ISLAMABAD: The UN has made a commitment to sensitising its peacekeepers on gender issues enabling them to respond more sensitively and innovatively to gender issues in crises and conflicts. Pakistan, being one of the largest contributors to the UN peacekeeping force, is also committed to sensitising its peacekeepers. Given the deteriorating law and order situation […]
By Ishaq Tanoli KARACHI: A sessions court on Thursday indicted a former medico-legal officer of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre in a case pertaining to the rape of a trainee nurse. The MLO, who was removed from service after the alleged crime, has been charged with sexually assaulting and making an attempt on the life […]
By Amin Ahmed ISLAMABAD: A United Nations report on women says they continue to be underrepresented in national parliaments, on average occupying only 17 per cent of seats. The report “Women’s World 2010: Trends and Statistics”, released on the World Statistics Day on Wednesday, states the share of women as ministers also averages 17 per […]
KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) have jointly conducted seven raids in Lahore against illegal telecom exchanges involved in terminating grey traffic, said a PTA press release on Thursday. The joint activity was one of the biggest operations in the recent past. In simultaneous raids conducted at different locations across Lahore […]
PESHAWAR: Political parties of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday joined hands with Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in their demand for the provision of protection to media men and payment of the compensation equal to that paid to the families of the personnel of the law-enforcement and security agencies killed in the terrorism incident. The […]
By Peerzada Salman KARACHI: With a dash of youthfulness, the Harmony for Humanity concert on Daniel Pearl Music Day at the US consul-general’s residence proved to be a reasonably enjoyable event for the rather thin audience on Thursday. Prior to the musical evening, Consul-General William Martin told journalists that Daniel Pearl was fond of music […]
LAHORE: Coalition partners in Punjab have failed to reconcile on the issue of handling a certain media group as PPP members on Thursday again tried to charge the group with misreporting even on the Punjab Assembly affairs. Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan with the help of the deputy speaker made a ‘successful’ intervention, demanding that […]
Summary Urdu Newsletter Oct 22 To Oct 28, 2010 Date 10/22/2010 Download ppf-newsletter vol 8 no-42.pdf
By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s interim short order granting time to parliament to review the judges’ appointment mechanism provided in the 18th Constitution Amendment has been hailed in political and legal circles. Most people believe that it has removed all apprehensions about confrontation between institutions and thus provided a sigh of relief to […]
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