Everything you need to know about Jahangir: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Jahangir: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
London, Mar 16 (ANI): Three persons, including a former BBC security guard, have been charged for travelling to Pakistan for undergoing training in Pakistan to commit acts of terrorism abroad, in a two year terror plot.
Islamabad, Mar. 11 (ANI): Pakistan's former envoy to the US, Hussain Haqqani, implicated in the memogate scandal, has refused to return to Pakistan, saying that the government is incapable of providing him security.
New Delhi, Mar 4(ANI): Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram will respond to citizens' questions on the Union Budget 2013-14, at 8 p.m. today by joining the multiparty video conference on Google+ Hangout.
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) In an internet-based move to bring Budget 2013-14 to the people, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram will take questions on its proposals Monday on a multi-party online video conference on Google+ Hangout.
Dhaka, Feb.28 (ANI): Top Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee was sentenced to death by a Dhaka tribunal on Thursday for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
Karachi, Jan. 16 (ANI): Pakistani rights activist and former president of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Asma Jahangir has said that the timing of Supreme Court's verdict to arrest Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in rental power scam and the 'Million March' of Minhajul Quran International (MQI) chief, Dr Tahirul Qadri is not a coincidence.
Karachi, Jan. 16 (ANI): Pakistani rights activist and former president of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Asma Jahangir has said Pakistanis should start resisting undemocratic decisions.
Islamabad, Dec. 3 (ANI): Former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association has expressed surprise at the heated debate on a statement issued by the Human Rights Watch on the "judiciary muzzling its criticism in the media through contempt of court powers".
Islamabad, Nov 12 (IANS) The Pakistan Supreme Court Monday resumed hearing of the memo controversy involving President Asif Ali Zardari.
Islamabad, Nov. 2 (ANI): In a horrifying incident, a Pakistani couple killed their teenage daughter by splashing acid on her face and body after they caught her talking to a boy.
Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir), Oct.17 (ANI): The Department of Tourism in Jammu and Kashmir organised a daylong festival with an aim to provide an impetus to the tourism industry and restore the glory of old tourists spots.
Stockholm, Oct 1 (IANS) N. Ramachandran was re-elected by acclaim as the World Squash Federation (WSF) president for another four-year term at the 42nd WSF Annual General Meeting (AGM) here.
Jammu, Sep 30 (IANS) Security forces busted a Hizbul Mujaheedin terrorist hideout Sunday and recovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition meant to carry out strikes in Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
Washington, Sep 5(ANI): Wheelchair tennis player Esther Vergeer, who won her 468th match in a row with a 6-1, 6-0 win against Thailand's Sakhorn Khanthasit in Paralympic Games quarterfinals on Tuesday, is now eyeing at the world record for most successful consecutive wins any competitive sports.
London, Sep 1 (ANI): No sporting legend or player has been as dominant as Esther Vergeer, whose winning streak continues to 465 matches, and is hopeful to carry it forward by winning a medal in the London Paralympic Games.
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Sotheby's has brought out selected art from four important collections of South Asian modern and contemporary art including a cache of wooden toys crafted by the late M.F. Husain for its Sept 10 auction in New York.
Islamabad, Aug 9 (ANI): Former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Asma Jahangir has termed August 8 as yet another 'black day' in the judicial history of Pakistan after the Supreme Court issued a show-cause notice to Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) implementation case.
London, Aug 1 (ANI): The pregnant wife of a white Muslim convert has been accused of withholding information about the preparation of her husband's terrorist activities.
Washington, July 26 (IANS) An exhibition showcasing the remarkable artistic legacy of India's Mughal era opens here Saturday at the Freer/Sackler galleries, which own one of the world's greatest collections of these works.
Lahore, July 22 (ANI): The new contempt law that grants immunity to public functionaries against contempt of court can result in creating anxiety among the people, eventually leading to anarchy, former Supreme Court Bar Association president Asma Jahangir has said.
London, July 19 (ANI): Five people, who were arrested by the UK's Metropolitan police counter-terrorism command, have been charged with terrorism offences.
Lahore, July 16 (ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has denied proposing Asma Jahangir or Hussain Haroon's name to the Pakistan Peoples Party(PPP)-led government for the slot of caretaker prime minister and termed it a baseless rumour.
Islamabad, July 15 (ANI): The Pakistan interior ministry has started providing security to Asma Jahangir, after an alleged plot to assassinate the rights activist was uncovered last month.
Islamabad, July 15 (ANI): The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) are close to working out a political deal that would result both in naming a consensus caretaker prime minister and finalisation of a date for election to be held before the end of the year, sources have said.
Islamabad, July 15 (ANI): Former ambassador to the U.S., Husain Haqqani, in his reply to the Memo Commission's report, has accused the commission of conducting a "roving inquiry" and failing to ascertain facts while casting aspersions on him.
Islamabad, July 13 (IANS) The Pakistan Supreme Court clarified has that the Memo Commission did not declare Hussain Haqqani, former ambassador to the US, a traitor, reported Daily Times Friday.
Islamabad, July 13 (ANI): The Pakistan Supreme Court has clarified that the memo commission has not declared Pakistan's former ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqani a traitor.
Islamabad, July 12 (ANI): The counsel of former Pakistani envoy Husain Haqqani, who was implicated in the memo gate scandal, has claimed that her client's life is in "grave danger".
It's the season of Mangoes again??. Mango has been a part of Indian culture from the ancient times and one of the favourite fruits of every individual indeed. As an initiative of Delhi tourism to bring different varieties of mango from every corner of world at a single platform, the 24th mango festival kick started at Pitampura Delhi Haat from 6th July and will end on 8th July 2012.
Lahore, June 26 (ANI): Former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Asma Jahangir has said Raja Pervez Ashraf was not a good choice for the Pakistan prime minister's post.
Islamabad, June 16 (ANI): Human rights groups in Pakistan have condemned reported life threats to internationally acclaimed rights campaigner Asma Jahangir, according to a report.
Islamabad, June 15 (IANS) At least three people were killed and four injured in separate violent incidents in Pakistan's port city of Karachi Friday, Geo News reported.
Lahore, June 13 (ANI): Former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president and rights activist Asma Jahangir has said the Memo Commission has no authority to label anyone a 'traitor'.
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) The members of a Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group (EPG) have called for immediate Commonwealth action after renowned Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jehangir recently claimed that her country's security establishment was planning to get her killed.
Islamabad, June 9 (ANI): The Pakistan Defence Ministry has taken serious notice of allegations levelled by former Supreme Court Bar Association president and rights activist Asma Jahangir, who has alleged that the country's security establishment was plotting to assassinate her.
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Concerned over Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir's revelations that her country's security establishment was planning to get her killed, Indian human rights groups Wednesday appealed to the Pakistani government for a probe and to provide her security.
Islamabad, June 6 (ANI): Pakistan should launch an investigation into allegations that elements in the country's military and intelligence agencies have plotted to kill the prominent human rights activist Asma Jahangir, a human rights organization has said.
Lahore, June 5 (ANI): Personalities belonging to various civil society organisations and bar associations have expressed serious concern and alarm at the information leak from a highly credible source that there is serious threat to the life of Asma Jahangir, who is Pakistan's leading human rights activist and one of the most influential leaders of the bar.
Hyderabad, May 15 (IANS) "Mar ke bhi chain na paya to kidhar jayenge? (If there is no peace in death, then where will I go?" This Urdu couplet from Ibrahim Zauq aptly sums up the problem of the dead in Hyderabad.
Islamabad, April 28 (IANS) Pakistan's inexperienced team will struggle and have slim chances to defend their title of Asian squash team championship scheduled to be held next month in Kuwait, said an analyst Friday.
Dhaka, Apr 25 (Xinhua-ANI): At least five bodies were retrieved after a small ferry with dozens of passengers on board capsized in a river in Bangladesh's Kishoreganj district, some 117 km northeast of the capital Dhaka, on Wednesday morning, police said.
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Harbouring a grudge against his aunt ever since her complaint led to his mother severely beating him over Rs.50 he had borrowed, a 16-year-old boy stabbed his aunt to death with a pair of scissors as well as two other women who tried to intervene, police said Monday.
Anantnag, Apr 5 (ANI): In a bid to make farmers aware about new agricultural technologies, the Jammu and Kashmir Government's Department of Agriculture has established an agri-business centre in Larnoo-Kokernag area of Anantnag District under centrally sponsored Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY) scheme.
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) A court here has acquited five men accused of dacoity and pulled up the Delhi Police for making contradictory statements in the case.
Islamabad, Mar 30 (ANI): The Pakistan Supreme Court has granted another six weeks to the memo commission for completing its proceeding in memo scandal case.
Agartala, March 28 (IANS) In a tragic incident, a 23-year-old woman and her two-year-old child burned to death in Tripura after a family quarrel, police said Wednesday.
Islamabad, March 28 (IANS) A 10-member Pakistani Supreme Court bench would Thursday hear a petition by former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani seeking a video link facility from London for recording his statement in the Memo case, Geo News reported Wednesday.
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) A 26-year-old man was killed and two others were injured in a fight between two groups at a marriage ceremony in north Delhi, police said Sunday.
Wagah, Mar 22 (ANI): A delegation of around 205 lawyers of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (SCBAP), led by noted human rights activist Asma Jahangir, arrived at the Wagah border post here on Thursday.
Wagah, Mar 22 (ANI): A delegation of around 205 lawyers of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (SCBAP), led by noted human rights activist Asma Jahangir, arrived at the Wagah border post here on Thursday.
Geneva, Jan 26(ANI): The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has expressed concern over the "infringement of rights" of former envoy to the US, Husain Haqqani.
Islamabad, Jan 15 (ANI): Veteran civil rights activist and former president of the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association Asma Jahangir said that the judges were playing their role not as a judge but a petitioners' lawyer over the NRO case verdict.
Islamabad, Jan 15 (ANI): Veteran civil rights activist and former president of the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association Asma Jahangir said that the judges were playing their role not as a judge but a petitioners' lawyer over the NRO case verdict.
Washington, Jan 10 (ANI): American scholars from think tanks have expressed concern over former Pakistan ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani's safety over the Memo Gate scandal, urging Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in black and white to ensure that he is not 'harmed physically and that due process of law is followed'.
Islamabad, Jan 2(ANI): Asma Jahangir has stepped down as former Pakistan envoy Husain Haqqani's lawyer in the Memo gate scandal, expressing lack of confidence in the country's Supreme Court's judges and the judicial commission formed to probe the issue.
Islamabad, Dec 31(ANI): Former ambassador Husain Haqqani's counsel Asma Jahangir has said though she has accepted the Pakistan Supreme Court's decision to form a judicial commission to probe the Memo Gate scandal, she does not agree with the verdict.
Islamabad, Dec 30(ANI): Former Pakistani envoy Husain Haqqani's counsel Asma Jahangir has questioned the meeting between the Inter Services Intelligence chief Lieutenant General Ahmad Shuja Pasha and businessman Mansoor Ijaz without the permission of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
Islamabad, Dec 29(ANI): Pakistan's human rights activist Jahangir Akhtar has joined the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party.
Islamabad, Dec 20(ANI): Former Pakistan ambassador Husain Haqqani's lawyer Asma Jahangir has said Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha "should have resigned immediately" after the May 2 raid in Abbottabad that killed Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
Islamabad, Dec 2 (ANI): Leading rights lawyer and a former president of the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association, Asma Jahangir, has said she would defend the country's former Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani in the Memo Gate scandal.
Islamabad, Nov 14 (ANI): Former Advisor to Pakistan Prime Minister, Dr Israr Shah, has warned the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leaders that their ignorance towards the core party workers will create a political vacuum, which would be taken advantage of by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.
Islamabad, Oct 18 (ANI): Three out of every four terrorism suspects arrested in Punjab over the last two decades were set free by the courts, data compiled by the provincial government in Pakistan has revealed.
London, Sept 8 (ANI): Elizabeth Taylor's world-renowned jewellery collection valued at 30million dollars will be auctioned at Christie's in New York in December.
Karachi, Sept 7(ANI): Pakistan's Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jahangir has said that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) introduced extortion in Karachi.
Beijing, Sep 5(ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Zardari Bhutto reckons that it is a matter of satisfaction that Pakistan and China enjoy a complete convergence of interests on all bilateral and international issues of mutual importance.
New Delhi, Aug 18 (ANI): Aiming to strengthen bilateral ties, parliamentary delegations from India and Pakistan met in New Delhi on Wednesday to bridge the trust deficit and boost people-to-people contact between the two Asian neighbours.
New Delhi, August 11(ANI): The daughter of a dead Indian pilot has thanked a Pakistani fighter pilot for apologising after shooting down the civilian aircraft that her father was commanding over four decades ago.
Agartala, July 15 (ANI): Journalists in Tripura protested against police brutality on some of their colleagues at a recently held rally.
Islamabad, June 23(ANI): The Pakistan Supreme Court has issued notices to the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Chairman, President and 14 executives, who were paid huge amounts of money illegally from the NBP's Staff Welfare Fund as 'achievement awards'.
Islamabad, June 19(ANI): The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which is widely being seen as the prime suspect in the Saleem Shahzad murder case, has ordered an internal inquiry into the Pakistani journalist's brutal killing.
Islamabad, June 19(ANI): The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which is widely being seen as the prime suspect in the Saleem Shahzad murder case, has ordered an internal inquiry into the Pakistani journalist's brutal killing.
Islamabad, June 18(ANI): Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha can be summoned in Pakistan's apex court in the Saleem Shahzad abduction and murder case, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jahangir has said.
Karachi, May 1(ANI): Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who is set to "take up some political responsibility in September this year," will not be jumping headfirst into politics, but will first learn the workings of the party inside-out, according to PPP leaders.
Lahore, Apr 18(ANI): Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jahangir has criticized the federal government over its "poor" reaction to the murder of former Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer.
Lahore, Mar 30(ANI): Another six members of the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, including the mastermind of the March 3, 2009 deadly attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team, have been arrested, Lahore police chief Muhammad Aslam Tareen has said.
Karachi, Mar.28 (ANI): Three Pakistani people, including an Awami National Party (ANP) activist were killed in different incidents in Karachi on Sunday.
Wagah, Mar 16 (ANI): Terming India and Pakistan's exchange of views initiative or "people to people contact" as being meant for the privileged classes, Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir urged both governments to grant visas to the common people of the two countries.
Lahore, Feb 11(ANI): Pakistan's judiciary is not "independent as yet" as people are still not getting justice, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jahangir has stated.
Islamabad, Feb. 4 (ANI): Though Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has dismissed the possibility of protests similar to what is happening in some Middle Eastern capitals taking place in his country, there is a belief in the minds of many Pakistanis that the threat exists.
Islamabad, Dec 30 (ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has refused to appear before any commission set up to investigate the murders of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti.
Islamabad, Dec 1 (ANI): Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association President Asma Jahangir has denounced the stay granted by the Lahore High Court against any action leading to a presidential pardon for Christian woman Aasia Bibi, who was sentenced to death by a district judge on charges on blasphemy.
London, Nov 22(ANI): Pakistan's noted human rights activist, Asma Jahangir, has said that blasphemy laws were being misused in the country and have caused negative impressions about the country abroad.
United Nations, Nov 18 (ANI): Pakistan's noted human rights activist, Asma Jahangir, has been named as this year's winner of the Bilbao Prize- a UN award that recognizes "outstanding individual contribution to promoting the culture of human rights around the world".
Kabul, Nov.2 (ANI): Observers of the evolving situation in war-ravaged Afghanistan have concluded that so omnipresent is the fear of the Taliban, that their fighters don't even have to fire a shot to gain control of a particular area, in spite of the presence of foreign troops.
Lahore, Oct 7 (ANI): Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has apologised to his countrymen for giving a green signal to the National Reconciliation Order (NRO), and has blamed the Chaudhry brothers of misleading him on this as well as other issues.
Islamabad, July 24(ANI): Political analysts in Pakistan have warned that the three-year extension of Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani's tenure will undermine the authority of the country's parliament.
Islamabad, July 19(ANI): Pakistan's elite class, which includes the politicians, have been accused of fostering inequality in the society by not paying income tax.
Karachi, June 30 (ANI): Various aspiring bodybuilders in Karachi are taking supplements containing anabolic steroids, which are also given to cows and buffaloes, in the hope of 'extra muscles' that could be dangerous for their health.
Lahore, Mar.18 (ANI): Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarindar Singh is likely to visit Pakistan to launch his book "The Last Sun Sight" on March 25.
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): Herbal supplements such as St. John's wort, gingko biloba, garlic and even grapefruit juice may adversely affect people taking medications for heart disease.
New Delhi, Jan 29 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its monetary policy review on Friday, hiked the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 75 basis points to 5.75 percent in a bid to hold excess liquidity to combat the rising inflation. The repo and reverse repo rates remained unchanged.
Srinagar, Jan 16 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir state has plans to give a facelift to a heritage water spring in the Kashmir Valley.
London, December 20 (ANI): A man in the slums of Delhi claims he knows to do the Indian rope trick, which is popular as the "world's greatest illusion."
London, Dec. 18 (ANI): The United Nations Population Fund has estimated that 1,000 out of 5,000 victims of honour killings in the world are from Pakistan.
Islamabad, Dec. 18 (ANI): The repercussions of the Pakistan Supreme Court's verdict declaring the amnesty law as 'unconstitutional' has started showing effects with the Interior Ministry placing the names of 253 beneficiaries of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), including Interior Minister Rehman Malik on the Exit Control List (ECL).
New York, Oct.6 (ANI): A former Pakistan minister has criticized the Gilani Government for agreeing to the terms and conditions attached with the Kerry-Lugar Bill, saying the United States is trying to 'defang' the country and destroy the armed forces.
New Delhi, Sep 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today inaugurated the three-day international conference on 'Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.'
Islamabad, September 18 (ANI): Pakistani film actress Meera has been fined Rs. 3,000 by Family Court judge Shazia Khalid, after her counsel withdrew a petition seeking the dissolution of her purported marriage with Attiqur Rehman.
Lahore, Sep 17 (ANI): Increasing incidents of violence against religious minorities in Pakistan in recent months, especially Christians, and the apparent involvement of the police with extremists in perpetrating these crimes is a cause of grave concern for human right activists.
Lahore, Sep. 16 (ANI): A Christian man who was held on blasphemy charges is reported to have committed suicide in a Pakistani prison, while human rights activists are smelling foul play in his death.
