July 27, 2011

KUJ-D elections

Karachi: Aamir Latif and Naeem Tahir have been elected unopposed as president and secretary of Karachi Union of Journalists-Dastoori (KUJ-D) for 2011-12. Two vice presidents, Raja Kamran and Tariq Aslam,

Remembering news reader Abdus Salam

ABDUS SALAM was one and the last of the five legendary Urdu news readers of Radio Pakistan. Others included Shakeel Ahmed, Anwar Behzad, Warasat Mirza and Shamim Ejaz. Born in

Govt-brokered deal ends KESC-union standoff

By: Shamim ur Rahman KARACHI: Employees of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) called off their three-month protest against the company’s lay-off policy after the government brokered an agreement amid

Pakistan vulnerable to another disaster: Oxfam

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has failed to invest in prevention measures since last year`s floods that killed 1,750 people and is vulnerable to another disaster this monsoon season, Oxfam said on Tuesday.

Bug in Nadra halts issuance of new CNICs

By: Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of thousands of applicants have been unable to get their Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs) for the last one month due to a technical

Girl killed for honour

LARKANA: A man killed his teenaged sister on the pretext of Karo-Kari (honour kiiling) in the limits of Mahotta Police Station in the wee hour of Tuesday. As per deta8ils,

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