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ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: Ambiguity in national policies, distortion of syllabus, conflict of interests among different institutions and media’s inability to educate the citizens have provided a space to radicalism and militancy in Pakistan. This was the gist of discussion during a seminar “Creating an environment that counteracts militant ideologies and radicalism in Pakistan at a […]

KARACHI, Oct 9: Five per cent bigwigs possess 64 percent of Pakistan’s farmland while 50.8 percent rural households are landless. This was stated at a workshop on ‘Status of land reforms in Pakistan’ organised by the Society for Conservation and Protection of Environment (SCOPE) in collaboration with the Sindh High Court Bar Association and the

ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to former president Pervez Musharraf over the death of Baloch rebel leader Akbar Bugti, bringing closer the former dictator’s possible release after nearly six months of house arrest. Musharraf has now been granted bail in three major cases against him, including one relating to the

PESHAWAR, Oct 7: The government has been trying to lure mediapersons into writing “positive stories” concerning polio eradication programme so as to be among the recipients of the planned Media Awards, sources say. In a meeting held last month, the National Communication Technical Committee in Islamabad decided to give awards to reporters covering polio beat

ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: At the end of a quiet lane snaking through the well-heeled Islamabad suburb of Chak Shahzad, a terracotta-coloured house modelled on a Moroccan courtyard home stands amid spreading orchards and wheat fields. It would be a restful, bucolic scene, were it not for the army of 300 policemen, paramilitary personnel, soldiers, snipers