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Daily Archives: June 14, 2007

Govt urged to safeguard juvenile rights

LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged the government to keep in view the recent recommendations on juvenile justice by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child while reviewing the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance (JJSO). The HRCP has written this to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights, the […]


Woman succumbs to birth pangs at hospital gate

JAMSHORO: A pregnant woman died in the Taluka Hospital, Thano Bula Khan, on Wednesday due to the sheer negligence of doctors, sparking protest by her relatives. According to reports, 30-year-old Nooran, wife of Sooharo Pallari, resident of Thano Bula Khan, was brought to the Taluka Hospital while she was writhing about in birth pangs. Regrettably, […]


PPP files petition in SC against PEMRA Ord

ISLAMABAD: Former senator Farhatullah Babar on Wednesday filed a constitutional petition in the Supreme Court (SC), requesting that the June 4 amendments in the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulation Authority Ordinance be declared unconstitutional. Filed under Article 184(3) of the Constitution, the petition states that President Pervez Musharraf announced the withdrawal of the June 4 curbs […]


Delay in Pemra Amends Ord withdrawal challenged

ISLAMABAD – The People’s Democracy Institute of the Shaheed Bhutto Foundation filed a constitutional petition on Wednesday in the Supreme Court saying that the public announcement by General Pervez Musharraf on June 9 to withdraw the June 4 amendments to the PEMRA Ordinance had still not been implemented and it was a mere a public […]


What remains of Pemra law?

THE decision to withdraw the Pemra (Amendment) Ordinance of June 4 last can only be welcomed. The satisfactory turn of events is surely the result of the media community’s unity and steadfastness and the support it received from civil society at home and abroad. It should now be possible to take a critical look at […]


Civil rights campaigner sent to jail

KARACHI, June 13: Civil rights campaigner Syed Mohammad Iqbal Kazmi, arrested by police in cases of cheating, was remanded in judicial custody till June 16 by a judicial magistrate at the Malir Cantonment Courts on Wednesday. He was arrested by a police party at 3.30am on June 12 during a raid at his Korangi residence. […]


IFJ calls for ‘Int’l Day of Action’ against curbs on media

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) called for journalists’ organisations throughout the world to participate in the ‘International Day of Action’ this Friday, June 15, to protest the insecure situation for journalists and curbs on freedom of expression in Pakistan. It said that this year, Pakistan’s already fragile media industry had to face mounting blows: […]