KARACHI: Municipal Commissioner DMC East Faheem Khan Friday said that no negligence be shown in payment of dues to ex-employees and to heirs of those former staffers who died in the line of duty. Faheem said this while addressing a meeting of concerned officials after assuming charge of his office here, said a statement. The […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Friday congratulated working journalists over the passage of Journalist Protection Act ( JPA) from the the Senate. In a tweet, he said the law would, for the first time, give working journalists the same rights as journalist community enjoyed in highly developed societies. The minister […]
Read MoreKARACHI: Veteran journalist and former Bureau Chief of Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Karachi, Masood Sattar died in a road accident here on Friday in the age of 68. According to his family members, the deceased succumbed to his injuries he received after being hit by a rickshaw at Drigh Road. He was rushed to […]
Read MoreKARACHI: Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi Literary Committee (Fiction) unveiled the first legendary collection of Mutaraba Sheikh “Manaat” here on Friday. Chairman Literary Committee (Fiction) Akhlaq Ahmed presided over the event while the special guests were Tanveer Anjum and Zeb Azkar. Among those who shared their views were Naghmana Sheikh, Rehman Nishat, and Mutaraba Sheikh. […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Police in their crackdown against liquor and drugs rounded up six persons from different areas and recovered 2055 grams charas, 25 liters liquor and other items from their possession. According to the police spokesman, Murree police held a drug peddler namely Tariq Sabir and recovered 1500 grams charas from his possession. In […]
Read MoreKARACHI: The 18th Westbury Ranking Tennis Championships will commence from Saturday, November 20th at Synthetic Hard Courts of DA Creek Club. The sponsor of the annual STA circuit event is Westbury Group, according to STA Senior Vice President Muhammad Khalid Rehmani on Friday. Karachi Tennis Association was organizing the event under the auspices of Sindh […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The prices of various food items went down during the week ending on November 18 as compared to the previous week, according to the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) Friday. According to the data, the food commodities that witnessed decrease in prices on Week-on-Week (WoW) basis included […]
Read MoreYoung people are nearly 50 per cent more likely than older people to believe that the world is becoming a better place with each generation, according to the results of a landmark intergenerational poll. The international survey was conducted by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Gallup, the global analytics and advice firm, and has […]
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