Urdu Newsletter January 19 to 26 , January 2007-II
Summary Urdu Newsletter January 19 to 26 , January 2007-II Date 1/19/2007 Download newslette no.02 part-ii.pdf
Daily Archives: January 19, 2007
Urdu Newsletter January 19 to 26 , January 2007-I
Summary Urdu Newsletter January 19 to 26 , January 2007-I Date 1/19/2007 Download newslette no.02 part-i.pdf
Clueless : by Dr Masooda Bano
The more the government attempts to demonstrate a commitment to the empowerment of Pakistani women, the more clear it becomes how clueless it is about what women empowerment is all about. To add to it claims of empowering the Pakistani woman, this year again the government organised the mixed international marathon in Lahore for the […]
No to wife-beating
The arrest of a former captain of the national cricket team in Karachi this week on charges of physically beating his wife has brought into focus the serious and vastly underreported issue of domestic violence in Pakistani society. At the outset, however, one would like to commend the cricketer’s wife for having the courage to […]
Bill on women’s employment referred to Law Division
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat on Thursday unanimously referred the Equality of Opportunity for Women in Employment Bill, 2005, to the Law Division for vetting and then tabling in the National Assembly for enactment. The committee, which met under the chairmanship of Ahmed Raza Maneka, discussed the bill, […]
Govt urged to recover missing journalist
A meeting held at Peshawar Press Club (PPC) and attended by the office-bearers of the PPC and the Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) also made an appeal to the kidnappers to set Qalandar free on humanitarian grounds. An action committee was also set up to devise a strategy for the safe and early recovery of […]
Journalists demand release of kidnapped colleague
PESHAWAR: Journalists of Peshawr on Thursday expressed concern over the kidnapping of a senior journalists urging the administration to take necessry steps for his receovery. The journalists also appealed to the kidnapers to immediately release Sohail Qalndar, a senior journalist and resident editor of national daily. Sohail was kidnapped on January 2,2007 along with his […]
EU concerned over missing people
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: The European Union is concerned at the increasing number of disappearances and torture incidents which are tarnishing the image of Pakistan, globally. The visiting EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gijs M. de Vries expressed this during a press conference on Thursday. He declined to give a count of forced disappearances and the response of […]
Police detain photojournalist
RAWALPINDI: A photo-journalist associated with a UK-based news agency was Thursday illegally detained and harassed by the Airport police for over three hours and released after a large number of journalists reached the police station. Mian Khurshid, associated with the Reuters news agency, was picked up by traffic police as he was leaving the Islamabad […]
Committee to monitor hate material publication
The Ministaer said this while chairing a meeting of religious scholars from Rawalpividi, lslamabad and Lahore. He said these committees were already working at the provincial level and said that the government would not allow anyone to preach sectarianism or spread violence. He urged the ulema to maintain peace and harmony during Muharram and asked […]
2,722 HR cases reported to Law Ministry in 2006
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights received 2,722 complaints of human rights violation from all over the country last year. This information was provided to the Senate by the Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights on Thursday in response to a question from Senator Liaquat Ali Bungalzai. He did not say […]
Sindh top HR violations, Senate told
ISLAMABAD: There were 2,722 human rights violation complaints all over Pakistan from 2002 to 2006, the Senate was told on Thursday. These complaints were received by the Human Rights Wing of the Law Ministry, its regional offices and provincial headquarters, Law Minister Wasi Zafar said in a written reply to the Senate, while answering a […]
‘Gender equality precondition for reducing poverty’
ISLAMABAD: Gender equality is a precondition for meeting the challenges of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance. Mazhar Hashmi, Deputy Director General, Federal Bureau of Statistics, said this while addressing ‘International Conference on Gender Mainstreaming in Planning and Development’ here on Thursday. Najwa Ksaifi, ILO Gender Expert from Yemen, Nesrin Cobanoglu, Head, […]
‘First policewomen batch kept out of passing out parade’
PESHAWAR: Policewomen belonging to the first female batch of officers, after completing their training at the Hangu Police Academy (HPA), have joined various police stations in the NWFP. The officers were sent home without being told if they would be taking part in a passing out parade, which is deemed customary for every batch of […]
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