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Urdu Newsletter Oct 26 To Nov 02, 2007

Summary Urdu Newsletter Oct 26 To Nov 02, 2007 Date 11/2/2007 Download ppf newsletter vol 5 no 42.pdf


Journalists freed

BADIN, Nov 1: Badin journalists got their two kidnapped colleagues freed from clutches of dacoits through their own efforts, after efforts of police and chief minister’s directives for their recovery yielded no result. Haji Khan Lashari and Amar Singh Rathore of Talhar, along with two others were kidnapped from near Tando Ghulam Hyder police station […]


PM to open Multan PTV centre on 4th

MULTAN: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will inaugurate PTV centre at Multan on November 4 that was already opened by the Punjab chief minister about a year ago. The local administration and PTV management has finalised arrangement for the inaugural ceremony. Meanwhile, senior producer of PTV, Riaz Masood has been posted at PTV centre in Multan. […]


Bias against women assailed

ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: One of the basic rights of women is not to be discriminated against in the workplace and in the workforce, representatives of various social organizations insisted during a seminar on ‘Female discrimination in compensation status and job responsibilities,” organized by the Centre for Advanced Studies in Engineering (Case). However, reality does not […]


Girl, mother shot dead for ‘honour’

FAISALABAD, Nov 1: A woman and her daughter were gunned down by a relative for ‘honour’ in Tandlianwala on Thursday. Sajid Hussain of Chak 400-GB suspected that his cousin Sajida had an affair with Javed Ahmed of the same village. On Thursday, he exchanged hot words with Sajida and her mother Naziran and later opened […]


Accused confesses to killing another man

HYDERABAD, Nov 1: Nadeem Akhtar, who is in police custody after confessing two days ago to slaughtering his friend Haseeb, made another confession on Thursday to killing another man, Rehan alias Shakeel, 37, five months ago and throwing parts of his body into the lined channel. Rehan’s family had not reported to police about their […]


NGOs stop working in Battagram

*Move comes after attacks on SPO and CARE International officers ISLAMABAD: Non-government organisations (NGOs) working in quake-affected Battagram district have suspended their relief operations after attacks on their workers. On October 30, eight people were injured when an explosive device went off outside the office and residential compound of the Strengthening Participatory Organisation (SPO), a […]


Cleric held in boy’s murder

KARACHI, Nov 1: Police on Thursday arrested the Naib Peshimam of the Shah Faisal Colony mosque where the body of a 12-year-old boy was recently found. They also termed the cleric the prime suspect in the murder case. Investigators told Dawn that the cleric, Qari Manzoor Ahmed, was formally arrested after questioning which indicated a […]


IG, CC, SSP and DC found guilty

ISLAMABAD – Supreme Court of Pakistan Thursday convicted former top brass of the federal capital for manhandling Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on March 13. Former Inspector General Police (IGP) Islamabad, Iftikhar Ahmed, former Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), former Chief Commissioner Khalid Pervez and Deputy Commissioner under suspension, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, are among the […]


Last warning to govt over missing persons

ISLAMABAD – Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Thursday gave an observation while hearing missing persons’ case that the court has sufficient evidence, which shows that the missing people are in the custody of intelligence agencies. Four-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and comprising Justice Sardar […]