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Women find no respite from torture in police custody: WPF presentation

Torture and ill treatment of women in police stations has become a routine and more than 70 per cent of the women detained at...

Two accused men flee from police custody

T wo accused men escaped from the Mumtaz Colony police post of the ‘A’ Section police station, following which two policemen were arrested and...

Three-day anti-polio drive in coastal areas from today

A three-day anti-polio campaign would be launched from Monday (today) in the coastal villages of the province, said Sindh Health Minister Sagheer Ahmed. “The campaign...

JUI-F ‘shies away’ from Afghan peace process

As the High Peace Council set up by Afghan President Hamid Karzai is seeking a negotiated end to the decades of violence in the...

Rangers called back from Nara Canal command area

In another incident involving highhandedness from the Pakistan Rangers personnel, the Qasim Rangers authorities have called back troops and leave the control of Nara...

207 inmates released from Camp Jail

Two hundred and seven prisoners were released from the Lahore Camp Jail on Saturday on the directives of Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice...

KESC claims 40 staffers kidnapped from SITE, lineman injured...

The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has decided to shut down the SITE power plant after around 40 of its staff members working at...

Govt borrows another Rs180.359b from banks

The funds-starved federal government Wednesday borrowed over Rs180.359 billion more from the commercial banks to finance its ever-increasing budgetary needs. The government’s budgetary borrowings...

National Netball Championship from 16th

Pakistan Netball Federation (PNF) Secretary Mudassar Arain announced that the Khyber PK Netball Association would organise the 10th National Men’s Netball Championship 2011 from...

MTFA Futsal Tournament from today

Inter-MTFA Futsal Tournament will be organised by Model Town Football Academy from June 16 to 19 and then from June 23 to 26 at...

ANP ends boycott; to join assembly sessions from Monday

The Awami National Party (ANP)-Sindh on Saturday decided to end its boycott of ongoing budget sessions of Senate, National and Sindh Assembly and the...

Govt to increase power tariff by two percent from June 1

The government has decided in principle to increase power tariff by two percent from June 01 and by virtue of this enhancement power tariff...

Colin Firth adds honour from Queen to Oscar

‘King’s Speech’ actor Colin Firth was awarded an honour by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth on Saturday, joining more than 900 people from all walks of...

‘Indian demands from Pakistan on 26/11 realistic’

India’s demand that Pakistan should do more to bring the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attacks to justice is not an “unrealistic” one, Indian...

Punjab Karate from 11th

The 18th Punjab Karate Boys and Girls Championship will be held from June 11 to 12 at Faisalabad. According to secretary PKA Bashir Butt,...

Khosa wants businesses protected from rallies on The Mall

Punjab Governor Latif Khosa on Tuesday said though peaceful protest was people’s democratic right, yet the administration must ensure smooth traffic flow and business...

Transport package for BPS-20 from July 1

Federal government officials in grade 20 and above would be offered transport monetisation packages for giving up their chauffeur driven cars in the range...