LAHORE, Feb 27: Observing that some provisions of the Women Protection Act 2007 required interpretation, the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday sought assistance on a law point whether a girl aged under 16 could exercise her free will to marry someone after the enforcement of the law. The court raised the point when Chiniot […]
JAMSHORO: Four people were booked in the kidnapping case of a woman and her son here on Monday. Manzoor and three others were booked under Section 363 of the PPC for kidnapping Janat Khatoon and her four-year-old son Siraj Ahmed Deepar some 35 days ago from the Mehar area. Police registered an FIR after a […]
KARACHI: The headless body of a young girl found on Sunday within the Preedy Police Station limits so far remains unidentified. According to the medical reports, the Investigation Officer (IO) and the Inspector Rana Muhammad Aslam stated that the girl was initially made unconscious (possibly by drugs) and then raped. He further said that the […]
KARACHI, Feb 27: The court of additional district and sessions judge South, Sherbano Karim, sentenced a rapist Sarfaraz son of Amir Bukhsh to four years rigorous imprisonment. The court also imposed a fine of Rs10,000 on him, who would have to undergo an additional six month imprisonment if he failed to pay the fine. Sarfaraz […]
BAHAWALPUR, Feb 27: Police on Tuesday arrested a man who allegedly got a kidney of his wife removed after she was hospitalised following a miscarriage. According to complainant Samia Bibi, she went through the trauma of the miscarriage during her first pregnancy because of the physical torture by her husband Shakeel. After her recovery, she […]
LAHORE, Feb 26: A full bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday admitted a constitutional petition seeking cancellation of Geo TV network’s licence. Filed by Mubarik Ali Chaudhry, chairman of the Awami Hamayat Tehrik, Pakistan, the petition has also sought a ban on the network transmissions for telecasting a programme which, according to him, […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani has said a media university proposed to be established in Islamabad would be the first-ever university of international standards in the Muslim world as well as in the South Asian region. “The university would not only cater for the growing needs of trained media professionals, […]
ISLAMABAD, April 26: A group of pioneering women journalists has produced a series of radio programmes profiling the lives and times of Pakistani women of substance. The 15-minute radio programme – Shakhsi Khakey – depicts the famous and not so famous women from different walks of life. The programme is produced by Meri Awaz Suno, […]
KARACHI, Feb 26: The City District Government Karachi has started work to provide night shelter for street children in the city. The city government’s Community Development Department has initiated a step with the collaboration of public/private partnership in this regard, said a statement issued by the Nazim’s secretariat on Monday. The Community Development Department along […]
KARACHI, Feb 26: The Sindh government took a lead over other provinces on Monday when five of its departments opted for modern technology with the launching of the paperless “electronic office pilot project.” Advisor to the chief minister on Information Technology Muhammad Noman Saigal, declared the project open by pushing a button. In the first […]
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