KARACHI: Geo TV will soon present one of the grandest events of music in the history of Pakistan and India. In this musical competition, Pakistani and Indian contestants will be divided into two teams. Renowned Indian singer and composer Himesh Reshammiya is leading the Indian side with 10 upcoming Indian stars competing against Pakistan while […]
By: Shoukat Iqbal Khattak Karachi: The family of Wali Khan Babar, a young Geo News reporter who was killed on January 13 last year, is still waiting for justice. Dr Azam Khan Babar, brother of the slain journalist, told The News at Quran Khwani for Babar, held at the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Friday, […]
By: Mazhar Abbas Pakistan’s journalist community is today observing the first death anniversary of Wali Khan Babar, who was murdered in cold blood in Karachi. During the year 12 more journalists were killed, which made Pakistan the most dangerous country in the world for journalists. Of the 13 journalists killed in 2011 (or more than […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Press Club (NPC) has demanded of the Rawalpindi administration to suspend immediately DSP and SHO of Westridge Police Station for filing concocted FIR against a reporter, says a press release on Thursday. While strongly condemning registration of baseless FIR against reporter of The News Shakeel Anjum, President Farooq Faisal Khan, Secretary Sheryar […]
By Muhammad Farooq SWABI: The militants destroyed two rooms of a girls’ primary school in Razar Tehsil on Wednesday as they tried to blow up yet another educational institution in Swabi district, officials said. The Government Girls’ Primary School Shagai in Turlandi area is located in a congested area. The explosion awoke the local people […]
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote mobile banking in Pakistan, a statement said on Wednesday. The MoU was signed by Inayat Hussain, Executive Director, SBP, and Dr Muhammad Saleem, Director General, Commercial Affairs, PTA, in the presence of SBP […]
Karachi: With the cases of rape witnessing a sharp rise in the past few months, a seven-year-old girl was raped and then strangulated while an unidentified woman was raped and her body was cut into two in separate incidents on Wednesday. Zianab, the seven-year-old daughter of a fruit vendor, went missing on Tuesday evening. Her […]
Lahore: As part of the Women in Business Conference Series (WIBCON) for professional women, an international women leaders’ summit is being organised on January 25 in the city. The speakers of the conference include Rokia Afzal Rehman, a former minister from Bangladesh, who will deliver the keynote address on enterprising women lessons from South and […]
LAHORE: Several civil society organisations have agreed during a discussion that all the state organs and institutions must function within their constitutional limits. The discussion was held on the situation created by the memo affair at the HRCP auditorium here on Tuesday. The participants came to the conclusion that the principle of parliamentís being the […]
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