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Punjab Assembly committee to take up complaint against Chinoy

By: Abdul Manan LAHORE: The provincial assembly decided on Thursday to refer to its Standing Committee on Women’s Development to probe the allegations that Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy did not fulfill her commitments to an acid attack survivor. The house decided to summon all stakeholders in the matter to the committee’s next meeting. The PA session […]


UN expert urges Pakistan to ensure justice to women

UNITED NATIONS: A UN human rights expert has spoken out against the recent killing of women in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and called on the two countries govts to bring the perpetrators to justice. “The failure of States to guarantee women’s right to a life free from violence allows for violence which can end in their […]


Lack of laws’ implementation termed root cause of increasing cases

PESHAWAR: The representatives of the women rights organisation have declared the weak implementation of binding laws on protection of women rights root cause of the growing cases of violence against women in the country. The violence ratio was considerably grown up over the past four years in the country, they claimed while releasing a report […]


Police deny woman killed on panchayat order

KHANEWAL: Rejecting the report of woman’s murder on a panchayat (village court) order, the district police said on Thursday that the woman fell prey to old enmity. On Wednesday, Mariyam Bibi, a resident of 15/9R, was murdered and her son Sarfraz was kidnapped by their rivals, according to police. The police registered an FIR under […]


Mystery surrounds woman’s death

Gender In cold blood: Mystery surrounds woman’s death SUKKUR: Two separate claims – of self immolation and murder – circulated around the death of a woman in Al Kutub Town near Daharki, district Ghotki this week. According to one account Sajida, who was married to Yasin Malik, had set herself on fire on Monday after […]


Woman commits suicide

Karachi: A woman committed suicide over a marriage proposal in her residence in the Pakistan Bazaar police limits on Thursday. Rahat, 24, daughter of Abdul Basheer, after an altercation with her parents, locked herself in a room of their residence in Sector 14/K in Orangi Town and hanged herself from a ceiling fan. A few […]


SHC restrains police from harassing couple

By: Jamal Khurshid Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday restrained police from harassing a couple, who had married in India in 1998. Malik Mohammad Gul, who married Indian woman Shirley Ann Hodges in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, moved the court against the alleged police harassment. The petitioner’s counsel, M Ilyas Khan, submitted that police started […]


Kaira terms media freedom pre-requisite to democracy

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira Thursday said the media had played a very important role in the restoration of democracy and reinstatement of superior judiciary and its freedom was a prerequisite for continuation of democracy but its neutrality was also vital. Talking to a TV channel, the Minister said the issue of a responsible […]


Honour killing rocks capital

ISLAMABAD: A man allegedly murdered his sister in the name of honour in capital’s rural area. According to police; the accused was upset over his sister’s secret marriage. The incident took place at Satti Town located in Kirpa where the brother in a fit of rage allegedly shot Motia Bibi 19, dead when she disclosed […]


Two journalists move SC for media accountability commission

ISLAMABAD: Two eminent and respected journalists, Hamid Mir and Absar Alam, have knocked at the doors of the Supreme Court demanding constitution of a National Media Commission to hold the journalists and media-owners accountable and to formulate a code of conduct. They have also demanded of the apex court that the proposed commission may also […]


Wife shot by man dies in hospital

BUREWALA: A woman, who was injured by the firing of her husband outside local court, expired in a hospital, here the other day. Zahida Bibi, daughter of Shah Muhammad, a resident of Chak-44/KB was married to his cousin Muhammad Ramzan Langrial about three years ago. Meanwhile, she developed illicit relations with Muhammad Ramzan Wahga and […]


Groom arrested on way to wedding, later released

LAHORE: Police arrested an absconder in a nine-year-old murder case as he travelled for his wedding from Sahiwal to Shakargarh here on Wednesday. He was later released as he had obtained interim bail. North Cantonment Crimes Investigation Agency personnel set up a picket at Thokar Niaz Beg on Multan Road in the morning upon receiving […]


Man kills sister over marriage of choice

RAWALPINDI: A woman was shot dead by her brother on Wednesday, allegedly for marrying a man of her own choosing. Masta Bibi, 21, was killed by her brother, Fateh Muhammad, in Chakbeli Khan a town in the outskirts of Rawalpindi city. Bibi had left her hometown in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa with her husband Mina Khan after they […]


13 more dead as target killings continue

By: Salis bin Perwaiz Karachi: There was no let-up in the current spate of target killings in Karachi, as 13 more people, including political activists and a policeman, were murdered on Wednesday, bringing the total number of people killed this month to 123. Mohammad Arsalan alias Khan Bhai, a former Sunni Tehreek activist wanted by […]