Tag: Social

LAHORE - Aman Itihad held a convention at the Ali Institute on Thursday. A group of people, 'who felt a need of new social charter to ensure the dignity of the citizens,' initiated the conventions by the Aman Itihad two years ago. The key features, which were suggested for the new social charter, were presented in the convention that was opened by Rashida Dohad. IA Rehman, while talking about the 'intense, extremist and militant situation', stressed the need of a 'new social charter'.

LAHORE - With a whooping slogan to nurture a new social contact to convert the state into a genuine welfare state, a provincial convention (Punjab) in
connection with Pakistan Day under the aegis of Peace Alliance was held at Ali Institute, Ferozepur road here on Wednesday.
The convention was participated by hundreds of people hailing from far fetched areas of Punjab. In his address, Provincial Convention Irfan Mufti said that the purpose behind the gathering was to initiate

ISLAMABAD - The budgetary allocations for terrorism, soaring defence expenditure and natural disasters are the main hurdles for the failure in attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and there is a need to advance the principles of localisation of the MDGs.
These views were expressed by politicians and experts on the final day of a two-day event on 'National Conference on Monitoring the Achievements of the MDGs and Weaknesses of the Existing Budgetary Allocations',

PESHAWAR - The participants of People's Assembly and Amn Ittehad convention, held here at Archive Hall on Tuesday, agreed to work for a new social contract. KP SAFMA President Shamim Shahid was the chief guest and Rakhshinda Naz of Women Action Fourrm was its moderator while Maryam Bibi inaugurated the convention.
Ali Asghar Khan of OAKF, Sikandar Zaman and Allah Noor Afridi of SAP-PK, Gul Rehman Khan of MLF, Nazeef Khan and Idrees Kamal of Amn Tehrik, Ghani Gul Mahsud of PPP,

LAHORE - The Aman Ittehad, a group of more than 200 non-governmental organisations (NGO), organised a media briefing at the Lahore Press Club on Monday. The briefing highlighted the main and basic objectives of the New Social Contract in Pakistan. Presenting the details and need for a new social contract, Irfan Mufti, convener, Aman Ittehad Punjab, said that the economic, political and social problems and growing insecurity needs a serious redefinition of state's role and its

DASKA - A social security dispensary would be set up for the staff of Sambrial Dry Port, said Noor-ul-Haq, the employees union president, addressing a meeting.
He said all-out efforts were being made to solve the problems of the dry port workers with the cooperation of the management. General Secretary Baber Saeed also spoke on this occasion.
Saqib Cheema, Farooq Anwar, Mustansar Yousaf, Mian Riaz, Tariq Jatt, Nadeem Malik and Sheikh Imran were among those present there.

KARACHI - Social compliance requirements, for foreign buyers, has become a little difficult for manufacturers as a majority of textile industries depend on contract workers for their operations in South Asia including Pakistan, said National Projects Director Gen-Prom UNDP Maham Nasira. Addressing the seminar organised by Pakistan Readymade Garments Technical Training Institute (PRGTTI), on social compliance for foreign buyers, she said that a large number of textile units like

Former Harvard President Larry Summers says a scene from 'The Social Network' in which he's shown brushing off twin brothers who claim their idea for Facebook was stolen by a fellow student was pretty accurate. Summers was asked about it Monday at a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce luncheon. The former U.S. treasury secretary said he's been told Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss thought he wasn't nearly as nice to them as portrayed in the movie.
Summers jokingly acknowledged

PESHAWAR - Elders of a suburban village Badaber have formed Mutahidda Badaber Association to carry welfare work and to root out social evils from the area through dialogues. Awami National Party senior leader and Peshawar member national assembly Arbab Zahir administered oath from the 17-member elected office bearers of the newly formed committee.
The ceremony was held in the Hujra of Multan Khan Dogon, presided by Hameedullah Khan and attended by a large number of people from

LONDON - It's said that what swayed so many of the Academy's 6,000 members in the direction of The King's Speech came down to the question of heart. It was billed as the battle between The Social Network and The King's Speech. In the end, the night of the 83rd Academy Awards belonged not to the ultra-modern story of a nerdy billionaire with 500 million friends but to a period piece about a British monarch struggling to overcome his stammer.
The 'Social Network' picked up three

DAKAR - Some 10,000 people marched through Dakar on Sunday at the start of the annual World Social Forum, an annual leftist gathering taking place as anti-government protests sweep the Arab world. The 11th edition of the forum, an alternative to the elite World Economic Forum held in the posh Swiss ski resort of Davos last week, brings together anti-globalisation activists opposed to capitalism.
This year participants are focusing on the popular revolt spreading across northern

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LAHORE - Members of the provincial assembly (MPA) on Monday lambasted Punjab Minorities, Social Welfare and Women Development Minister Kamran Michael who miserably failed to answer questions of lawmakers during the Punjab Assembly (PA) session. Michael, replying to queries of MPAs during the question hour, repeatedly got confused and members expressed their dissatisfaction over poor answers submitted by the department.
Observing confusion of the minister, PA Speaker Rana Iqbal

LAS VEGAS - The Social Network is truly a global phenomenon.
David Fincher's origins-of-Facebook thrill fest was named Best Motion Picture, Drama, Sunday at the 68th Golden Globe Awards, topping off its Best Score, Screenplay and Director wins to make it the most triumphant honoree of the night.
Ending Mad Men's three-year reign, Boardwalk Empire was named Best Television Series, Drama, the bootlegging mobsters from Atlantic City seemingly doing the impossible by muscling

KARACHI - Engro Corporation Limited honored with civilian excellence awards and a cash prize three stalwarts in the fields of social and humanitarian services, literature and natural and applied sciences.
A prestigious and well-attended ceremony, hosted by ECL at Mohatta Palace at the weekend, marked the first Engro Excellence Awards 2011. Abdul Sattar Edhi, Dr Atta-Ur-Rehman and Mushtaq Ahmed Yousfi were declared winners of the first edition of the excellence awards for their

LAHORE - Social networking websites including Facebook and Twitter have provided a golden opportunity for companies to attract and trap customers for their vested interests, Pakistan Today has learnt. Various multinational companies are using these websites in order to convey their message using the "word of mouth" technique. Companies are arranging different type of competitions in order to compel users to urge their relatives and friends to "like" a particular brand.
According

LOS ANGELES - ere are two movies that figure in Hollywood's Oscar race, and there is good reason why "Toy Story 3" and "The Social Network" are the best-reviewed films of the year.
As 2010 draws to an end, members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who received their Oscar nomination ballots this week, will be looking at which movies earned the most stars from critics.
Aimated film "Toy Story 3" is at No 1 with critics, scoring a 99 percent rating based on