LAHORE (PPI) – Provincial Minister for Human Rights, Makhdoom Ashfaq Ahmad has said that the concept of human rights would be included in the syllabus with a view to sensitise the younger generations with the significance of human rights in the civil societies. The promotion of human rights would result in strengthenÂing enlightened moderation as […]
KARACHI, Feb 12: Five leading physicians of Karachi have welcomed the recent accord between the Federal Ministry of Health and Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) under which they will jointly take action against the misleading health-related advertisements frequently aired by various TV channels. In a joint statement, they said that these advertisements, billed as […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Monday the Radio Pakistan, being an effective medium of communication, had been playing a constructive role in promoting national integration and projecting the message of brotherhood and unity. He was addressing the National Excellence Awards 2006 ceremony of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation at the Jinnah Convention Centre on […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights directed the Interior Ministry and other departments on Monday to submit a comprehensive report on missing citizens, and said the issue had been threatening the country’s image at home and abroad. “The committee wants to know the complete details of the missing citizens, because the matter has […]
* Police still clueless as Nisha’s US relatives step in * No friends or family willing to come forward in Karachi KARACHI: Members of Nisha’s family from her mother Seema’s side, who live in the US, have been following the case and wish to pursue it in Pakistan. Nisha’s US-based cousin Erum contacted Daily Times […]
KARACHI, Feb 13: Kainat Soomro, a thirteen-year-old girl and victim of gang-rape in Mehar Town of District Dadu, along with her parents and other family members has started hunger strike outside the Karachi Press Club with a resolve to continue the protest until they get justice. “A shopkeeper Shahban Shaikh abducted me and raped me […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: The Supreme Court has directed Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chairman Tariq Kirmani to explain the airlines’ position on a complaint by some women cabin crew against ‘derogatory and insulting’ treatment by the corporation. Deputy Attorney-General Nahida Mehboob Ellahi told Dawn that 98 women cabin crew members through a complaint signed by six […]
KHAIRPUR, Feb 13: Ms Farzana Shaikh who was declared ‘kari’ by a jirga on January 2 and reportedly forced to remarry stated before the senior civil judge Sultan Ali Leghari on Tuesday that she was happy with her present husband and would like to lead the rest of her life with him. Ms Farzana stated […]
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