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Urdu Newsletter January 12 to 19 , January 2007

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Journalists persecuted in Pakistan, says Safma report

Diplomats and members of the civil society shook their heads in disbelief as reports from Balochistan and FATA areas were brought to Islamabad by Safma with first-hand reports. “Yes, it is true that there is a cell of Pakistan security agencies that has been set up in Quetta which on daily basis regulates the media. […]


HRCP insists Mengal was kept in a cage

LAHORE, Jan 11: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has reaffirmed its findings on the manner in which the trial of former Balochistan chief minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal is being conducted, according to a press statement issued here on Thursday. The reaffirmation comes in response to the government’s denial of a HRCP statement. The HRCP […]


Father demands inquiry into daughter’s death

KARACHI: Father of a 19-year-old girl, Sana, who died a mysterious death on August 31, 2006, suspected to be killed by he in-laws, demanded a fresh inquiry into her death. After efforts of several months, Irshad Ali, father of the deceased, was granted access to her grave in the presence of Judicial Magistrate South, Khushi […]


Man kills three kins

LARKANA:Intrigued over a longstanding family conflict, Sikandar Shah along with accomplices killed his mother Badshahzadi, sister Farzana 15 and brother Ayaz Shah in Kamber Larkana early this morning.His grievances were based over his notion that his mother had planned killing of his father (woman’s husband) few years back.The alleged killers managed to flee after the […]


Accused has right to defence: PHC: Case sent back to trial court

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has ruled that the constitution guarantees an accused the right to defence through a counsel; and in case an accused cannot arrange a counsel, the trial court should provide him with one. The ruling came on Thursday during the hearing of an appeal from one Noorullah Khan from Charsadda, […]


Woman allowed to live with parents

NAWABSHAH: A court on Friday allowed a woman, at the centre of a matrimonial dispute which led to the killing of her purported husband in a clash between police and her parental family, to live with her parents.On Thursday, she was given in police custody because she appeared to be mentally disturbed. Hameeda, purported wife […]


Sister comes to the aid of burn victim

KARACHI: After bearing the pain of burns for two days, 18-year-old Noori Ishaque was taken to hospital for treatment. Noori was beaten and burnt by her two brothers-in-law on refusing to quit her job as a domestic servant. She has received nine per cent burns and is currently under treatment at the Burns Centre in […]


Court gives woman in police custody

NAWABSHAH: A woman, Hameeda Khoso the purported wife of deceased Saleem Khoso, was produced in the court of judicial magistrate Nawabshah to record her statement, here on Thursday. Her father had lodged an FIR with the taluka police for her kidnapping. The judicial magistrate, Ali Gul Khaskheli, handed over the custody to B-section police, keeping […]


Man kills friend’s mother, rapes his wife

KARACHI:A man was arrested early Thursday morning on the charges of killed his friend’s mother, subjecting her newly-wed daughter-in-law to rape and injuring the latter on resistance before fleeing their house in Block 7, Gulshan-i-Iqbal late on Wednesday night. The accused, later identified as Asad Abbas, went to the house of his friend, Salman, after […]


Sister comes to the aid of burn victim

KARACHI: After bearing the pain of burns for two days, 18-year-old Noori Ishaque was taken to hospital for treatment. Noori was beaten and burnt by her two brothers-in-law on refusing to quit her job as a domestic servant. She has received nine per cent burns and is currently under treatment at the Burns Centre in […]


Court gives woman in police custody

NAWABSHAH: A woman, Hameeda Khoso the purported wife of deceased Saleem Khoso, was produced in the court of judicial magistrate Nawabshah to record her statement, here on Thursday. Her father had lodged an FIR with the taluka police for her kidnapping. The judicial magistrate, Ali Gul Khaskheli, handed over the custody to B-section police, keeping […]


Man kills friend’s mother, rapes his wife

KARACHI:A man was arrested early Thursday morning on the charges of killed his friend’s mother, subjecting her newly-wed daughter-in-law to rape and injuring the latter on resistance before fleeing their house in Block 7, Gulshan-i-Iqbal late on Wednesday night. The accused, later identified as Asad Abbas, went to the house of his friend, Salman, after […]


Woman allowed to live with parents

NAWABSHAH: A court on Friday allowed a woman, at the centre of a matrimonial dispute which led to the killing of her purported husband in a clash between police and her parental family, to live with her parents.On Thursday, she was given in police custody because she appeared to be mentally disturbed. Hameeda, purported wife […]