The Supreme Court on Monday accepted interim bail of former Federal Minister Sardar Muhammad Rind in a kidnapping for ransom case. A three-member bench of the SC headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary heard the appeal filed by opposition leader in the Balochistan Assembly, Yar Muhammad Rind and granted the bail against the security […]
Nov 5 2012 | Posted in
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Malik Siraj Akbar sees a very bleak future for Balochistan and its people unless the Establishment allows a political settlement of the conflict. The US-based Malik Siraj Akbar, who is an ambitious young Pakistani journalist, has been actively highlighting the issue of Balochistan across the globe. He is a Contributing Writer at the […]
Malik Siraj Akbar sees a very bleak future for Balochistan and its people unless the Establishment allows a political settlement of the conflict. Akbar, who is currently residing in the United States, is an ambitious Pakistani journalist and has been actively highlighting the Balochistan issue across the globe. He is a Contributing Writer […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday has said that its verdict of 12th of this month on Balochistan government stays intact, directing to take urgent steps for the early recovery of missing persons. A two-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary resumed hearing of the case pertaining to […]
In order to establish a transparent justice system, President Asif Ali Zardari has directed the Sindh government to work on a legislation that ensures better protection for witnesses. The president while presiding over a law and order meeting at Sindh Chief Minister’s House was briefed on the law and order situation of the city by […]
Nov 2 2012 | Posted in
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In quite another comic statement, Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Aslam Raisani on Thursday said that he will give prize money of Rupees 10 to anyone who suspends him from Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). Addressing a press conference in Islamabad Thursday, the chief minister said that no one could revoke his membership of the party. Commenting […]
Nov 2 2012 | Posted in
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Expressing concerns over the deteriorating law and order situation in Balochistan, the Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a report from the federal government on how the Balochistan government was still operating despite the October 12 interim order. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary resumed the hearing of […]
Reiterating the government’s resolve to make Pakistan polio-free country, President Asif Ali Zardari said all efforts would be made for the complete eradication of the viral disease from the country. The president also directed health authorities to follow innovative strategies in reaching out to those parts of the populace that were still serving as reservoirs […]
Oct 31 2012 | Posted in
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Apparently, the reason for not making public the poverty data is that the country’s abject poverty stood at 24 per cent when the last such report came in 2007-08 and nine per cent more people were pushed below the poverty line during the period the Pakistan People’s Party has been in power. A district-wise study […]
Oct 29 2012 | Posted in
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The ‘Feminization of Poverty’ can be defined as the increase in proportion and what an Islamic state is where every day passing is pushing the populace to more disgusting situation than a day earlier. Here, less than one per cent of the people have stashed around $100 billion of their ill-gotten money in foreign banks […]
Oct 29 2012 | Posted in
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Polio stood more less reduced to the brinks of total elimination across the world a couple of years ago but some cases used to be occasionally reported in four countries, India, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the virus could not be completely eradicated. Still the number of polio patients never exceeded to the degree of […]
Oct 29 2012 | Posted in
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The subject might not feature prominently in the news anymore but the effects of the devastating floods of last year carry on, unnoticed by the mainstream media. The news-item based media, in its limited concentration span, frames incidents and events on a discrete timeline, as if they were over and done with instantaneously. But here […]
Oct 28 2012 | Posted in
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