MIRPURKHAS, May 30: A young girl has been strangulated on pretext of honour killing and buried by her elder brother and uncle without proper funeral at Mureed Lodho village in the jurisdiction of Old Mirpur police station. A murder case was lodged on Wednesday. Report said that Mohammad Shafi Lodho and his uncle Mukhtiar Lodho […]
HYDERABAD, May 30: Journalists staged protest demonstrations and held rallies in different parts of Sindh on Wednesday against the issuance of life threats to PFUJ secretary-general Mazhar Abbas, AP correspondent Zarar Khan and photographer Asif Hussain, and attack on Shakeel Turrabi, Editor-in-Chief, Sana News. Members of the press club and Hyderabad Union of Journalists demonstrated […]
SAHIWAL, May 30: A man on Wednesday strangulated his sister to death over suspicion of having illicit relations with a youth at Chak 107/9-L. Reports said Allah Ditta suspected his sister Rashida of having relations with a youth of the same village. He repeatedly reprimanded her over the issue and later detained her inside their […]
Karachi:In what is being described as a death threat, on 29 May 2007, bullets were found planted on cars belonging to three journalists in Karachi, the capital of Pakistan’s southern Sindh province. Identical envelopes, each containing a bullet for a 30-bore TT pistol, were taped on the windscreens of cars belonging to Mazhar Abbas, bureau […]
LAHORE: Outraged at threats to the life and property of journalists in Karachi and Peshawar thrown up by extremist organisations, the South Asia Media Commission (SAMC) on Wednesday urged the Pakistani authorities to protect them. Three Pakistani journalists — Mazhar Abbas, Zarar Khan and Asif – working for national and international news organisations found bullets […]
Karachi:In what is being described as a death threat, on 29 May 2007, bullets were found planted on cars belonging to three journalists in Karachi, the capital of Pakistan’s southern Sindh province. Identical envelopes, each containing a bullet for a 30-bore TT pistol, were taped on the windscreens of cars belonging to Mazhar Abbas, bureau […]
KARACHI, May 29: Tahir Mirza, the former editor of Dawn, died peacefully in his sleep at the Aga Khan University Hospital here on Tuesday afternoon. Diagnosed with cancer a year ago, he was hospitalised for treatment of complications resulting from the fatal disease since April 22. He leaves behind his wife, a son, a daughter […]
Dharki: Three unidentified armed men attacked local journalists Saino Lal, Tuesday, leaving him seriously injured. Police officials refused to lodge a case against the assailants. Soon after the incident, local journalists had a meeting and demanded that a case be registered against the attackers. Source: Daily Times/(PPI) Pakistan Press International Date:5/30/2007
LAHORE: Pakistan Television has banned a public service announcement (PSA) that aims to educate people about the cruel treatment of dancing bears in Pakistan, deeming it too graphic, according to a statement received here from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Asia-Pacific. PETA bought a prime time spot for the ad, but PTV […]
KARACHI, May 29: The United Staff Organisation (CBA), Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation on Tuesday demanded a 35 per cent increase in salary and other allowances in the next budget. The organisation in a meeting held with General Secretary Ansarul Haque in the chair expressed its concern over the soaring prices of daily use commodities stating that […]
KHAIRPUR, May 28: A man and woman were killed in Fatoo Siyal Chachar village, in the jurisdiction of Mehboob Kalhoro police station, on Sunday night on the pretext of karo-kari. Reports said that one Gulzar Chachar opened fire on his wife Mehmooda 23, and Nek Mohammad Chachar. Both of them died on the spot. Nek […]
Mirpurkhas, May 28: An unmarried girl was killed over ‘Karo-kari’ at Village Turk Ali Mari of the Taluka Hussain Bux Mari. According to details, the girl was brutally tortured to death by her relatives after terming her Kari. They buried her without performing any religious rituals. Local police, however, did not confirm the incident. Source: […]
Peshawar: Unidentified persons lobbed two hand grenades at the house of journalist Nasrullah Afridi on 26 May 2007, damaging the boundary wall and veranda. Afridi, the correspondent for the daily “Mashriq” in the tribal Khyber Agency, was publicly threatened the previous week by a leader of Lashkar-i-Islam, a militant Islamic organisation. Fortunately no one was […]
HOLDING the print and electronic media responsible for projecting Pakistan in a negative light, President Pervez Musharraf has criticised the press and TV for not reporting the “government’s achievements in the fields of economy, education, telecommunication and even human rights”. His objections sound strange, especially because in the same breath, the president was aglow over […]
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