I would like to draw your attention to the inconvenience caused by VIP movements. No formal announcements are ever made about these movements, which result in disturbing people who are forced to wait for hours, even though some of them might be facing an emergency situation. People cannot reach ...

VIENTIANE  - Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said on Monday that misuse of freedom of expression was also a kind of extremism, urging the world to discourage it.Addressing the Asia Europe Meeting Summit (ASEM-9) here, the prime minister said that hate mongering should be shunned by all as ...

ISLAMABAD - Despite the ruling of superior courts, the misuse of Islamabad Orchard Scheme is still on. Sources said that the musical concerts and wedding ceremonies recently organised at a plot on Orchard Road, not only gave way to traffic jam but also irked the residents of the area. When ...

Rabia Imran, daughter of the Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Shraif, was seen on CCTV video footage recently when she was very annoyed at a local bakery. She arrived at the bakery at 12midnight, on seeing that the bakery was partially closed, she asked her driver to barge in, and he managed to open ...

President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the Government was determined not to permit anyone to misuse blasphemy law against minorities or any other vulnerable section of the society and was also vigorously promoting interfaith harmony. This he said during his meeting with Father Robert McCulloch, ...

The Supreme Court on Friday resumed hearing the case of the Inter Services Intelligence’s (ISI) alleged misuse of secret funds in reference to a petition filed by Tehrik-i-Istiqlal chief Air Martial (retd) Asghar Khan.According to a private television channel, a three-judge bench comprising ...

SARGODHA - Eight prayer leaders were booked here for breaching the Amplifier Act across the district. As per detail, the prayers leaders were booked in Satellite Town, Urban area, Karana, Shah Nikdar and Sahiwal areas. They were identified as Jamia Mosque Khateeb Moulvi M Ramzan, Jamia Mosque Nawab ...

CHINIOT - Government employees including police officials as well as civilians are reportedly using blue flashing lights and green number plates on their private vehicles here. The Federal and Punjab govt employees move in their vehicles equipped with such lights and officials number plates to ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday assured the nation that no amendment in the blasphemy laws would be made but at the same time made it loud and clear that his government would not let any one misuse these laws. Addressing Ulema and Mashaikh Conference here at National ...

ISLAMABAD - In a bid to discourage the act of bribery and misuse of authority in the police department, two Assistant Sub-Inspectors were suspended in the Rural Zone of Islamabad police, sources informed TheNaton. Sources said that ASI Aurganzeb of Sihalla Police Station received Rs 100,000 bribe ...

KARACHI - Train operations in Karachi Division were severely affected as nearly Rs2 billion allocation for the rehabilitation of 36 ageing locomotives was allegedly misused. A source, privy to the situation, on condition of anonymity told TheNation here on Thursday that half of the allocation for ...