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Monthly Archives: February 2007

Representation of women in trade bodies to be increased

PESHAWAR, Feb 27: Women entrepreneurs will get maximum representation in national and local chambers and trade bodies to be licensed under the Trade Organisations Ordinance, 2006. Officials involved in formulating the new ordinance, which will replace the Trade Organizations Ordinance, 1961, said the new legislation, for the first time, offered greater representation to women. Under […]


Police hunt men seeking girl to clear poker debt

KARACHI: Police are seeking 10 men, including several tribal elders, accused of pressuring a woman to hand over her teenage daughter as payment for a 16-year-old poker debt, officials said on Tuesday. In the latest case highlighting how customs threaten women’s rights in Pakistan, Nooran Umrani alleged that despite paying off her late husband’s debt […]


SPARC condemns human trafficking

KARACHI: The act of pawning underage girls by their parents in interior Sindh was condemned by the Society for Protection of Rights of Child (SPARC), on Tuesday. In a statement issued by Akhtar Hussain Baloch, Regional Manager, Sindh SPARC, it was learnt that many children have suffered and lost their childhood at the hands of […]


Workshop in Liaquatpur On Press Clubs: Establishment and the role of media

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Date: February 26 to 28, 2007 Location: Liaquatpur , District Rahim Yar Khan Press is the fourth pillar of state and journalists play a vital role for bringing change to any society. They are often compared to troopers at war, constantly on their toes to catch the latest news. Due to their professional responsibilities, they […]


Landhi Town nazim resigns

KARACHI, Feb 27: The Town Nazim Landhi has resigned from his post citing health reasons. A statement issued from the MQM headquarters on Tuesday stated “Nazim Landhi Town Muhammad Ismail Qureshi belonging to Haq Parast group has resigned from his post due to ill-health and pressing personal engagements.” Talking to Dawn, Mr Qureshi confirmed his […]


SC rejects bail plea of accused in Karo-Kari case

KHAIRPUR: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bail application of a double murder accused. The accused, Noor Mustafa Shar, had allegedly killed Fahmida Shar, a college student, and Noor alias Ghulam Nabi Shar, an Army Jawan, over Karo-Kari in the Thari Mirwah police limits. The lovebirds had left their houses for court marriage, fearing […]


Girl sold or thuggery committed?

JAMSHORO: A teenaged girl who was sold to an old man escaped from his house on Tuesday in Moro city in what police said was an incident of thuggery. According to reports, Ghaffar sold his 16-year-old daughter, Saima, for Rs 65,000 to his neighbour, 70-year-old Bashir Ahmed Leghari, resident of the Fruit Market, a few […]


Women protection law needs interpretation: Age of puberty not determined, observes LHC

LAHORE, Feb 27: Observing that some provisions of the Women Protection Act 2007 required interpretation, the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday sought assistance on a law point whether a girl aged under 16 could exercise her free will to marry someone after the enforcement of the law. The court raised the point when Chiniot […]


Four booked for kidnapping

JAMSHORO: Four people were booked in the kidnapping case of a woman and her son here on Monday. Manzoor and three others were booked under Section 363 of the PPC for kidnapping Janat Khatoon and her four-year-old son Siraj Ahmed Deepar some 35 days ago from the Mehar area. Police registered an FIR after a […]


Body remains unidentified

KARACHI: The headless body of a young girl found on Sunday within the Preedy Police Station limits so far remains unidentified. According to the medical reports, the Investigation Officer (IO) and the Inspector Rana Muhammad Aslam stated that the girl was initially made unconscious (possibly by drugs) and then raped. He further said that the […]


Rapist gets 4 years RI

KARACHI, Feb 27: The court of additional district and sessions judge South, Sherbano Karim, sentenced a rapist Sarfaraz son of Amir Bukhsh to four years rigorous imprisonment. The court also imposed a fine of Rs10,000 on him, who would have to undergo an additional six month imprisonment if he failed to pay the fine. Sarfaraz […]


Wife’s kidney seller taken into custody

BAHAWALPUR, Feb 27: Police on Tuesday arrested a man who allegedly got a kidney of his wife removed after she was hospitalised following a miscarriage. According to complainant Samia Bibi, she went through the trauma of the miscarriage during her first pregnancy because of the physical torture by her husband Shakeel. After her recovery, she […]


Petition for TV licence cancellation admitted

LAHORE, Feb 26: A full bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday admitted a constitutional petition seeking cancellation of Geo TV network’s licence. Filed by Mubarik Ali Chaudhry, chairman of the Awami Hamayat Tehrik, Pakistan, the petition has also sought a ban on the network transmissions for telecasting a programme which, according to him, […]


Media varsity to be set up in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani has said a media university proposed to be established in Islamabad would be the first-ever university of international standards in the Muslim world as well as in the South Asian region. “The university would not only cater for the growing needs of trained media professionals, […]