“A woman, a dog, and a walnut tree, the more you beat them the better they be.” The syntax of these words, penned by a prolific 17th century writer, is a clever concoction. It shows how a woman’s spirit can be broken – stage by stage – turning her from human, to savage, to a […]
Farooq Sulehria As students at the Punjab University’s Department of Mass Communication back in 1993-95, we did everything but learn journalism. To be honest, we were emulating our teachers, who also would teach us everything but journalism. Dr Mehdi Hassan, the department’s legendary veteran teacher, once made this droll comment: “To fail in journalism, you […]
Karachi: Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister on Information, Sharmila Faruqui, has categorically denied the contents of a story carried by City News on November 22, but has promised that the government will carry out a probe to ascertain the actual situation on ground. Sharmila stated that the Government of Sindh, in order to improve the […]
By Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: While a select group continues to demand the abolition of blasphemy law, the Lahore High Court only recently, while confirming the death penalty of yet another blasphemy convict, has upheld the death sentence for a blasphemer in the light of Quran and Sunnah. Decided by a division bench of the LHC […]
By Sohail Khan ISLAMABAD: A contempt of court petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking initiation of court proceedings against 21 top functionaries of the Musharraf led government, including the latter, for violating the apex court’s November 3, 2007 order. The petition was filed by Rana Muhammad Azeem of Lahore, through advocate […]
LAHORE: Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court Khawja Muhammad Sharif on Monday barred President Asif Ali Zardari from pardoning a Christian woman sentenced to death on charges of blasphemy. Aasia bibi, a 45-year-old mother of four, requested a pardon from the president after a lower court sentenced her to death. The CJ wrote in […]
KARACHI: The Pakistan People’s Party on Monday suspended the party membership of Naheed Khan after she accused the party leadership of nepotism and cronyism. Naheed Khan’s membership was suspended on the charge of violating party discipline despite warnings. Earlier on Sunday, disgruntled PPP activists led by Naheed Khan had accused the party leadership of promoting […]
ISLAMABAD: Transparency International (TI), has expressed concern about media reports suggesting Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik may issue an order to shut down Transparency International Pakistan, the accredited national chapter of TI, active in the country since 2000. On November 28, the news agency Asian News International (ANI) published an article that quoted Pakistani Federal […]
LAHORE: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday raised discount rate by 0.5 percent (50 basis points) to 14 percent from November 30 with emphasis on controlling inflation, which is likely to persist at double digits level during much of FY-11 and possibly in FY-12. This and other decisions were taken at SBP’s Central Board […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court hearing contempt cases against superior court judges for taking oath under the Provisional Constitution Order in defiance of a restraining order was told on Monday that judges could neither be sent to jail nor removed, without recourse to the Supreme Judicial Council. “Even in case of any offence against superior court […]
RAWALPINDI: On the day WikiLeaks released a slew of American diplomatic cables revealing, among other things, tensions between the US and Pakistan over nuclear matters, a top Pakistani military official claimed the country “has transited from the ‘most sanctioned ally’ to the ‘most bullied ally’” of the US. The comments were part of a wide-ranging […]
LAHORE: South Asia Partnership Pakistan (SAP) in collaboration with Women Workers Help Line, Kashf Foundation and Shirkat Gah organised a walk in solidarity with the women rights activists outside Lahore Press Club on Monday. A large number of activists of women NGOs participated in the walk to mark the international day for women rights activists. […]
Karachi: The Sindh High Court, allowing a woman to live with her husband, directed the Chakiwara police to provide protection to the couple. The direction came on a petition of Tanveer Abbas and Ms Shamshad, seeking protection from harassment by Shamshad’s family. Tanveer Abbas submitted that he married Shamshad with her consent on November 16 […]
KARACHI: Criticising various TV channels for showing Indian content, TV and film artistes at a press conference on Monday argued that these channels were harming the interests of local technicians as well as that of the artiste community. Actor and chairman of the United Producers Association Tanvir Jamal started off by shedding light on the […]
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