PESHAWAR, April 2: The Alliance for Protection of Human Rights, a group of civil society organisations, has expressed concern over letters issued by a religious group to owners of internet cafes, video and audio-cassettes shops, asking them to wind up their businesses. “A society where poverty and unemployment is already on the rise, such acts […]
If one craves homemade lunch at a workplace, then “Amma’s thela” is perhaps the best possible choice. Parked under one of the pedestrian bridges on Shahrah-e-Faisal, ‘Amma,’ as it is popularly known, is owned by 46-year-old Tarammisa, a roadside vendor who has been selling homemade food in the commercial areas near Jason Trade Centre for […]
LAHORE,Eight people allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl in Manawan here on Monday. ‘M’ told police that Sohail and his seven accomplices abducted her from Singhpura, took her to a house in Manawan and raped her. The police claimed to have arrested Sohail and four of his accomplices. Source: Dawn Date:4/3/2007
SIALKOT, April 3: Motra police could not arrest alleged rapists of a local farmer’s daughter even after a lapse of two weeks. Reports said Idrees, Abdul Ghaffar and their accomplice had abducted Muhammad Rafiq’s daughter `S’ at gunpoint on her way back home from school in Kharoliyaan-Motra, Daska two weeks ago. The accused allegedly took […]
LAYYAH, April 3: The enhancement in the term of an acid burn convict from 14- year imprisonment to 32 years might have brought smiles on the burnt lips of victim Zareena but she says it will not lessen her miseries she has been suffering for the last five years. The Layyah additional district and sessions […]
* N Ram chairman, Najam Sethi general secretary NEW DELHI: A mechanism to highlight attacks on media professionals and organisations across South Asia has been proposed under the auspices of the South Asia Media Commission (SEMC) at its founding conference here on Monday. Members of the national chapters of the SEMC elected N Ram, editor […]
ISLAMABAD, April 2: The Khadim-i-Islam Taliban have given an ultimatum to CD and cassette sellers of the Federal capital to close down their business within a month otherwise they would be left with no alternative but to do it by force. In a letter distributed to CD and cassette sellers in Aabpara Market, Super Market […]
ISLAMABAD: Shopkeepers selling CDs and DVDs in the city fear religious extremists will force them to close. Groups of madrassa students have been going around markets, especially Aabpara Market, in recent days warning shops to shut down because they were “corrupting society”. Shaikh Adnan, who runs a shop in Aabpara Market, told Daily Times that […]
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