LAHORE: Parliament should find ways to increase contact with the people and must have a greater say in approval of official policies and in signing and ratification of international agreements, a seminar organised by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) concluded on Friday. Participants of the event, entitled “Parliament’s Functions and its Supremacy”, included […]
OKARA: A man killed his cousin, a widow, allegedly over honour in Khan Colony on Friday. Saba, daughter of Liaquat, married Waris, of Farooqabad, five months ago. Waris died recently after which Saba returned to her parents’ home. On Friday, Nadeem, the son of her aunt Mussarat Bibi, shot her dead. He suspected that she […]
ISLAMABAD: Representatives of civil society organizations, international agencies, rights’ activists, lawmakers and women from flood-hit areas at a conference here on Friday called for protection of social and economic rights of rural women and recognition of their contribution. They signed a ‘Charter of Rights for Women in Disaster Situation’ at the opening of the two-day […]
LAHORE: Simorgh, a women’s resource and publication centre, staged a play ‘Kholo Surt Mat di Barri’ at the auditorium of Ali Institute of Education, Ferozepur Road, on Friday. The play staged as interactive theatre had a lot to say about raising awareness on women’s inheritance rights. Women from areas inside the Walled City, Kot Lakhpat […]
LAHORE: Actress Saloni who worked in films from 1964 to 1979 passed away in Karachi on Friday. She was 60. Living in Lahore, Saloni had gone to Karachi 10 days ago to visit her daughter where lever failure took her life. Her burial will be held here on Saturday (today). She left behind two daughters. […]
ISLAMABAD: Senate’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Friday expressed its concern over telecast of baseless and fabricated stories like the one in which it was stated that the government has decided to revoke the executive order issued for restoration of the judges sacked by Musharraf government on November 3, 2007. The committee, which […]
LAHORE: A committee is recommending removal of media consultants while another is recommending appointment of another at the same time, showing contradiction in thought and action of the Punjab government. Two relatives of two columnists who are federal government’s employees having nothing to do with the administration have also been brought into the province for […]
Radio provides for women who may otherwise not have a chance to be heard. “And you’re listening to FM 100…“Aapka apna radio station…“The heartbeat of Pakistan… These tag lines sound familiar to all of us. Because at some point of the day, most probably while driving, we have all tuned into our favourite FM station. […]
Radio provides for women who may otherwise not have a chance to be heard. “And you’re listening to FM 100…“Aapka apna radio station…“The heartbeat of Pakistan… These tag lines sound familiar to all of us. Because at some point of the day, most probably while driving, we have all tuned into our favourite FM station. […]
By Cyril Almeida ISLAMABAD: It’s now a familiar scene in Courtroom No 1. The air thick with anticipation and apprehension, the room filled with TV anchors and stars from the legal firmament, everyone with a theory, no one really knowing what will unfold during the latest extraordinary proceedings. Yesterday, however, there was a new twist: […]
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