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Five housing societies served notices

By: Fareiha Rehman | October 31, 2010

ISLAMABAD Federal Environment Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) has served summon notices on five housing societies of E/11 sector for discharging effluent and sewage into fresh stream of F 11/3. It has ...

Lal Masjid, Jamia Hafsa students hold protest rally

By: Fareiha Rehman | October 03, 2010

ISLAMABAD The students of the Jamia Hafsa, Lal Masjid and tutors once again appeared on scene on Saturday morning against US federal court verdict sentencing Dr Aafia Siddiqui to 86 years in jail ...

Judicial Commission seeks report on 7 missing persons

By: Fareiha Rehman | October 02, 2010

ISLAMABAD Judicial Commission established for recovery of the missing persons on Friday during a high level hearing directed Joint Investigation Team to submit its final report on seven missing ...

Heirs of missing girl fail to get FIR registered

By: Fareiha Rehman | September 29, 2010

ISLAMABAD Despite a month long extensive efforts, the hapless family of the minor girl Zainab Bibi who went missing from her masters home on 28th August this year, her family members have not yet ...

Police resort to baton-charge on protesters

By: Fareiha Rehman | September 24, 2010

ISLAMABAD On the occasion of Dr Aafia Siddiquis hearing in the US on Thursday, despite police baton charge a large number of people from diverse sectors gathered at Aabpara Market and walked ...

Youth Ministry's helplines out of order

By: Fareiha Rehman | September 20, 2010

ISLAMABAD - Helplines of the Youth Affairs Ministry established with a purpose to facilitate youngsters as well asF general public regarding Ministrys programmes have been out of order since long ...

Environment impact assessment underway

By: Fareiha Rehman | September 05, 2010

ISLAMABAD Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) of the mega project of Benazir Bhutto (New Islamabad) International Airport, Islamabad is underway that would be submitted on directions of the Pakistan ...

Motorboating in Rawal Lake banned

By: Fareiha Rehman | September 01, 2010

ISLAMABAD A meeting of the concerned stakeholders held under the chair of Cabinet Division Secretary on Tuesday and came up with a decision of imposing bane on use of motorboats at Rawal Lack to ...

Environment Ministry to set up advisory board

By: Fareiha Rehman | August 29, 2010

ISLAMABAD Ministry of Environment is planning to establish an advisory board with a view to consult on important matters and issues pertaining to environment, it was learnt. According to official ...

Floods devastated 131 villages in Rajanpur: Report

By: Fareiha Rehman | August 27, 2010

ISLAMABAD - Flash floods caused by hill torrents in Rajanpur District in last we-ek of July, devastated at least 131 villages leaving around 15,055 people homeless and 162,000 acres of cotton fields ...

Notice served on Margalla stone crushers

By: Fareiha Rehman | August 19, 2010

ISLAMABAD Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (PAK-EPA), an attached department of the Ministry of Environment, has served notices on owners of 11 stone crushing machines installed at Margalla ...

Recovery of missing persons demanded

By: Fareiha Rehman | August 10, 2010

ISLAMABAD The relatives of the disappeared, who are continuously facing emotional, social, psychological and financial problems and at the same time they are being ignored by the quarters concerned, ...

Youth Ministry fails to establish 100 YACs

By: Fareiha Rehman | August 07, 2010

ISLAMABAD The Youth Affairs Ministry has so far failed to establish the 100 Youth Activity Centres, in the less developed areas of the country, that have been in prospect since the past two years. ...

Youth Parliament PM, 5 members among victims

By: Fareiha Rehman | July 29, 2010

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Youth Parliament along with its five members were among those killed in the place crash. All the members of the Youth Parliament were under 30 years of age and were active ...

'Govt not serious about missing persons'

By: Fareiha Rehman | July 20, 2010

ISALMABAD With scary thoughts coming to their minds evoking tears, the mothers, wives, and children of the missing persons have learnt that the current government has no interest in the problems of ...

Easy access to information urged

By: Fareiha Rehman | July 17, 2010

ISLAMABAD Realising the fact that Pakistans 2002 Freedom of Information Ordinance is quoted world over as an example of a bad law, participants on Friday during a consultation meeting on ...

Lotus Lake disappears in jungle

By: Fareiha Rehman | July 13, 2010

ISLAMABAD Surrounded by lush green trees and covered with lotus plants and flowers, the Lotus Lake, on the foot of Shakarparian, used to captivate the visitors in its serene magic but now the place ...

Media, civil society observe Black Day

By: Fareiha Rehman | July 11, 2010

ISLAMABAD Office bearers of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), All Pakistan Photojournalists Association (APPA) and various government and non-governmental departments on Saturday ...

900,000 abortions a year, most of them unsafe

By: Fareiha Rehman | July 10, 2010

ISLAMABAD Whereas unplanned pregnancies are on the rise in Pakistan, the country is also suffering from high abortion rate, as every year there are about 900,000 abortions, and most of them are ...

Disabled youth to get preference in NIP

By: Fareiha Rehman | July 08, 2010

ISALMABAD Taking action on TheNations story, the Ministry of Youth Affairs on Wednesday issued special directives to the concerned department for giving priority to the disabled and deserving ...

Environment Ministry in a fix

By: Fareiha Rehman | July 07, 2010

ISLAMABAD Some recommendations devised in the 18th Amendment would deprive the Ministry of Environment of certain powers causing uncertainty and insecurity among its employees with regard to ...

Flop rally pleads for Pak-India peace

By: Fareiha Rehman | June 29, 2010

ISLAMABAD The so-called supporters of 'peace with India could not gather more than 15 'civil society activists here on Monday in a tiny rally that focussed on establishing good relation between ...

SC directs for immediate action

By: Fareiha Rehman | June 12, 2010

ISLAMABAD The Supreme Court on Friday while hearing the case after taking suo moto notice against the trafficking of children from Pakistan to UAE for camel race, directed the authorities concerned ...

Monitoring of brick kilns near airport completed

By: Fareiha Rehman | June 07, 2010

ISLAMABAD Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA), an attached department of the Ministry of Environment has completed monitoring of smoke emitting brick kilns surrounding the Benazir ...

No strategy to handle pollution issue

By: Fareiha Rehman | June 06, 2010

ISLAMABAD - Ignoring the alarming increase in pollution, especially air and water pollution, and demands of the masses for a strategy to cope with the issue, the Federal Government, in its budget, ...

'11 go missing from Adiala Jail'

By: Fareiha Rehman | June 03, 2010

ISLAMABAD Defence of Human Rights Pakistan (DHRP) on Tuesday expressed grave concerns over the alleged abduction of eleven prisoners by law enforcement agencies from Adiala Jail and urged the ...

SC moved against Mush, others

By: Fareiha Rehman | June 02, 2010

ISLAMABAD A petition seeking action against former president General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf and his accomplices for imposing emergency on 3rd November 2007 was filed in the Supreme Court on ...

Smoke-emitting brick kilns under observation

By: Fareiha Rehman | May 31, 2010

ISLAMBAD Ministry of Environment is in the process of monitoring smoke emitting brick kilns near Benazir Bhutto International Airport, causing air pollution and affecting visibility of the ...

Boating activities banned in Khanpur Dam

By: Fareiha Rehman | May 27, 2010

ISLAMABAD The Ministry of Environment has recently taken action against boating activities at the Khanpur Dam aimed at preserving water quality despite its failure to ban boats plying at the Rawal ...

SC summons KP minister for abducting girl

By: Fareiha Rehman | May 27, 2010

ISLAMABAD The Supreme Court on Wednesday took strong exception to the so-called reconciliation between influential sitting provincial minister Nisar Gul and the family of abducted Nabila, ...

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