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Journalist gunned down in Balochistan

Abdul Haq Baloch, correspondent for “ARY News” television station and Secretary of Khuzdar Press Club, was gunned down by unidentified armed men on September 29, 2012 when he was on his way home in the town of Khuzdar in the militancy plagued of Balochistan province of Pakistan. He left behind a widow and two sons. […]


Around 2.8m affected in 15 flood-hit districts

KARACHI: Around 2.8 million people in 15 districts of Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab have been affected by the latest floods, including 1.4 million children (of which 392,000 children are under the age of five). “Children from very poor families are among the worst affected by the severe flooding and they need our immediate help,” said […]


Nine temple attackers charged with blasphemy

KARACHI: Police said on Sunday that they had opened a blasphemy case against nine people who attacked and looted a Hindu temple in Karachi during recent anti-US protests. “A case under the blasphemy law has been registered against nine people for ransacking a Hindu temple and looting gold ornaments from there in Gadap Town neighbourhood […]


‘Media Family Gala’ fascinates journalists’ families

KARACHI: Corporate Communications Depart-ment, Telenor Pakistan, organised a very inspiring event for journalists and their families entitled ‘Media Family Gala,’ in the city on Saturday. Event was featured with games, lucky draws, competitions, prizes, face painting and various others activities. A large number of journalists along with their families attended the event and enjoyed fun […]


YouTube ban

By: Omar A Khan KARACHI: The ban on the very popular website YouTube continues in Pakistan. My question is that for how long will this remain? Surely, given the fact that millions of Pakistanis use this website daily, there should be some timeframe given by either the government or the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority which is […]


Honour killing: Man kills cousin over karo kari

SUKKUR: A 16-year-old and her friend were shot dead by cousin in the Allah Dino Junejo village on Sunday, said the Dokri police. Ghulamullah Junejo suspected that his cousin, Z, was in a relationship with Nadir Ali Junejo. He went over to his uncle’s house and found Z alone and opened fire at her. Then […]


Lawyers, bureaucrats vow to stem sexual harassment

As many as 30 participants from public and private organisations participated in the latest three-day training. Government officials, lawyers and members from judiciary as well as civil society resolved to effectively implement the anti-sexual harassment laws, said a press statement released by Mehergarh on Sunday. The organisation had organised a workshop for officials from Ministry […]


‘UN must introduce blasphemy penalty’

LAHORE: Teachers who work at Jamaatud Dawa schools and madrassas participated in a rally on The Mall on Sunday against an anti-Islam film. The protesters marched from Nila Gumbad to Masjid-i-Shuhada carrying JD flags, placards and banners and shouting slogans condemning the United States. JD chief Hafiz Saeed alleged in his speech that US President […]


Google gets smarter

By: Tariq Ahmed Saeedi The back-to-back visits of Google Inc.’s top and mid level officials to Pakistan – Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt visited in June and other representatives came recently – led to talk in the country’s evidently unorganised information technology sector about the global internet behemoth gearing to make investments or open a data […]


Two girls killed in Nowshera

NOWSHERA: Two girls died and three others sustained injuries when the roof of a house collapsed in Kachi Line in Risalpur on Sunday. Faiz Muhammad Paracha said he was asleep when the roof caved in. As a result, his daughter Sarwat, a schoolteacher, and grand-daughter Zamira were killed while 26-year old Qayyum, Samina Bibi, 24, […]


Mengal’s six-point agenda

By: Najam Sethi Sardar Akhtar Mengal has returned to Pakistan after three years of self-imposed exile in London to depose on the state of Balochistan before the Supreme Court. He has submitted a six-point plan in order to create an environment of truth and reconciliation for resolving the conflict in the province. His six-points, he […]


Registration of cases begins under women’s ownership act in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

By: Akhtar Amin PESHAWAR: Registration of cases under the new law of “Enforcement of Women Ownership Rights Act” 2012 has been started in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where women are deprived of rights in the inherited property in most families. The first case, “Mst Nazakat Sultan v/s Sardar Imtiaz Hussain,” etc in accordance with the new law […]


Ahle-Sunnat Wal Jamaat rally against film ends peacefully

Karachi: Thousands participated in a protest organised by the Ahle-Sunnat Wal Jamaat on Sunday against the anti-Islam film. The demonstration was taken out from Lasbella and marched on to Gurumandir. Speaking to The News, spokesman for the ASWJ, Maulana Akbar Saeed, said that the rally ended peacefully and the party decided to postpone its march […]


Women voters

There is no denying this: women form over 50 percent of the total population of Pakistan but remain marginalised in the country’s politics. One of the main reasons is that in certain parts of the country – especially in the tribal areas, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan – candidates and political parties proactively enter into agreements […]