* Media forum discusses pressing issues concerning SAARC journalists By Malik Siraj Akbar CHENNAI: “We journalists believe we can change the world. We can’t,” said veteran Indian journalist Nehal Singh during a two-week long media forum, ‘The Summer Academy’, organised by the German-based International Institute of Journalism (IIJ) from April 16 till April 28. “Why […]
KASUR, April 29: A girl and two men lost their lives on Sunday while another girl was seriously injured in `honour-related’ incidents. Reports said Muhammad Salim suspected that his twin sisters – Shakeela and Nabeela (16) – were having relations, while their father Muhammad Ishaq thought they were innocent. On early Sunday morning, Salim attacked […]
MIRPUR:Police in the city of Mirpur, the commercial centre of Pakistani administrated Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), harassed the staff of the bureau of Aapna Des, a Bradford-based, Pahari-language television channel. The police wanted the channel to stop showing news reports regarding the withdrawal of official facilities provided by the government to an AJK Supreme […]
ISLAMABAD, April 28: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) Saturday took out a protest rally and staged a sit-in in front of the UN offices to observe as Black Day the coming into power of Jehadi groups in Kabul. On April 28, 1992, Jehadi forces took power in Afghanistan and unleashed a […]
MUZAFFARGARH, April 27: Mukhtar Mai, an alleged rape victim who turned women rights activist, will attend a symposium at the Johns Hopkins University, USA, on April 30. The university has arranged the 2007 foreign affairs symposium titled “From Victim to Activist: The Changing Face of Women’s Rights in Pakistan” in which Mukhtar Mai will address […]
JHELUM, April 27: The Jhelum police have rounded up Azhar Iqbal and Imran Asif, main accused in the rape case of two sisters, who have taken refuge in the Lal Masjid, police sources said. According to well-placed sources, the Civil Line police arrested Azhar Iqbal on Wednesday night soon after registration of criminal case against […]
PESHAWAR, April 27: The Awami National Party has asked the government to ban illegal FM radio stations, help find the missing people and take action against those who hurl threats at peaceful citizens. These demands were made through resolutions adopted unanimously at the meeting of the party’s provincial leaders at the Bacha Khan Markaz here […]
KARACHI, April 27: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has accused the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority of suppressing the freedom of expression and pressurising private TV channels through different tactics and demanded a new Pemra set-up with its chairman and members nominated by parliament. According to a press release, the Pakistan Federal Union […]
KARACHI, April 27: A large number of opposition members in the city council along with their party supporters assembled outside the council’s building on M.A. Jinnah Road after Friday prayers to condemn the incident of violence that took place in the house on Thursday. Holding party flags and portraits of the party chairperson, PPP workers, […]
Twenty-two-year-old Zohra registered an FIR at the Zaman Town police station against her fiancè, who repeatedly raped her over a period of 20 days. According to details from the police, a complaint was received complaint by Zohra who lives with her mother at Mohammad Ali Colony, Zaman Town. She said that whenever she was alone […]
ISLAMABAD: Under a new law husbands will be put behind bars on charges of sexually harassing their wives. Sources told The News that the Law Ministry is giving final touches to a draft legislation to be called Protection Against Domestic Violence of Women & Children (PADVWC), which is seen as the furtherance of the already […]
KASUR, April 27: A girl was raped allegedly by her uncle at Jumber Kalah village in Phool-nagar police station precinct on Friday. According to the victim’s fat-her, his brother Naseer Ahmad stayed at his home as a guest and he raped his daughter late on Thursday night. Police have registered a case. Source: Dawn Date:4/28/2007
KARACHI, April 27: Representatives of Voice of Germany on Friday paid a visit to Jamia Al-Binnoria Almia in Site, where they were taken to different departments. During the visit they also exchanged views with Chancellor of the Jamia, Mufti Muhammad Naeem, regarding propaganda in the West about madressahs and the Jamia Hafsa issue. Responding to […]
Kohat, April 28: A cable operator’s office was damaged when some people threw petrol bombs into it on Friday night. The manager of Cable World 2000 told police that two people who came on a motorcycle threw petrol bombs into the office at 8.35 pm and sped away towards east. The same office had also […]
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