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Daily Archives: August 10, 2012

Suspected kidnapping: Teen Hindu converts, marries

By: Nawaz Solangi JACOBABAD: A teenage Hindu girl, MK, has converted to Islam and married a man identified as Ghulam Murtaza Channo, her parents informed Jacobabad SSP Muhammad Younis Chandio late Thursday evening. The family had thought that she had been kidnapped five days ago. SSP Chandio met her father, Riwatt Mal alias Beebo, and […]


Country’s million dollar archaeological smugglers

CHARSADDA: When a Pakistani family dispute over land degenerated into cold-blooded murder, Zaman Khan was quickly in over his head. As cousins killed cousins, he borrowed more than $18,500 to buy guns, ammunition and guards. But soon debtors were demanding repayment, leaving him so depressed he contemplated suicide. Then a friend came up with an […]


Taxpayers likely to miss deadline: FBR fails to upload ST return form on website

By: MUHAMMAD ALI Taxpayers are likely to miss the deadline of e-filing sales tax returns as Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has failed to post new sales tax return form on its website. Talking to Business Recorder on phone, several agitated taxpayers complained that the recurrent amendments to the returns form are causing delay in […]


PTI condemns violation of women’s rights

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fauzia Qasuri Thursday condemned continuous violation of women rights saying that women were overwhelmingly under attack, especially in Punjab. Speaking at a press conference, the PTI leader announced that the party will shortly unveil a policy for the protection of women rights. Fauzia was of the view that both Islam […]


Not just your regular Ajrak

By: Saadia Qamar KARACHI: Owner of Nano’s Hangout, Saeeda Effendi held her very own Ajrak exhibition on Tuesday for friends and family. Effendi has not always been into fashion. About 35 years ago, she partnered with her friend Azra to open a salon called Azra & Saeeda, which was located within the premises of the […]


Disputes take 3 lives

JHANG: At least three people including two women were gunned down over old enmity and for honour separately here. In first the incident, a 40-year old woman identified as Gull Naz was gunned down over old enmity in Mohallah Jalal Abad, a populated area of Jhang sadar. Two armed men namely Iftikhar Shah and Nazir […]


Declaration of assets

By: ABDUL SAMAD SAMO It’s quite interesting that some so-called popular anchors of the private TV channels of our country have been preaching to politicians, generals, judges and bureaucrats in their respective current affairs programmes for declaring their assets before the nation but have been avoiding to give the same lesson to their fellow journalists/anchors […]


Through his couplets, Afzal Saahir writes about life

By: Nabeel Anwar Dhakku CHAKWAL: The long wait for Punjabi poetry enthusiasts has finally come to an end. Renowned radio show host and poet Afzal Saahir – also known as Pakistan’s Shiv Kumar Batalvi – has published 63 pieces of eloquent poetry in “Naal Sajjan De Rahiye” (Live With Your Loved One). The collection is […]


Girl’s ‘barter’ marriage ends with khullah

KARACHI: A fed-up Erum Shahzadi is finally a free woman after a court dissolved her marriage with her cruel husband on Wednesday, though she will have to bear the responsibility of their child in this early age. The 19-year-old girl had been bartered in marriage by her parents in the tradition of “watta-satta”. She was […]


Women in boardrooms (II)

By: Z Khan STUTTGART, GERMANY: I believe that to an extent, print and electronic media should be blamed for the lack of awareness among people about the achievements of our women. One rarely gets to read or watch the outstanding work that a lot of women in our country have been doing. Mere workshops like […]


Women in boardrooms

By: Riaz Haq FREMONT, CA, US: This is with reference to Tazeen Javed’s article “Gender-neutral Pakistan, a distant dream” (August 8). Achieving a gender-neutral society is an ideal that no nation has achieved yet, though some nations are further along this road than others. Data shows that right now, Pakistan is in the midst of […]


Power, misogyny and casteism

On August 8, a shameful incident in the Khangarh sub-district of Muzaffargarh took place. A woman and her sister were stripped naked, tied to a motorcycle rickshaw and paraded around in public. The reason for this vile act of misogyny was that one of the women had asked for a girl’s hand in marriage for […]


Two men detained in child rape case

FAISALABAD: Rajana police have detained two men nominated a child rape case but are waiting for the DNA examination report to register their arrest. The suspects were arrested on Wednesday after relatives of the child staged a demonstration in front of the police station. They accused the police of taking a bribe from the suspects. […]


Illegal detention: Teenaged girl allegedly gang-raped by Mansehra police

ABBOTABAD: A teenager, who eloped with the boy of her dreams, ended up a rape victim after he abandoned her. Sophia* accused Mansehra police of rape and torture while keeping her in illegal detention for five days. “Nine policemen raped and tortured me for five days,” said Sophia, 17, on Thursday. Originally from Haripur, her […]