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Sindh played main role against karo kari

KARACHI – Sindh Governor Dr. Ishratul Ibad Khan has said that the province has played a leadership role in the efforts against the evil of Karo Kari. It is years old issue, but the present government has worked in a coordinated manner for its elimination. In this regard, he said attention was focussed on making […]


No law against Holy Quran and Sunnah: PM

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on July 30 said the government will not go for any legislation contrary to Islamic injunctions. “The government is ensuring that any legislation in the house is made in accordance with the tenets of Islam,” Shujaat said addressing the parliamentary party meeting. Referring to amendments in Karokari law, […]


MMA opposes change in Hudood laws

ISLAMABAD – The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on July 29 criticized the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) for not taking ‘genuine scholars’ on board to review hudood ordinances and presenting what it called liberals’ point of view while recommending repealing of hudood laws. These remarks were made by a group of women parliamentarians […]


Women’s Welfare Bill tabled in NA

ISLAMABAD: Women parliamentarians of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) submitted the Bill of Women Welfare and Development Act 2004 in the National Assembly Secretariat on Thursday. The bill demanded that women should not be detained in prisons and should be subjected to house arrest only. “Through this Bill, we demand that accused women should not be detailed […]


Harassment & violence against journalists in Wana

Journalists in South Waziristan are “caught between a rock and a hard place,” the organization said, explaining that they are threatened by Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants on the one hand and obstructed by government security forces on the other. The attack on the radio station, located in the town of Wana, took place on July […]


PTV, PBC told to ensure balanced coverage

ISLAMABAD – Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on July 29 issued instructions to the state-owned electronic media to ensure a balanced coverage of the August 18 by-elections in Attock and Tharparkar. A special directive of the acting CEC said: “PTV and PBC will ensure that coverage of the election campaign in the […]


Hudood laws to be vetted by CII

ISLAMABAD – The government informed the National Assembly on July 28 that a bill on eradication of honour killing would be tabled in the house after its approval by the cabinet , while the Hudood laws amendment bill would be moved after its review by the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), the law department and […]


Cabinet to take up draft bill on karo kari

ISLAMABAD — The Shujat government on July 28 told the National Assembly that Federal Cabinet would take up for finalization a draft legislation on honour killing (karokari) in its next Wednesday’s meeting and then table it in the form of a bill before the Lower House of the Parliament. “The Prime Minister has ordered that […]


Debate on domestic violence bill goes on

LAHORE – The Punjab Assembly’s Standing Committee on Home Affairs continued a discussion on the domestic violence bill in Lahore on July 27 as the mover claimed that the opposition’s wave to the bill had subsided. The bill had been moved in the house by the ruling PML’s Dr Anjum Amjad. The MMA and members […]


Siddique Arshad passes away

KARACHI – Writer and broadcaster Siddique Arshad, who compared Kasuti programme on TV, died in Karachi on July 26 night. His soyem will be held on July 28 between Asar and Maghreb prayers at Masjid-i-Farooq-i-Azam near Boating Basin, Clifton. For women, arrangement has been mage at his residence: 16/C Dunes Apartment near KFC Clifton. Source: […]


APNS deplores govt action against press

KARACHI – Syed Faseih Iqbal, Acting President and Chairman, APNS Action Committee, has strongly deplored the coercive actions of the government against the press manifested in the continued ban on government advertisements to Nawa-e-Waqt, The Nation and other newspapers, and urged upon the president and the prime minister of Pakistan to intervene in the matter, […]


Active role of community in media suggested

KARACHI – The increasing trend of placing advertisements in print media even by cutting news and articles amounts to breach sanctity of thought, which must be discouraged. These views were expressed by the former information minister and senior politician, Javed Jabbar, while giving a lecture on “Citizens’ media rights and their responsibilities” in Karachi on […]


Awareness about citizens’ media rights stressed

KARACHI – Former information minister and founding convenor of Citizens’ Media Commission of Pakistan (CMCP) Javed Jabbar on July 26 stressed for creating awareness about citizens’ media rights and their responsibilities. In a lecture and presentation on citizens’ media rights and their Responsibilities in Karachi at a local hotel, he said citizens of Pakistan are […]


Symposium on media rights & responsibilities

KARACHI – Citizens’ role and active participation in the national media is the weakest in Pakistan. There remains a vital need to empower the average citizen, as society becomes media-centric at breakneck speed with effective means independent of the interests of the government and the media, so as to promote fairness and balance. Policymaking and […]