On February 23rd, Washington Post published a story about Pakistan’s effort to biometrically verify ownership of SIM cards. The title of the story, Pakistanis face a deadline: Surrender fingerprints or give up cellphone, and parts of its content gave an impression as if it was an effort to collect biometric information […]
“There is a new update available for notepad++”, was the message I received this evening when I tried to edit a text file using this program. Even though, the file I wanted to edit was important, and I had no use to update to a newer version, I clicked on […]
Soon after returning from his two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Nawaz suspended four officials over the prevailing petrol crisis, including Petroleum Secretary Abid Saeed, his deputy Naeem Malik, Oil Director General CM Azam and Pakistan State Oil chief Amjad Janjua. However, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, in spite of being […]
It was Friday, third day of the horrific act of terrorism in Peshawar where terrorists had stormed a school and killed 144 people including 132 children, and I was on my way to a nearby mosque to offer Friday prayers. It was third day of the gruesome incident but people still seemed […]
Tens of thousands of people have arrived in Islamabad to take part in Tehreek-e-Insaf’s 30 November Jalsa at Islamabad’s D-Chowk. PTI chief Imran Khan is expected to announce his future course of action which he termed would shake the core of PMLN government. During the past few days, press conferences of […]
War of words broke out in KP assembly when opposition leader, Maulana Lutfur Rehman of JUI-F, used abusive language against women who take part in PTI’s sit-in against Nawaz Sharif government. “All women go there to dance in front of men”, said Lutfur Rehman. Tehreek-e-Insaf members objected to this derogatory remarks […]
Asma Shirazi, a famous anchorperson and host of current affairs show ‘Faisla Awam Ka’, becomes the latest journalist to join upcoming news channel, Bol. She joins the network as executive vice president and senior anchorperson. Just recently, she received a Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism on 23rd October 2013. She was […]
PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) is holding its Gujrat Jalsa today which is attended by a large number of people of Gujrat as well as people from adjoining cities. People have painted their faces with PTI flags and the popular anti-government slogan, Go Nawaz Go. Zahoor Elahi Stadium, the site of the rally, […]
Dr. Tahir ul Qadri, chief of Pakistan Awami Tehreek, has announced an end to his 67 days long sit-in in Islamabad. He announced holding of a two-day long sit-in in every city of Pakistan. “I announce to expand our movement to the whole country”, said Dr. Qadri while explaining his decision. […]
PEMRA has suspended license of ARY News Channel for 15 days citing orders of Lahore High Court. Earlier the authority had banned Mubashir Lucman, an anchorperson of ARY citing the same orders of Lahore High Court. Justice Mazhar Ali Naqvi, through an order on 17th October had directed PEMRA to ban […]
