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Daily Archives: April 13, 2012

PPF, FFF Report of Training Workshop for Radio Professionals in Lahore

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Pakistan Press Foundation In Collaboration with Foundation for the Future Gender Justice and Economic Empowerment of Women April 10-12-2012 Lahore The country can not develop until unless; the majority of the population has not been made economically sound with proper education, health and other facilities. Women have been contributing a lot in the development of […]


Parliament redefines relations with US

* Demands end to drone strikes, hot pursuit inside Pakistan * Says Pakistan’s sovereignty shall not be compromised * Rejects transportation of arms and ammunition to Afghanistan through Pakistan * Seeks unconditional US apology over Salala incident * Supports gas pipeline projects with Iran and Turkmenistan By Tanveer Ahmed ISLAMABAD: After over three weeks of […]


Court asks ISI, army chiefs to court martial those involved

Akhtar Amin PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday asked the Pakistan Army and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director general to constitute a high-powered committee to probe the unlawful arrest and detention of citizens in illegal detention cells by ISI sector commanders and other intelligence agencies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata. The court directed the DG […]


Double budgetary allocations for women urged

LAHORE: Budgetary allocations for social and economic development of women should be doubled in the forthcoming budget as women in Pakistan are neglected and not getting their due rights. Budgetary allocations for the schemes focused on women development can be possible by cutting down the non-development expenditures and defence budget. These views were expressed by […]


Ten-year-old branded ‘kari’

KHAIRPUR: An influential wadera of the Mitho Mari village has declared a 10-year-old girl as ‘kari’ and a man related to her as ‘karo’, issued the girl’s death warrants and imposed Rs600,000 fine on the man. Relatives of ‘kari’ Fareeda Mari, 10, her brother Iqbal Mari, and mother and relatives of ‘karo’ Inayat Mari held […]


Speaking out against forcible conversion

By Xari Jalil LAHORE: Prof Ashok Kumar is not afraid of taking a prominent stance on the Rinkle Kumari issue. Fear, he says, is secondary compared to what is happening to the Hindu community in Pakistan, in particular Sindh. “We can’t just sit back and watch what our community is going through,” he says. The […]


Dow varsity honours Saving Face surgeon

By Sa’adia Reza KARACHI: Amid a big round of applause from a packed auditorium, the Dow University of Health Sciences on Thursday presented a lifetime achievement award to Dr Mohammad Ali Jawad of the Oscar-winning documentary, Saving Face. Dr Jawad is a DUHS graduate of the 1984 batch. The ceremony was held on the university […]


Journalist’s pension plea: Nation should honour the great, says judge

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday remarked that the nation should honour those who had spent their lives in serving people in a particular field. Justice Farrukh Irfan Khan said this while hearing a petition moved by veteran journalist Shafqat Tanvir Mirza who seeks release of his past pension benefits withheld by the National […]


Abdullah, 15, works against porn material flood on Internet

Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: Generally it is hard to be a teen that is more known for its perils and pitfalls than anything else. But here we have a 15 years old Abdullah Ghazi from Karachi, who has emerged as a symbol of struggle against a fast spreading modern day social evil – unchecked influx of […]