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Daily Archives: February 22, 2007

Special prosecutor to assist investigators

Zille Huma murder case LAHORE – Provincial Minister for Law and Public Prosecution, Muhammmad Basharat Raja has directed Secretary Prosecution and Prosecutor General to depute a special prosecutor with the investigation team, engaged in investigation of brutal murder of Provincial Minister Zille Huma Usman. Special Prosecutor will provide technical assistance to the investigation team to […]


Missing journalist recovered

PESHAWAR: Tribal political authorities on Wednesday recovered Daily Express Resident Editor Sohail Qalandar and his friend Niaz Mohammad from Bara in Khyber Agency after 53 days in captivity. “The kidnappers kept me in a mountainous area and also tortured me. I was asked to sign an agreement to stop writing against kidnappers, smugglers and anti-state […]


Tortured wireless operator brought to Karachi for treatment from Thatta

KARACHI: An operator at the police wireless and “Madadgar 15” control room in Thatta has been brought to Karachi for treatment by his family after he was tortured severely by two SHOs and three other policemen who were in an inebriated condition, his relatives said Wednesday. On Sunday night, wireless operator Imran Ali Sheikh was […]


City council rushes through 3 resolutions without Opp

KARACHI: The city council held a marathon session Wednesday and approved six resolutions within the span of an hour – three in the presence of the opposition and three after the opposition walked out. The first resolution called for the government to announce immigration policies as soon as possible, so that the families of those […]


Inclusion of women’s rights sought in curriculum

ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: The Senate Standing Committee on Women Development has recommended the incorporation of material on women’s rights of inheritance into the national curricula from class VI. The committee headed by Tahira Latif at its recent meeting in the Parliament House discussed the recommendations made by its sub-committee on laws of inheritance and evil […]


Town Nazim comes under for transfers

Opposition questions how a town nazim could dismiss secretaries and order audit KARACHI: During the course of the city council session, opposition leader, Saeed Ghani brought up some issues faced by his union council, along with others (in Jamshed Town) governed by opposition members. When they were told to bring the issue up separately with […]


Seminar urges govt to recover missing children

ISLAMABAD: Participants of a two-day seminar, that started on Wednesday, called for the recovery and welfare of missing or exploited children in addition to forming a ‘national network for missing and exploited children’. The network aims to work for advocacy and provision of legal services to children who suffered violence of any kind. Participants pressed […]


Males banned from women World Cup qualifiers in Lahore

KARACHI: Male spectators, except those attending with family, will be banned when Pakistan hosts the eight-team Women’s World Cup qualifiers in November, officials said. But officials hailed the decision to stage the matches in Pakistan as a sign that the country is becoming more moderate and making efforts to allow women to play sport. The […]


Court summons SHO

HYDERABAD, Feb 22: The Sindb High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench issued notices for February 26 to the Pinyari police SHO and the Hyderabad DPO on a petition filed by a young girt seeking protection. According to the petitioner, Sobia, daughter of Ghulam Hussain, she has married Mohammad Amir of her own free will because her […]


Pregnant woman killed

HYDERABAD, Feb 22: A young woman, with a five-month pregnancy, was killed allegedly by her husband and brother-in-law in the jurisdiction of the Hussainabad police late Wednesday night. The police have arrested both the accused. One of them was remanded to judicial custody while the other is in police custody after concerned court granted his […]