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Daily Archives: April 6, 2013

Man kills wife, cousin for honour in Peshawar

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A man shot dead his wife and cousin in the name of honour here in Landi Sarak area, police said on Friday. According to police, the accused Akhtar, along with his two brothers allegedly opened fire on his wife Shad Bibi and cousin Ismail, killing both of them on the spot. The accused after committing […]


Inspiring photography exhibition by physically disabled teenager

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By Ahtesham Azhar KARACHI: Hashoo Group and Management of the Pearl Continental (PC) Hotel Karachi organised an exhibition of photographs by 17-year-old Farrukh Mughal, on Friday. On the occasion, 30 photographs of the child were on display, based on the stories of common people and natural beauty. His photographs mostly revolve around the natural beauty […]


HRCP slams ROs’ ‘irrelevant questions’

LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has noted with alarm a horde of undesirable developments across the country that it feared would circumvent people’s democratic rights and strengthen obscurantist elements. In a statement issued on Friday, the Commission said: “Just when the citizens were hoping that the lead-up to the general elections would […]


ECP develops software to announce results

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Mehtab Haider ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has developed a software that will be provided to 500 returning officers for sharing the exact vote count of candidates from each polling station all over the country soon after the counting process is completed. “It will help ensure free and fair elections in the country […]


HRCP slams series of unfortunate events on eve of elections

LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has noted with alarm a horde of undesirable developments across the country that it feared would circumvent people’s democratic rights and strengthen obscurantist elements. In a statement issued on Friday, the Commission said: “Just when the citizens were hoping that the lead-up to the general elections would […]


Altaf demands special measures to protect journalists

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Karachi: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain demanded on Friday that special measures should be taken to protect the life and property of journalists across the country. Addressing a crowded news conference by phone at Azizabad’s Lal Qila ground, he said the need of the hour was to protect the life and property of […]


Little done for KP women by women lawmakers in 5 years

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By: Sadia Qasim Shah PESHAWAR: Reasons cited by women legislators of the previous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly for their failure to legislate on women’s rights are numerous but the fact remains that only one law was passed during the last five years to protect women’s right to property. The progressive Awami National Party-led coalition government passed […]


Call to equip youth with IT education

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LAHORE – The Islamia University Bahawalpur vice chancellor has said that Pakistani youth is an asset for higher education institutions in the county and we need to train these youth in accordance with the latest knowledge of science and technology. He was delivering lecture on opportunities for Pakistani scientists in the field of medicine at […]


Ban on YouTube

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Thus far in its short term, the caretaker government has been content to stay relatively low-key, and even though a peaceful transfer of power to the next democratically-elected government is the main goal of the caretaker set-up, there is another area where it can stamp its mark. The ban on YouTube now stands at 200 […]