Urdu Newsletter June 15 To 22, 2007-II
Summary Urdu Newsletter June 15 To 22, 2007-II Date 6/22/2007 Download ppf newsletter no 23-ii.pdf
Daily Archives: June 22, 2007
Urdu Newsletter June 15 To 22, 2007-I
Summary Urdu Newsletter June 15 To 22, 2007-I Date 6/22/2007 Download ppf newsletter no 23-i.pdf
Niaz asks taluka nazims to hold open courts
Sukkur: District Nazim Khairpur, Syed Niaz Hussain Shah has directed the Taluka Nazims of the district to hold regular open Kutcheries (Meeting) in their respective areas, at least once in a week, to resolve the grivances of the people. Syed Niaz Hussain Shah further said that problems of the people were brought to his notice […]
PESHAWAR: SC orders police to find woman and her five children
PESHAWAR, June 21: The Supreme Court has ordered the NWFP police to search for a woman and her five children who had been allegedly abducted when her husband was in prison. In a human rights case a few days ago, Justice Sardar Mohammad Raza Khan of the Supreme Court had directed the NWFP provincial police […]
4 percent of Sindh’s women die during pregnancy or delivery
KARACHI: Sindh has a four percent mortality rate in women during pregnancy mainly because there are not enough doctors, the Sindh government told the provincial assembly Thursday. Provincial minister for health Syed Sardar Ahmed provided this information while responding to a supplementary question during question hour on the health department. He said that the government […]
Honour Killing in Sheikhupura
Sheikhupura June 21: A man strangled his niece to death in Imamia Colony for honour. Muhammad Nabi reportedly saw the girl in an objectionable condition with a youth and strangled her to death. Ferozewala police have registered a case. Source: Dawn Date:6/22/2007
Woman MPA suspended
LAHORE, June 21: Punjab Assembly Speaker Afzal Sahi on Thursday suspended a woman treasury member, Zeenat Khan, for three days for showing `disorderly behaviour’, asking her to leave the House immediately. As the House was aggressively discussing Salman Rushdie issue and Benazir Bhutto’s statement, MPA Zeenat Khan reached the opposition benches from behind and tried […]
Woman was stoned to death, court told
MARDAN, June 21: A woman of Shahbaz Garhi, who had earlier been pronounced dead due to natural cause, had been stoned to death in the name of honour by her husband, father and a brother, a court was told here on Thursday. The woman’s father, Sarwar Khan, and husband, Wajid, admitted before a local court […]
Murdered journalist had received death threats over his reporting
Reporters Without Borders has voiced revulsion at the murder of Noor Ahmed Solangi, a correspondent for the Sindhi-language newspaper “Khabroon” in Kingri, Sindh province. Complete story-Ahmed Solangi, 34, died in a hail of nine bullets after he was ambushed by six people on motorbikes armed with Kalashnikovs, who shot him at point blank range as […]
Broadcaster remembered
KARACHI, June 21: Speakers at a programme at the Arts Council paid glowing tributes to Syed Moinuddin Shah, renowned broadcaster, poet and publisher, here on Thursday. Syed Moinuddin Shah is known as one of the pioneers at the Radio Pakistan, a veteran broadcaster at the BBC Urdu Service in London and the publisher of London-based […]
MPAs, journalists protest over Rushdie issue: Budget debate ends
LAHORE, June 20: Members from both treasury and opposition benches on Wednesday joined hands with journalists to hold a protest demonstration against the award of knighthood to Salman Rushdie by the British government. Shahnaz Saleem of the PML-N was commenting on the budget estimates for 2007-08 when Speaker Afzal Sahi interrupted her to read out […]
Prayer leader held for blasphemy
KASUR, June 21: A prayer leader allegedly committed blasphemy and distributed literature containing blasphemous remarks in Chak 65, Kot Radha Kishan, on Thursday. Abdul Aleem allegedly distributed pamphlets in the area which annoyed the villagers. Later, some villagers visited him to confirm whether he had distributed the literature. The accused reportedly owned the literature. The […]
IFJ demands release of kidnapped journalist Latif Khosa
Karachi, June 21 (PPI): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has written to the Pakistan government demanding immediate action to ensure the safe release of abducted journalist Latif Khosa. According to local reports Khosa, from the Urdu-language daily Jang, has been held by the army since his June 17 arrest, an IFJ release said Thursday. […]
Video shop owners asked to wind up business
PESHAWAR, June 21: Owners of two more leading video shops here have been warned of dire consequences unless they wind up the sale of video compact discs (VCDs) within two months. Letters were sent anonymously through postal system to Shabana Videos and Bilal CD Shop in Nishtarabad on Tuesday. Terming video centres ‘dens of obscenity […]
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