Plight of media men in Gilgit-Baltistan
The journalists of Gilgit-Baltistan have been doing their professional duties as a social and national service.They are affiliated with different international, national and local TV channels, daily...
View ArticleTeachers train march — an exercise in futility
Allah Bux Qaiser led a group of about 100 teachers from Karachi and other parts of the country and spent six days at a tent in Aabpara Chowk to press the government to raise their salaries and revise...
View ArticleSale of cigarettes increase beyond set target
ISLAMABAD, June 15: Smokers throughout the country are expected to contribute around Rs80 billion to the national exchequer in the upcoming fiscal year 2013-14, as the sale of cigarettes and tobacco is...
View ArticleUniversity’s response
ISLAMABAD, June 15: In response to a story based on a Higher Education Commission press release, published on May 17 under the headline “Eight varsities lose degree-awarding status”, the South Asian...
View ArticlePML-N demands audit of AJK council
MUZAFFARABAD, June 15: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) chapter of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has demanded of its party’s government in Islamabad to conduct special audit of the AJK Council...
View ArticleOutlaws arrested
ISLAMABAD, June 15: The capital police arrested outlaws from the city and seized narcotics, cash, valuables and weapons from them, a police spokesman said on Saturday.He said Margalla police station...
View ArticleAJK demand special audit to expose corruption
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) chapter of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has demanded of its party’s government in Islamabad to conduct special audit of the AJK Council to bring into open...
View ArticleCheating in exams Superintendent, his deputy removed
CHAKWAL, June 15: A superintendant, his deputy and a clerk were removed by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE). Rawalpindi over facilitating some candidates in cheating.An inquiry...
View ArticleWorkers in the summer heat
The summer season is hot in Pakistan. Everybody complains. Well, maybe those who complain the least are those who are bound to work under the open sky the whole day, in sun, rain and overcast weather,...
View ArticlePlots for social welfare projects being subleased
ISLAMABAD, June 15: Acres of prime lands that were either given by the civic agency free of cost or at throw away prices for social welfare projects were being rented out and sub-leased by the...
View ArticleVaccination provides no shield against measles
RAWALPINDI, June 15: Despite being vaccinated against measles, several children arriving at the city’s government hospitals have tested positive for the disease, causing worry among parents.Of all the...
View ArticleMusharraf indicted in judges detention case
ISLAMABAD, June 15: The trial of former military ruler General (retired) Pervez Musharraf in the judges’ detention case formally commenced on Saturday in which the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Islamabad...
View ArticleFemale suicide bomber responsible for Quetta attack
QUETTA: Intelligence officials revealed today that a female suicide bomber carried out the first attack on a bus carrying students of Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University earlier on Saturday.At least...
View ArticleTwo polio workers in Swabi killed in attack
PESHAWAR: Two polio workers were killed in an attack on the polio team in Swabi on Sunday, June 16.According to sources, two polio workers were on duty in the area of Kandaro when they were attacked...
View ArticleArmed militants kill three policemen in Killa Saifullah
QUETTA: Armed militants killed three policemen in Killa Saifullah district of Balochistan on Sunday, June 16.Police sources told Dawn.com that the militants attacked a check post in Muslim Bagh area of...
View ArticleGovernment ready to hold dialogue with militants: Chaudhary Nisar
QUETTA: Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan said that the government was ready to hold a dialogue with militants to come up with a political solution of issues.Addressing a press conference...
View ArticleGunmen kidnap relatives of former Balochistan governor
QUETTA: Armed men kidnapped three relatives of former Balochistan governor Nawab Zulfiqar Magsi in Mastung district of the province on Sunday.Levies sources told Dawn.com that armed men kidnapped...
View ArticleShutter down strike observed in Quetta
QUETTA: A shutter down strike was observed in Quetta against twin suicide bombings in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan on Sunday.Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP), a Pashtun nationalist group,...
View ArticleMQM invited to join Sindh govt
KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has invited the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) to join the Sindh government.The MQM has asked for time to access the situation in Karachi as well as the views...
View ArticleCracker attack on Faisal base leaves three injured
KARACHI: Unknown miscreants fled on a motorcycle after throwing a cracker at the Faisal Base of Pakistan Air Force in Shahrah-e-Faisal.Three guards at the base recieved minor injuries in the cracker...
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