PESHAWAR, June 19: The women voters are taking almost no interest in the voters’ lists displayed at the centres established by the Election Commission of Pakistan in different parts of the provincial capital, a non-governmental organisation has claimed. The organisation – Association for Creation of Employment (ACE) – has launched a voters’ awareness programme during […]
LARKANA, June 19: Accusing Dokri Taluka Nazim Shafqat Unnar of massive corruption, nine of the 13 members of the Dokri taluka council have said that they will move a no-confidence motion against him. Talking to journalists here on Tuesday, Taluka Naib Nazim Bashir Ahmed Junejo, Imdad Ali Joyo, Zarina Soomro and others alleged that the […]
HYDERABAD, June 19: Justice Amir Hani Muslim of the Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Tuesday paid a surprise visit to juvenile and women’s prisons and directed superintendent of central jail to produce a 10-year-old juvenile offender, a co-accused in his father’s murder case, in the high court on Wednesday. The judge […]
LAHORE, June 19: No Pakistani or any other country’s child has been participating in any camel race in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since the imposition of a ban by the Emirates on child jockeys two years ago. “Now robot jockeys have taken their place,” Maj Ibrahim, UAE social support centre interior ministry official, told […]
Taxila, June 19: A man shot dead his daughter in the name of honour in Jundo village, the Taxila police told Dawn on Tuesday. The victim, Zaibun Nisa, had married Yaqoob of the same village of her own will three years ago and shifted to some unknown place. On Monday, when Zaibun Nisa revisited Jundo […]
ISLAMABAD: Response to a media campaign based on interactive questions initiated by the Ministry of women Development recently shows that majority of the people rejected discrimination against women in education, property and marriage-related issues. The campaign titled ‘Agahi Zaroori Hai’ was launched under the project of “Community campaign to prevent violence against women including media,” […]
June 17, 2007, was bad day for journalists in Pakistan as one was shot dead and another was arrested by the law enforcement agencies and has been missing since then. His whereabouts are not known and his parents fear that he has been killed by the military. According to the reports received, Mr. Abdul Lateef […]
Says Pakistan not going soft in war on terror WASHINGTON: Foreign Minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri said on Tuesday that Britain should not be surprised by the violent reaction in the Muslim world to the knighthood awarded to writer Salman Rushdie. Foreign Minister Kasuri, in Washington to meet the top administration officials and lawmakers, said Britain […]
KARACHI (June 20 2007): A comprehensive consultation programme for ‘Developing Mechanism’ for the implementation of National Plan of Action (NPA) for Children was held at a local hotel here on Tuesday by the Provincial Commission for Child Welfare and Development (PCCWD). During consultations, speakers Abdul Qadir Magsi, Secretary, Social Welfare Culture and Tourism, Qurban Ali […]
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