KARACHI: At least five people were gunned down in different areas of the city, officials said on Tuesday. According to local police, unidentified gunmen entered a house situated in Saeed Abad sector 12-E and killed Rehmat Khan. He was killed during resistance to dacoits. Four bodies packed in gunny sacks were found from Ramswami, Shoe […]
Karachi: The strangled bodies of a 75-year-old Fatima Bai and her daughter Shabana, 40, were found within Gulshan police remits on Monday night. SHO Gulshan Rana Haseeb said that when information was received about the incident in Gulshan, a team reached the spot and found the victims in separate rooms.The police, after completing the formalities, […]
BAHAWALPUR: An 11-year-old girl, who was kidnapped from Karachi, has reached Jalalpur Pirwala after escaping the clutches of abductors. Talking to The Nation, Muskan informed that she was playing outside her house when a woman Jano intoxicated, kidnapped and shifted her to Jalalpur Pirwala. As soon as, she came into senses, she found Jano and […]
SHEIKHUPURA: The parents have demanded District Police Officer (DPO) Dr Haider Ashraf to arrange patrolling during school hours particularly around girl’s education institutions to stop the harassment of girl’s students. Talking with “The Nation” here on Monday, they said that in front of girls academic institutions there stood vagabonds who usually hurled abusive language and […]
By: Bari Baloch QUETTA: Despite lapse of six days after heavy rains followed by devastating floods no rescue effort or relief activity on the part of the government is seen on the ground. People are lying along the highways and upper locations of the rain-battered areas without food, medicines and potable water. “If serious steps […]
BAHAWALPUR: A woman was killed in Solling area on Monday allegedly by her husband after a quarrel over her alleged illicit relationship with a neighbour. The FIR accused Muhammad Ashraf of killing his wife Shahnaz Bibi by chopping off her head with a spade in her sleep early on Monday morning. Complainant Javeria Ashraf stated […]
KARACHI: The torrents from Balochistan have accentuated the impact of the downpour in upper Sindh, says the federal minister for climate change, Rana Farooque. A press conference was organised on Monday in which the federal minister and provincial minister for rehabilitation, Haji Muzzaffar Shujra, had a chance to elaborate on the government’s plan to deal […]
MANSEHRA: A teenager, who was allegedly gang raped last month, has retracted her earlier statement, accusing policemen of sexually-assaulting her during detention at separate police stations. The 16-year-old Sophia, had testified before a judicial magistrate on August 6 that she eloped with Aquil*, who had promised to marry her. They went to Mansehra, staying at […]
LAHORE: A painting exhibition by three artists from the Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) kicked off at the Shakir Ali Museum on Monday. LCWU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Sabiha Mansoor inaugurated the exhibition. The artwork of Amber Munir, one of the artists, is based on her thesis entitled “Transformation” and depicts names of God […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)’s blatant violation of Spectrum Regulations, Competition Laws and continued illegal use of costly 3G wireless spectrum is not only causing huge losses of more than $300 million to government exchequer but destroying the broadband competition on the other hand, thus paving way for re-establishing monopoly of incumbent PTCL. Internet […]
KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has rejected the consistent irresponsible campaign by some elements in the electronic media to malign the APNS and the print media, said a press release of the APNS. Masood Hamid, Secretary General of the APNS, stated that the Executive Committee of the APNS at its meeting held at […]
By: Shahzada Irfan Ahmed The internet initially seemed like a blessing, but the hazard it’s causing to the lives of innocent girls is something that can’t be neglected. You! Takes a look at the increasing rise in cyber crimes against women… Rushna is a student of a leading institute of management sciences in Pakistan. Life […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has requested people to bring it to its notice if any anti-Islamic video is available for viewing through any ISP or mobile operator in Pakistan. According to a press release issued by the PTA on Monday night, the chief justice of Pakistan has ordered the PTA to block access […]
By: Akhtar Amin PESHAWAR: The UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances discussed the issue of missing persons related to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tribal areas with delegations of various groups including human rights activists and relatives of missing persons here on Monday. Headed by Olivier de Frouville, the visitors met the Human Rights Commission […]
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