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In what appeared to be a targeted sectarian violence, three lawyers belonging to Shia sect were gunned down and another sustained severe injuries in a firing incident near the City Court in the Pakistan Chowk area of Karachi. It is vital to mention here that on Wednesday two activists of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat […]
Serving versus retired Judge I wonder what is happening as sharp differences came out into open between two respectable institutions, one comprising serving judges and the other retired ones. The two bodies, interestingly, have no difference over the core issue that the present voter lists need to be corrected in order to hold just fair […]
Morning show host Maya Khan: Chief of moral brigade Wasn’t it all about the ratings? It could be the only explanation of what Moral Aunty Brigade in the leadership of Mayan Khan did on the other day in a park. The entire drama was shown on a local TV channel. Why else would Maya Khan […]
Punjab Assembly bans musical concerts in public, private educational institutions In quite an unparallel move, the Punjab Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution demanding a ban on ‘objectionable’ musical concerts in the public and private educational institutions in the province. Seemal Kamran, the PML-Q MPA, tabled the resolution, seeking a ban on all concerts and musical […]
First Pakistani documentary-maker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy earns Oscar nomination Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, the renowned journalist and documentary maker, has become first Pakistani to earn an Oscar nomination with her film ‘Saving face’, which was named in the “Documentary-short film” category. Obaid, who has documented numerous short films, won an Emmy award, back in 2010, for her documentary, ‘Pakistan Children […]
The judicial commission, tasked to probe the infamous Memogate scandal, has given Mansoor Ijaz one final chance to appear before the panel on February 9. The Commission also said that if Mansoor Ijaz was dissatisfied with security assurances, the petition may be cancelled, while Mansoor’s statement could only be recorded abroad if both parties show […]
Ongoing drama of US-based business tycoon Mansoor Ijaz Regardless of that the American embassy in Pakistan has declined to provide Mansoor Ijaz any security; people in Pakistan are still making comments at the outrageous demand of an ordinary US-based businessman, Mansoor Ijaz. It is vital to mention here that Ijaz does not hold an adequate […]
Police recover runaway teens from Peshawar At long last, the mystery of six missing students, three boys and three girls, came to an end when police recovered them from a hotel in Peshawar, on Monday night. City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi Azhar Hameed Khokhar stated, “All the missing students have been recovered by the police […]
Contaminated cardiac medicines take 72 lives hitherto With 72 deaths have been reported thus far, the provincial government of Punjab has decided to send the drug and blood samples to laboratories abroad to investigate the mystic deaths that are being caused by a drug that was distributed free by the Punjab Institute of Cardiology. Unfortunately, […]
At long last, the Supreme Court of Pakistan fixed a date for the hearing of a decade-old petition filed by Air Marshal (Retd) Asghar Khan. After facing criticism from different circles, the apex court set February 29 as the date for the hearing of Asghar Khan’s petition in which he asked the court to punish […]
Fatima Bhutto, the renowned writer and granddaughter of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, is not impressed by and still critical of Imran Khan’s revolutionary tsunami, which seems to have swept away many a veteran politicians. The legendary figure of Bhutto family, the daughter of Murtaza Bhutto, while speaking at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Sunday made it […]
Amid a tense standoff between Pakistan’s civilian-military leadership, Attorney General Maulvi Anwar ul Haq told the Supreme Court on Friday that the government had no intentions of sacking Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Ahmed Shuja Pasha for their unconstitutional and illegal replies in the memogate case. […]
