NADRA has classified dual CNIC holders into three separate categories and the fee or penalty for correction ranges between Rs1,000 to Rs10,000. HYDERABAD: All centres of the National Database and Registration Authority were closed in protest on Monday after workers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement manhandled staff at an office in Latifabad. According to Raza […]
The cell has rescued 18 people since October. SUKKUR: The Human Rights Cell in Sukkur has saved the lives of 18 women since it was set up in October 2011, according to the Sukkur police DIG, Dr Ameer Ahmed Shaikh. He was speaking at a seminar on violence against women organised by the Project for […]
ISLAMABAD: At least 92% of the 154 monitored government girls’ primary schools in 84 districts in February were without janitorial staff and about 60% did not have peons and security guards, a Free and Fair Election Network (Fafen) report said. The report released on Sunday revealed that the administration of 57 schools withheld information about […]
So far this year, 90 children have been killed, 68 kidnapped and 200 molested across the country. HYDERABAD: A group of non-governmental organisations has launched a week-long campaign to press for the passage of new laws and implementation of existing ones to control violence against children. The advocacy groups organised a press conference on Monday […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly sub-committee on Information Technology (IT) on Monday directed the IT Ministry to reconsider the sacked employee case of Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) and a submit detailed report by 24th. The sub-committee expressed dissatisfaction over the action that was taken against former PSEB director finance Talib Baloch over personal grudges with […]
Sir: Cyber bullying has increased with the use of social networking. When the internet is used to hurt, embarrass, or threaten a person, cyber bullying occurs. It exposes victims’ personal information on the internet for the purpose of intimidation or threats are made on social networking sites. Cyber bullying has become a problem on social […]
By Zulfiqar Ali and Abdul Salam PESHAWAR/BANNU: Embarrassed by the biggest jailbreak in the country’s history, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government removed on Monday four senior officials and ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident as more details emerged about the audacity of the attacking militants and utter failure of police to respond. “We were shaken […]
Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: The Zardari-Gilani-led government on Monday sought a gag order against the media from the Supreme Court in the NRO implementation case. The PPP government sought this through none other than the Principal Law Officer of the country, who has been recently appointed by Prime Minister Gilani, primarily because of having a history […]
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: A 12-year-old girl was reportedly killed by her uncle and cousins in the kutcha area of Kot Mitha on Saturday night. According to an FIR registered on behalf of the state under section 302, 201 and 34 PPC at Kot Mitha police station on Sunday, Hajani, 12, daughter of Abdul Sattar Mugheri, a […]
SUKKUR: The Sindh police have launched an 18-month long special project for the prevention of violence against women in many districts while the remaining will be targeted in second phase. The project will strictly enforce laws pertaining to honour killing and other forms of violence, including human rights violation, said project’s focal person and DIG […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged the government to recover Dr Rajesh Kumar who was abducted from Quetta on February 13. In a meeting on Monday, the commission expressed concern over the kidnapping for ransom of Hindus in Sindh and Balochistan. The kidnappers have demanded Rs 20 million ransoms from his […]
Karachi: Jamaat-e Islami (JI) Karachi chief Muhammad Hussain Mehnati has expressed concern over the alleged spread of nudity and vulgarity in the Pakistani media, also asking the cable operators to stop airing Hindi films. In a statement issued here on Monday, Mehnati alleged that the Pakistani print and electronic Media had deliberately destroyed the image […]
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari asked the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) on Monday to look into the issue of payment of salary to workers and journalists, besides implementation of the seventh Wage Board award and setting up of the eighth wage board. Addressing the 22nd APNS award ceremony at the Aiwan-i-Sadr, the president said […]
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