Karachi:A man registered a case against his wife for having an abortion. A case was reported at the Defense police station of Isqat-i-Janian. Umer Farooq, a resident of fifth South Street, Phase-II, DHA, said that a few years ago he married Kosh Bakht Omer. Previously during their wedlock, she gave birth to twin girls and […]
A man was beaten by pedestrians as he was teasing a woman in Baloch Colony police limits on Monday. Ms Sarwary Begum, a resident of Manzoor Colony said that she was residing with her family in the above-mentioned area for the past several years. As she fell ill, she went to a clinic for medical […]
KARACHI, July 30: Alleged gang-rape victim Kainat Soomro had married a youth of her free will earlier this year and a case has been lodged by her father against her husband Ahsan Thebo, his father and other relatives and friends out of vengeance, a non-governmental organisation claimed here on Monday. Advocate Mujahid Ali Shah told […]
KHAIRPUR, July 30: A woman was killed by her brother-in-law on suspicion of ‘bad character’. Bhagul, 40, wife of Mohammad Safar Bhangwar, was murdered by Qurban Bhangar in Panjal Bhangwar village in the jurisdiction of Faiz Mohammad Bando police station in the katcha area on Monday. Reports said that Qurban opened fire with pistol at […]
UPPER DIR, July 30: The future of hundreds of students is in jeopardy as classes in the government-run degree college for girls here cannot be started in time for the upcoming academic session due to delay in the construction of its buildings. The construction of the college buildings was supposed to be completed by June […]
KARACHI, July 29: At least 62 per cent of the children engaged in domestic jobs are girls, shows a study conducted recently by a local NGO under its rapid assessment project covering Islamabad and the four provincial capitals. Based on selected localities and surveying 2,492 households, the study reveals that every fourth households in the […]
ISLAMABAD-The government will establish a National Press Club with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities at par with the international standards. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani announced this on Monday revealing that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has already approved 6-canal land for the proposed Press Club with latest facilities. “The building would also […]
LAHORE: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in collaboration with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has proposed safety guidelines for local media persons. The country has been declared one of the most dangerous of working places for journalists in the world due to its vicinity to war-torn Afghanistan and due to the ongoing […]
RAWALPINDI, July 29: Special Judicial Magistrate Ahmed Masood Janjua on Saturday handed down 12 months imprisonment to a convict in six different cases of fraud and money extortion. The convict, Kursheed Ahmed, was awarded two-month imprisonment in each of the six cases and in every case he would have to pay Rs2,000 in fine. Mr […]
The Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan seeks the toughening of laws for the suppression of swara, vani and child marriage in general. However, is the increase of the period of imprisonment to six months and the fine to Rs25,000 the “harsher punishment” the commission has in mind? Swara is practiced in NWFP and the […]
Journalists of district Badin held a protest demonstration against the arrest of the Bureau Chief of Sindhi Roz-Nama Awaz newspaper, in front of the Badin Press Club. According to details, more than twenty journalists took part in this rally. Haroon Gopang, Raziq Khooso said journalists have to face consequences in telling the truth. He urged […]
HYDERABAD: Participants of a consultation meeting on Saturday emphasised the need for economic empowerment of women and demanded a level playing field for the women workers of the country. The meeting was organised by the Inter-press Communication (IPC) to highlight its project “Media Support to Women Empowerment”, being run in collaboration with the Canadian International […]
PESHAWAR: A Pakistan Television (PTV) journalist Saturday said he was innocent following “death threats” from extremist students for interviewing former Lal Masjid head cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz Ghazi after he had surrendered, in what the students deemed an “insulting way”. Anwarul Hassan, a PTV talk-show anchorman, received the threats on Friday when madrassa students took […]
PESHAWAR, July 27: The medical examination of a minor girl recovered from an alleged brothel in Swat district has confirmed that she is about nine years old and has been criminally assaulted, say official sources. “The examination suggests that she is between eight and nine years and her age mentioned as 13 in an earlier […]
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