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Daily Archives: February 17, 2007

Journalists to boycott official functions

PESHAWAR, Feb 16: The journalist community in the province has decided to boycott official press conferences in protest against the government’s failure to recover Sohail Qalandar, Resident Editor of daily Express, and his friend Niaz Mohammad, missing since January 2. An announcement to this effect was made here on Friday after a meeting of the […]


Implementation of labour laws urged

HYDERABAD, Feb 16: The secretary general of the All-Pakistan Trade Unions Organisations (APTUO) Ghulam Sarwar Chandio has urged the government to implement labour laws in letter and spirit and ensure that the employers give their workers appointment letters, social security and EOBI cards enabling them to avail of all the legal facilities. Mr Chandio said […]


SHC issues notice to city nazim

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court, annoyed with the City District Government Karachi’s (CDGK) counsel for non-compliance of court orders, issued Friday notice to the city nazim for a date in office on a petition filed by the affectees of the Lyari Express Way (LEW) project. The SHC’s division bench comprising Justice Musheer Alam and Justice […]


Law Reforms Bill to curb police powers: PM

ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: The Law Reforms Bill is landmark legislation and its adoption will help people get quick and cheap justice and it will also free them from the harassment of law-enforcement agencies, according to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Highlighting various aspects of the bill, he said that it would reduce court delays and curb […]


KU journalism teacher laid to rest

KARACHI: Sarwar Naseem, an associate professor of the Mass Communications Department, University of Karachi (KU), and noted journalist, passed away late Thursday night at the university due to heart failure. Naseem was push-starting a car when he suffered a cardiac arrest and passed away. Naseem was also the general secretary of the Karachi University Teachers […]


Two get bail in woman burning case

KARACHI: The district court granted bail to accused Jamil and Ghufran, in the charge against burning to death their sister-in-law Ruby on benefit of doubt as before, she succumbed to injuries, she recorded a police statement that she was burnt by the stove was burst which caught fire, resulting in 40 persons burns. Ruby was […]


Kainat tells court she is unmarried

HYDERABAD, Feb 16: A teenage girl told a single bench of Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on Friday that she had been subjected to rape by four men including the petitioner, who claimed to be her husband. The girl, Kainat Soomro, appeared before the court and stated that she was abducted by petitioner Ahsan Ali […]


Woman abducted

DADU -According to the details, here from Aziz Abad colony Dadu a married woman namely Yasmeen wife of Mohammed Yaseen Panhwer had been abducted on gun point by armed persons few days ago when she was sleeping in her home. Dadu Police has registered an FIR against Syed Akhtar Shah and 5 other accused persons […]