KARACHI: A sessions court on Thursday granted bail to an accused in a case pertaining to the gang-rape of a 18-year-old woman on the premises of Mazar-i-Quaid. The then personal assistant to the resident engineer of the Quaid-i-Azam Mazar Management Board, who was one of the three accused in the case, had moved a bail […]
UMERKOT: A complete strike was observed in Umerkot on Thursday on a call given by the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz and Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party to voice protest against gang-rape of a school girl in Khipro. Chieftain of Bhayo community told journalists that he and his community were not satisfied with the investigation. The victim […]
NAWABSHAH: A woman has appealed for protection from her husband’s relative. Speaking at a press conference here on Thursday, Ms Hoor, wife of Rahib Khan Jamali, said that on Oct 2, her brothers-in-law Mir Khan Jamali, Ali Hyder, Ghulam Hyder and their accomplices barged into her house in the village of Juma Khan Jamali near […]
MLOs inundated with thousands of cases KARACHI: A rapist will not introduce himself before violating you. This is why, according to MPA Humaira Alwani, “You have to get the evidence to speak for the survivor and deliver them justice.” Alwani was referring to the crucial role played by medico-legal officers, who are responsible for gathering […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) has announced its corporate and enterprise customers the most flexible connectivity solution with multiple applications in the form of Global IP Connect service. Based on internet protocol, this service allows Pakistani companies whose offices are located across the globe to connect and transfer data in a private secure manner […]
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry has demanded that the government should extend deadline for filing income tax returns and statements to Oct 30 on account of extraordinary flood situation. The first meeting of the newly elected executive committee of the chamber held here on Wednesday said that the business community had been seriously […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) in order to save its customers on their budget and to make them get through busy cellular network has launched an innovative service named “call me back”. This service would now give landline customers facilitation of sending SMS (messages) through their landline or Vfone of “call me back” on […]
ISLAMABAD: The Inquiry Commission, constituted by the Government of Pakistan, to inquire into the incident of alleged abduction/torture of Umar Cheema, senior reporter of The News, has started its proceedings under the chairmanship of Justice (retd) Mian Muhammad Najumuz Zaman from Oct 7, 2010. The commission was constituted under Section 3 of Pakistan Commissions of […]
There is a new addition to Pakistan’s English print media. KARACHI: Pakistan Today, an English daily headed by Arif Nizami, the former editor of The Nation, has launched in Lahore and is preparing to launch in Karachi. It has joined the growing list of English dailies the public now has to choose from. Amidst rumours […]
ZAFAR BHUTTA ISLAMABAD: As per a Cabinet decision taken in 1963, an advertisement centralisation policy was adopted as part of the now defunct Press and Publication Ordinance. After nationalisation in 1972, PID’s hold on PSEs has been strengthened by all governments – civil and military. Ministry of Information has reminded all public sector entities, departments […]
ISLAMABAD — Secretary General PML-Q Mushahid Hussain Sayed on Thursday said that the strident media and an activist Judiciary have contributed to create a democratic political culture where there is a little room for a military role in politics or in governance. Mushahid, who was a keynote speaker at the PILDAT Panel Discussion on Parliamentary […]
Talha Jalal The media in Pakistan is fast turning into a self-serving (rather than public-serving) industry — an industry that glorifies itself, is self-righteous and, most discomforting of all, has a huge persecution complex Until 2002, the only television channels that operated in Pakistan were the state-run PTV and a couple of its specialised news […]
By Bhagwandas KARACHI: Speakers at a seminar on Thursday stressed the need to sensitise police, medico-legal personnel, lawyers and members of the lower judiciary to gender sensitivity so that women could come forward and report cases of violence, particularly of sexual nature, and the culprits were punished. Addressing a seminar on “rape and medico-legal response” […]
Summary Urdu Newsletter Oct 08 To Oct 14, 2010 Date 10/8/2010 Download ppf newsletter vol 8 no-40.pdf
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