HARIPUR: A judicial magistrate here on Tuesday sent four accused to Haripur jail on judicial remand for their alleged involvement in dishonouring a woman publicly. The accused identified as Manzoor, Suleman, Imran and Arsalan of village Neelor Bala were arrested on June 17 for allegedly stripping a woman and parading her naked in the village […]
MARDAN: A woman was stoned and shot to death in the name of honour allegedly by her husband and over a dozen other men in a village on Tuesday. Police said they had found the body of Shazia in nearby hills. “The body was in a bad shape as the woman was first pelted with […]
By Zafar Hilaly The writer is an analyst and a former ambassador to Yemen, Nigeria and Italy While we have seen phenomenal changes take place across the world in recent decades, the status and fate of women, who have been so badly treated through the centuries in almost all cultures, hasn’t changed much. But in […]
Hina Hafeezullah Ishaq “The fact that a girl old enough to look after herself decides to walk in a public place without someone to look after her and without purdah can never be a ground for a miscreant to tease or annoy her for that reason” In 1957, a five-member bench of the honourable Supreme […]
Tariq Butt ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has quickly rejected the reconstituted inquiry commission on Abbottabad debacle, which dropped Fakhruddin G Ebrahim due to his refusal, saying it runs counter to the unanimous parliamentary resolution. “Our reservations on the commission remain because the commitment made in the resolution has not been fulfilled,” PML-N spokesman […]
By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD: The army confirmed on Tuesday that one of its brigadiers posted at the General Headquarters was under detention on suspicion of links with an extremist group. Brig Ali Khan, who was serving as director for rules and regulations at the army headquarters, was held by the military’s Special Investigation Branch […]
By Nasir Jamal and Saleem Shahid QUETTA: The Balochistan government unveiled on Tuesday a Rs164.45 billion budget for the next financial year, with a development programme of Rs31.24 billion and deficit of Rs6.73 billion. Finance Minister Mir Asim Kurd presented the budget in the provincial assembly with the consolidated revenue and capital receipts estimated at […]
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has condemned the maltreatment of another journalist in Islamabad late Saturday night. In a statement, PFUJ Secretary-General Amin Yousuf said that another journalist has been subjected to torture by unidentified men. The need to investigate this trend in which journalists are being targeted has become a lot more important, […]
By Intikhab Hanif LAHORE: The Punjab police have said in a preliminary inquiry report that allegations of murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad against a particular intelligence outfit are of general nature and based on a sequence of events that are perceived to have culminated in his death. IGP Javed Iqbal submitted the report in the […]
By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: Acting rather swiftly after the Supreme Court had named the heads of inquiry commissions on the killings of Osama bin Laden and journalist Saleem Shahzad, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced on Tuesday the names of their members. According to a handout, Prime Minister Gilani approved summaries sent by the ministry […]
By Intikhab Hanif LAHORE: The Punjab police have said in a preliminary inquiry report that allegations of murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad against a particular intelligence outfit are of general nature and based on a sequence of events that are perceived to have culminated in his death. IGP Javed Iqbal submitted the report in the […]
By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: Acting rather swiftly after the Supreme Court had named the heads of inquiry commissions on the killings of Osama bin Laden and journalist Saleem Shahzad, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced on Tuesday the names of their members. According to a handout, Prime Minister Gilani approved summaries sent by the ministry […]
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