KARACHI: Important issues of social discrimination, religious freedom, hate speech and discriminatory legislation were highlighted in a group discussion, “Protection of Minorities in Pakistan – issues, challenges and way forward” organised by the Parliamentarians Commission for Human Rights (PCHR) at a local hotel on Wednesday. M Prakash, Advocate, Minority Rights Commission, Hyderabad, said although Pakistan […]
KASUR, March 14: The government has taken measures through legislation to help women get their rights in society, Governor Khalid Maqbool said while addressing students at the Chunian Degree College for Women on Wednesday. He said the government’s measures had discouraged women’s marriage with the Holy Quran, denial to their share in inheritance and other […]
KARACHI, March 14: Sindh will get Rs7,650 million as its share for carrying out development projects in the drought-affected districts out of Rs30 billion under the Drought Recovery Assistance Programme Project (DRAP)/DERA-II, approved by Ecnec with an implementation period of 60 months. The Drought Emergency Relief Assistance/Drought Impact Mitigation and Recovery Component (DIMRC) Programme was […]
ISLAMABAD (March 15 2007): The Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education has finalised code of conduct for NGOs regulators to ensure a uniform standard of regulations for registration. The NGO sector regulators include the Ministry of Social Welfare, the Ministry of Industries, the Cooperative registrar, the Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Securities and […]
PESHAWAR, March 14: A global media watchdog accused the government on Wednesday of censoring the coverage of protests against suspension of the Chief Justice of Pakistan and withdrawing state advertisements from a leading newspaper. The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said the Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) suspended broadcasts by the private Aaj and Geo television […]
ISLAMABAD (March 15 2007): A global media watchdog condemned Pakistan government on Wednesday for allegedly censoring the coverage of protests against the sacking of the country’s chief justice. Paris-based ‘Reporters Without Borders’ said that Pakistan’s Media Regulatory Authority suspended broadcasts by the private Aaj and Geo television stations after they screened footage on Monday of […]
GUJRANWALA, March 14: Authorities cancelled on Wednesday all passes issued to local journalists for the coverage of President General Pervez Musharraf’s visit. The Information Department collected pictures, national identity cards and other documents from the local journalists one month ago and sent them to the Presidency for security clearance. A few days ago, the department […]
Karachi (PPI) – In January 2007 alone, at least 36 women were murdered across Pakistan in the name of ‘honour’, the tradition is known as karo kari. And as per law, families can escape punishment by following a few simple steps: a brother ‘confesses’ to having killed his sister. His father ‘forgives’ him, or accepts […]
SHIKARPUR, March 14: The activists of the Pirbhat Women’s Development Society took out a procession here on Wednesday to protest against gang- rape of a teenaged girl, Saira Chandio. Led by Rubina Chandio, Zarqa Lashari and others, the participants, after marching on different roads of the city, reached outside the press club where they staged […]
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