KARACHI: The annual meeting of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) General Council held on March 31 has elected the Executive Committee for the year 2012-13, and unanimously elected Sarmad Ali as President, Mehtab Khan as Senior Vice President, Masood Hamid as Secretary General, Ramiza Majeed Nizami as Vice President, Imtinan Shahid as Joint Secretary […]
KHANPUR – A man sold his two-year-old daughter to bear expenses of marriage of his brother in a village, near Khanpur Mehr on Sunday. Police said that Nisar’s brother Munir Ahmad a resident of village Ramazan Babro near Khanpur Mehr needed Rs one lakh for his marriage. In order to obtain the said amount, Nisar […]
By Sehrish Ali / Peer Muhammad A total of 30 journalists, mostly from disaster-hit areas, were selected for the session to be trained how to address narratives on disaster, to focus on the structural roots of the devastation, and to build in-depth knowledge on humanitarian crises. ISLAMABAD: Critique and self-criticism was the theme of the […]
KARACHI: Parveen Kassim, the principal of the Karachi High School, has won the global educators award at the 7th annual United Nations conference on Teaching Peace and Human Rights that concluded on Friday. In particular, Kassim’s work as the chairperson of the International Schools Educational Olympiad (ISEO) was commended. The two-day conference gathered teachers, administrators, […]
Yasser Latif Hamdani The freedom to profess one’s religion is integral to the ICCPR and therefore any law that abridges that freedom is in violation of and in contradiction to Pakistan’s international commitment The Islamic Republic of Pakistan signed the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in 2008 and ratified it with reservations […]
Saad Hafiz Some important Islamic scholars in Jordan have gone even further by declaring honour-crimes an Islamic imperative that derives from the ‘values of virility advocated by Islam’ The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) in its recent annual report said, “At least 943 women were killed in the name of honour in the country, […]
RAWALPINDI: A three-day international conference on ‘Implementing Human Right: A Way Forward’, was organised by the Department of Gender Studies at the Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) in collaboration with the Department of Human Rights and Minorities Affairs. The objectives of the conference were to review issues, challenges and practices regarding human rights around the […]
LAHORE: Though Pakistan is a signatory to the United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT), a lot more work remains to be done at home in terms of legislation against torture, a group of journalists from various print, electronic and broadcast organisations was told at a media workshop on issue of torture. The two-day workshop was […]
* ‘Peace ambassadors’ to bridge gaps prevailing between both the countries By Asad Farooq KARACHI: ‘Blood Moon Therapy’, an emerging name among rock n’ roll bands in the New York City (NYC), US, recently visited the metropolis to spread the message of peace and harmony, on the invitation of the US consulate in Karachi, at […]
LARKANA: A man killed his wife over Karo-Kari in the limits of Sadder Police Station, Jacobabad, on Sunday.Police said Khan Muhammad Jakhrani, a resident of village Kamal Shah, shot dead his wife Raheeman Jakhrani, 32, declaring she was Kari. Police took the body for post-mortem and then handed it over to the heirs. They also […]
LARKANA: Some youths killed their sister and injured a relative over Karo-Kari in village Ramzan Soomro of in the limits of Thull police on Sunday.Police said Ali Dost Soomro, along with his brothers, strangled their sister Khalida Soomro to death and then attacked Sami Soomro, a relative with axes, injuring him seriously. Later, they accused […]
Nisar Mahmood PESHAWAR: The plight of artistes and their families is not a new phenomenon in our society where a number of noted singers, musicians, painters, calligraphers and writers pass away in extreme poverty or continue to live a miserable life due to financial constraints or ailing health. But some deserve special attention due to […]
MINGORA: The police on Sunday said it had arrested two women for throwing acid on one of their relatives in Malam Jabba in Swat district.One Sabra lodged the first information reporter at the Malam Jabba Police Station stating that her daughter Tahira had strained relations with her mother-in-law Taj Bibi and sister-in-law Rubina. She accused […]
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, NA Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza and others have felicitated Sarmad Ali and Masood Hamid, the newly-elected President and General Secretary of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) respectively. President Zardari in his felicitation message said the government believed in independence of the media and had never […]
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