KASUR, Feb 14: District and sessions judge Zaibtul Husain on Wednesday ordered to entrust the case of blasphemy accused Martha Bibi of Changa Manga to the court of additional district and sessions judge Rao Abdul Jabar for hearing on Feb 17. Mr Husain also directed inspector (legal) Qamaruz Zaman to appear before the trial court […]
Date: February 15,2007 Location: Vicky Zeitlin Media Library, Press Centre, Karachi Injudicious use of pesticides damage health, environment and agriculture A Seminar on Evaluating Effects of Use of Pesticides in Pakistan was organised by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) at its Vicky Zeitlin Media Library, Press Centre on 15th February, 2007. Agricultural and environmental experts were […]
With the controversy surrounding the passage of the much-needed Women’s Protection Bill still fresh, the government introduced further legislation in the National Assembly on Tuesday to seek a ban on cruel and unfair customs against women. The introduction of the bill by the president of the Pakistan Muslim League itself touched off a minor controversy […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: The federal government said in the Supreme Court on Wednesday that three out of six recently traced persons from a list of 41 people “missing” for many years are under its custody for security reasons. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan and Justice Saiyed Saeed […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: The country witnessed a sharp increase in the crime rate, recording a total of 526,540 cases in 2006 as against 438,111 in 2005, data compiled by the interior ministry revealed. However, police sources said the data did not provide the actual number of crime cases as a large number of incidents were […]
ISLAMABAD: The irony is chilling. Even before they could bloom into flowers, teenaged flower-selling girls are being trafficked to some Middle East countries ostensibly for employment but only to be used for physical pleasure. The poor girls, who sell flowers on Islamabad roads, are being trafficked on passports bearing fake names by a new racket […]
KARACHI, Feb 14: Naseema Labano, a teenage girl of Ubaro town of District Ghotki, who was gang raped, was flown to Karachi late Tuesday night and admitted to Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) on Wednesday, officials told Dawn. She was brought Karachi on the instructions of Governor Sindh Dr Ishratul Ibad. According to a senior CHK […]
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