was in the safe custody of the government. “The original report is in the safe possession of the government and no unauthorised person can have access to the document,” […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Technology Ms. Anusha Rahaman held a meeting with a delegation of Telenor headed by Telenor senior Vice President Tore Johnsen on Tuesday. Delegation appreciated the various steps for creation of business friendly environment taken so for by the new Government in Pakistan. In the meeting, delegation negated all the […]
By: Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: Free foreign junkets at the cost of taxpayers’ money for journalists are over as the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced on Thursday that those media persons aspiring to cover the premier’s foreign tours are welcome to do so but at their own expenses, like it is done in all other countries […]
By: HUMA YUSUF INFORMATION Minister Pervaiz Rashid recently emphasised the PML-N government’s support for free media, acknowledging that it’s vital for promoting democracy. Ironically, that was one of the first things General Pervez Musharraf said after seizing power, in part to distinguish himself from his predecessor Nawaz Sharif, only to be ousted a decade later […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday issued notices to heads of various political parties including the PML-N, the PPP, the PTI and the PML-Q on a plea challenging election of women on reserved seats. Advocate Tariq Aziz filed the petition and impleaded Nawaz Sharif, Makhdoom Ameen Fahim, Imran Khan and Chaudhry Shujaat Husain being […]
ISLAMABAD: A damning report by the New-York-based influential Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has accused MQM and ISI for harassing and killing journalists and demanded the would-be prime minister Nawaz Sharif re-open murder cases of 23 journalists for bringing culprits to justice. The CPJ that works for the safety of journalists around the world has […]
LAHORE: Facing difficulties in finalising candidates for certain constituencies, mostly in Lahore, PML-N President Nawaz Sharif has extended deliberations of the central parliamentary board up to Tuesday (April 2), it is learnt. On Saturday, the PML-N board completed the list of aspirants for women’s reserved seats both in national and provincial assemblies. A party official […]
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