JAMSHORO: The parents of a 13-year-old schoolgirl who was allegedly gang-raped for four days by four men have appealed to the Supreme Court to take suo moto notice of the incident as no case has been registered while many girls have stopped going to school out of fear of meeting the same fate. Victim Kainat’s […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan places high priority on women’s empowerment and gender equality, and the constitution of the country affirms the equality of all citizens before law irrespective of their religion, caste or gender, said Muhammad Ziaur Rehman, the secretary of the Planning and Development Division, on Wednesday. He was speaking at the inaugural session of a […]
KARACHI: Pakistani and Indian women entrepreneurs have formed a Joint Business Council (JBC) for the promotion of businesswomen, in this regard a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed. The MoU was signed between Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WCCI), Pakistan and Federation of Indian Women Entrepreneurs (FIWE) in a press briefing at Karachi Press […]
Syed Faseih lqbal, and General Secretary Wamiq A Zuberi, and directed the exercise of maximum caution in the dialogue with the Federal Government on the subject of press freedom and other matters relating to the print media and of primary concern to the CPNE. The meeting, by another resolution, strongly condemned the arbitrary and uncalled […]
The PFUJ, in a statement on Wednesday, said that on the one hand the government had failed to ensure implementation of the wage award, on the other, it had blocked advertisements to a newspaper just because it had been critical of its policies. It criticised the practice of using advertisements as a lever to put […]
The commission has expressed the suspicion that the missing persons may have been picked up by secret agency personnel. The three missing men are: Cheetan Kumar, 45, of Bajeer Mohalla, Umerkot district; Gordhan Das alias G.M. Bhagat, 55, also of Umerkot; and Greesh Kumar, 22, a graduate of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, […]
Ahmed Hussain’s funeral prayers were offered at Masjid-e-Muddasir, KDA Scheme No 1 near Karsaz, after Zuhr prayers. He was laid to rest at the PECHS graveyard. Source: The News Date:1/18/2007
KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan was freed on bail after a brief detention over a complaint that he beat up his wife at home, police said Wednesday. Moin, who lives in Karachi’s Clifton seaside area, was arrested early Tuesday after his wife, Tasneem Khan, complained, and was released in the evening after submitting a […]
KARACHI: Additional Session Judge, South, Sher Bano Karim sentenced three people to death in a gang-rape case on Wednesday. Haider, Fazal Karim and Ali had gang-raped a daughter of Akbari Begum in 2004. The court also penalized them Rs50,000 each to be paid to the victim. The incident occurred in Darkhshan police limits. Source: Dawn […]
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has directed the provincial government to pay a prisoner Rs150,000 as compensation for keeping him behind bars for 30days after the expiry of his jail term. Issuing the order on Wednesday, the SHC ordered the compensation amount to be calculated at the rate of Rs5,000 for every day of illegal […]
LAHORE: Only one accused has so far been convicted since the establishment of FIA’s anti-cyber crime cell (Lahore region) in September 2005. The cell has so far arrested some 29 people from Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad and Gujranwala for committing frauds of millions of rupees through counterfeit credit cards. Officials say compoundable nature of the offence […]
VEHARI: Mailsi Saddar police on Wednesday registered a case against 12 people under women protection law for allegedly raping three dancers at Mauza Ghulam Sindhi. Reports said on Jan 12, `S’, `B’ and `N’ had performed dance at the wedding ceremony of landlord Nasim Daha. After the function, about eight people, including the groom’s friends, […]
ISLAMABAD: The family members of the victims of enforced disappearances again staged a hunger strike in front of the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking an early recovery of their loved ones. As the affected families joined together for another wave of protest, they demanded that Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry should take action against the […]
DIR: As the hunger strike of victims of the 2005 devastating snowfall continued for the sixth consecutive day on Wednesday, the protesting families have announced to include their children in the strike to press the government for giving them compensation. No official including those of the district government visited the camp during the six days. […]
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