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Daily Archives: December 12, 2012

International Federation of Journalists supports striking newspaper workers in Pakistan

The International Federation of Journalists stands in solidarity with its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and workers of the English newspaper– the Daily Times who are striking this week in protest of the newspaper’s continued withholding of salary payments. The situation at the Daily Times escalated on December 10 when two employees […]


Prime Minister orders Secretary Estab to implement Supreme Court judgement

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has directed Secretary Establishment Taimur Azmat Usman to implement the recent judgement of the Supreme Court authored by Justice Jawad S Khawaja regarding posting of civil servants as Officers on Special Duty (OSD) and their appointments, removals and promotions, in letter and spirit and submit a comprehensive compliance report within […]


Auction for 3G licences: another case of corruption in the offing

Yet another case of corruption par excellence appears to be in the offing in the auction of much talked about multi-billion dollar 3G license. It is a mature case where corruption may cross all barriers if Public Procurement Regulatory Rules are ignored in this procurement. Adviser, Transparency International Pakistan (TI-Pakistan), Syed Adil Gilani in a […]


Kalabagh dam verdict triggers heated debate in National Assembly

By: WAQAR LILLAH The National Assembly on Tuesday plunged into a heated debate over the Lahore High Court verdict on the construction of the Kalabag dam with the PPP parliamentarians terming the judgement controversial, accusing the Sharif brothers of politicising the issue. PPP parliamentarians wondered how Nawaz Shairf and Shahbaz Sharif could think of developing […]


Three bills introduced in National Assembly on private members day

Three bills were introduced in the National Assembly Tuesday – ‘The Carriage by Air (Amendment) Bill, 2012, The National Commission for Child Right Bill, 2012 and The Medical and Dental Council (Amendment) Bill, 2012′ – on private members day. The Carriage by Air (Amendment) Bill, 2012 was introduced by Riaz Fatiana, which was referred by […]


Young scholars make their voices heard

ISLAMABAD: My Voice Counts was the theme of this year’s International Human Rights Day, so was demonstrated very well by the young scholars in the field of research and practice in human rights and democratisation. The voices were expressed by the five Pakistani graduates of Masters in Human Rights and Democratisation (MHRD) from the University […]


Violence claims nine more lives in Karachi

KARACHI: At least nine people, including an activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), were killed in separate acts of targeted violence in the city here on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the body of a newly born baby was found from Dockyard. In the first incident, an activist of MQM was killed in Jamshed Quarters area within the […]


Militants blow up girls’ school

LANDIKOTAL: Unidentified militants blew up a girls primary school in Bara. The unknown militants placed explosives which were later detonated that destroyed the government girls’ primary school in the Aka Khel area of Bara on Tuesday. The total number of the destroyed government schools in Khyber Agency has gone beyond 80, sources said. Daily Times


International Human Rights Day

Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 by the UN General Assembly and is commemorated as International Human Rights Day every year. Pakistan too this year had much to remember and commemorate in the sphere of human rights. Both at home and abroad, significant events took place to position Pakistan very much in the list of […]


Coverage of rights issues

By: Rabia Razzaque ISLAMABAD: I am impressed with the number of news stories I am reading these days about human rights issues and that means that finally the media in Pakistan is giving this important subject the priority that it deserves. We have seen effort being put into finding out stories about men and women […]


Malala’s reach

It is, in many ways, sad that it took the shooting of a teenage girl to wake the world up to the continued militant crisis in Pakistan and the lack of access to education for girls everywhere. It is also sad that as accolades pour in for 15-year-old Malala Yousufzai from around the world, in […]


Approve domestic violence bill before tenure ends, suggest human rights activists

KARACHI: HRCP claims more than 8,500 women became victims of domestic violence. The Sindh Assembly should pass the domestic violence bill before its tenure comes to an end. This was the call that made the rounds at a conference held to observe the Human Rights Day at the PMA House on Monday. “A debate on […]


Give solid evidence or petition will be thrown out: Sindh High Court

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has warned a petitioner to submit documentary evidence of his allegations on forest lands leased in Sindh, or his petition will be thrown out. Rana Faizul Hasan, a representative of a civil society organisation, alleged in his plea that vast forest lands in Thatta, Larkana, Sukkur and Hyderabad were leased […]


Wali Babar case: Policeman who seized suspect’s car testifies

KARACHI: A police officer who recovered a car reportedly used by one of the accused in the murder trial of Wali Khan Babar testified at the Anti-Terrorism Court-III on Tuesday. The officer narrated how he had received a tip-off about the car and had recovered it, as well as, carried out an initial examination and […]