As per details provided by the NGO Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) on Friday, the family residing in Goth Ghulam Kalro was forced into a Jirga by an influential landlord and their 17-year-old was given in marriage to an elderly person. “When the family refused to accept the heinous […]
The 19-year-old, Yusra, a second-year student of the computer sciences department of the Sindh University, Jamshoro, was allegedly kidnapped eight days ago by Sultan Shah and Yasir Channa, according to the FIR lodged by Sardar Siddiqui, the father of the girl. Sources said the police raided the house of the accused in the Shahdadpuri Mohalla, […]
He was talking to the students of Kennedy School of Government Harvard University, USA, who called on him here. Replying to various questions by the students, the chairman Senate said that seats have been reserved for women in the national, provincial and district assemblies.Mr Soomro said things are moving in the right direction and women […]
In a statement over the boycott of the Opposition from Senate, he said, actually, it is a matter of the freedom of press and the opposition members were trying to dictate the press.He said apparently, the opposition boycotted the proceeding of the House on the pretext that PIA distributed some briefing among the media persons […]
A member Razaullah Nohrio pointed out in a resolution that the Sindh government had allowed 15 per cent pay raise as ‘unattractive area allowance’ with effect from July 1, 1987, to the public servants serving in unattractive areas of Mithi, Umerkot, Chhachhro and Nagarparkar talukas of Tharparkar district, desert area of Khipro taluka and Mahal […]
The police had submitted that Sajid Tareen was arrested in November last year for the distribution of pamphlets against the government, while the applicant denied that he had distributed any pamphlets. The court had admitted the bail application and observed that the prosecution failed to produce any solid evidence against the applicant about the charge […]
Speaking at the Lahore Press Club’s ‘Meet-the-Press’ programme, Durrani said the issue would be resolved soon as a tripartite meeting would be held in Islamabad on Feb 6 to discuss the issue. The meeting would be attended by the representatives of the government, journalists, the All-Pakistan Newspapers Society and the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors. […]
The AI senior official met Aziz in Davos, Switzerland, where the prime minister is attending the World Economic Forum. “Pakistan must take steps to investigate allegations of ‘disappearances’ of terror suspects and take necessary measures to prevent future recurrences. The government should also investigate killings by soldiers during military operations in the tribal areas,” said […]
The petition was filed under Article 184(3) of the Constitution. It appeals to the court to order an inquiry into the attack, compensation for the martyred soldier’s family and an end to military operations in the tribal areas. Gul’s lawyer Muhammad Ikram Chaudhry requested the court to order the government to end the agreements signed […]
There is another convincing and weighty point of view put forward by the HRCP and other human rights activists that must be heeded. As pointed out by them, our judicial system suffers from so many basic flaws that the chances of there being a miscarriage of justice are immense. One does not have to be […]
MIRPURKHAS: Journalists stage a demonstration to condemn atrocities against their colleagues at the Post Office Chowk here on Saturday. Source: Dawn Date:1/28/2007
The joint action committee of the Khyber Union of Journalists and the Peshawar Press Club organized the procession in the city.Journalists expressed anger over delay in the recovery.The protestors carried placards and banners inscribed with slogans demanding immediate recovery of the kidnapped senior journalist.Later, a meeting of the action committee was held at the press […]
SCO started SCOM (GSM) mobile service in eight different cities of the Northern Areas said the DG on Friday while addressing a large gathering of government officials and notables on the eve of inauguration of Khaplu digital exchange which has been connected with optical fibre and Shiger digital exchange of 500 lines.Major General Shahid Maqbool, […]
The joint action committee of the Khyber Union of Journalists and the Peshawar Press Club organized the procession in the city.Journalists expressed anger over delay in the recovery.The protestors carried placards and banners inscribed with slogans demanding immediate recovery of the kidnapped senior journalist.Later, a meeting of the action committee was held at the press […]
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