ISLAMABAD: Civil society and human rights activists here on Friday held a demonstration seeking justice for acid attack victim Fakhra Younus who committed suicide after failing to get her rights as a citizen of Pakistan. The participants also organised a candlelight vigil to pay tribute to the woman at F-6 Markaz. Representatives of civil society […]
CHARSADDA: Unknown militants blew up a government girls` school in Ibrahimzai area of Charsadda district on Friday. Police and residents said that the miscreants had planted improvised explosive device (IED) at the building of government primary school for girls in Ibrahimzai, which went off with a big bang. The explosion flattened the whole building, they […]
Ayesha Shahid ISLAMABAD: As the dust settles after the Agahi Journalism awards, the reactions have been mixed to the whole affair. First of their kind as having been organised by a private entity with multiple international partnerships and without the agenda of promoting a specific cause as has been true of most journalism awards that […]
KARACHI: The office of ombudsman is one of the easiest ways through which people can get their grievances redressed, said Kevin Fenwick, chief of the Forum of Canadian Ombudsman. He added that there were a large number of ombudsmen in Canada and many organisations, including universities and media houses, had established the office of ombudsman […]
Peerzada Salman KARACHI: While 2011 was celebrated as the birth centenary year of Faiz Ahmed Faiz as all year round programmes were arranged throughout the world to pay homage to the distinguished poet, the trend seems to have continued with the same fervour. ‘Bahaar Aayee’, organised by a local bank at a hotel, was a […]
KARACHI – Karachi Municipal Corporation Administrator Hussain Syed has said that problems of journalist community and their associations will be solved on priority basis. Visiting the under-construction APNS House in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, he assured all possible cooperation of KMC in the construction of APNS House. He was accompanied by APNS president Hameed Haroon, former director APNS […]
By Mavra Bari Veteran journalist, rights campaigner says both are not mutually exclusive. ISLAMABAD: Only four percent of the GDP is spent on human rights related development in Pakistan, whereas most countries invest four percent of their GDP on education alone. This “grim fact” was shared by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Secretary General IA […]
* SC says non-implementation of Dec 16, 2009, judgement by PM sheer contempt of court * PM’s stance he acted on advice of secretaries ‘no longer valid’ By Hasnaat Malik ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday decided to announce its decision on April 16 over non-implementation of its orders by the prime minister about […]
LAHORE: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Thursday urged the government to release three office-bearers of the the Jeay Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party (STP) – Sachal Gopang, Qurban Gopang and Musa Sheikh – who had been missing after they were allegedly stopped by Rangers at Hala checkpoint in Hyderabad on Wednesday. According to eyewitnesses, […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Thursday said that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government is taking measures to empower Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra). She said that there is a need to bring improvement in the Pemra so that the organisation could play its role effectively and independently. In […]
KARACHI: Sixty-two per cent of the surveyed investigation officers in police across the country were not trained to handle cases of gender-based violence, while 66 per cent of them were found to have recommended women victims to resolve their complaints outside police stations, showed the findings of one of the four research works released on […]
THIS refers to Haniya Javed’s letter ‘Plight of women in public buses’ (March 15). I fully agree with the writer and feel their complaints are genuine and need to be looked into seriously and immediately. I fully agree with the writer’s views about the state of public transport in Karachi, which does not cater to […]
UMERKOT: Though media have reached nook and corner of the country, the professionalism with which issues should be highlighted remains missing. The journalists, therefore, should put in their efforts in brining to fore, problems confronting the rural population. This and many other complains against media were debated at the concluding ceremony of a three-day workshop […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan presented a cheque of Rs 12 million to Karachi Press Club President Tahir Hassan Khan after a luncheon hosted by the Ministry of Information. On the occasion, the Information Minister said that the government was committed to providing conducive and cordial environment to media persons, […]
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