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Daily Archives: March 30, 2007

Women freed after forced confession

ISLAMABAD, March 29: A confrontation between the government and hard-line religious leaders in the federal capital eased to some extent on Thursday when students of Madressah Hafsa released three kidnapped women and a six-month-old baby with a threat that they could be picked up again if their demand for release of a former Inter-Services Intelligence […]


Urdu Newsletter March 30 to 06 April, 2007-II

Summary Urdu Newsletter March 30 to 06 April, 2007 Date 3/30/2007 Download ppf newsletter-12-b.pdf


Urdu Newsletter March 30 to 06 April, 2007-I

Summary Urdu Newsletter March 30 to 06 April, 2007 Date 3/30/2007 Download ppf newsletter-12-a.pdf


Ex-nazim ‘tortured to death’ by police: PML-F procession thwarted

RAHIM YAR KHAN, March 29: A former union council nazim, arrested by police in a crackdown on Wednesday night to thwart a public meeting of former district nazim and Punjab PML-Functional president Makhdoom Ahmad Mahmood, was found dead on Thursday. While the initial autopsy report said the heart attack was the cause of Fakhar Mahmood […]


Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman award for Mushtaq Yousufi

KARACHI:Mushtaq Yousufi, renowned humorist and story writer, was awarded, the 14th Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman National Solidarity Award on the occasion of the 23rd Sardar Ali Sabri death anniversary on Thursday. The event was organised by the Sardar Ali Sabri Memorial Society in collaboration with the Jang Group of Newspapers, in recognition of his 44 years of […]


Plan to set up illegal FM Radio Station foiled

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (Pemra) spokesman on Thursday said an attempt to establish an illegal FM radio station in Islamabad has been foiled by Pemra authorities. “No illegal broadcast in any form is allowed under the Pemra law. The authority takes immediate action wherever any illegality comes to its notice,” said the spokesman […]


Govt-press relations deteriorating, says APNS

KARACHI, March 29: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) on Thursday said that government-press relations witnessed deterioration during the current year and were now less cordial than before. The annual general council meeting of the APNS said that the Ministry of Information remained indifferent to problems faced by the print media and issues relating to […]


Thrashing of teachers delays NA-26 bye-poll result

BANNU: While official count of the by-election for NA-26 Bannu was delayed following thrashing of teachers on election duty by the police, the supporters of NWFP Chief Minister Akram Durrani’s son Ziad Durrani was claiming that he has conclusively won by a huge margin. Workers of JUI-F and MMA based in the house of Chief […]


Survey on violence against women in year 2006-facts and figures

KARACHI: Women in Pakistan are continuously subjected to violence as the judiciary turns a blind eye to their plight. Traditional customs, domestic disputes are among the major reasons for violence against women. According to a survey conducted by Daily Times, the facts and figures given by Madadgar, Aurat Foundation, Gender of Justice and Women’s Trust […]