HYDERABAD: Ghulam Hussain Solangi a teacher at the Government High School Johi, warned on Sunday that he would commit self-immolation in front of the offices of DPO of Dadu if police did not disclose the whereabouts of his son arrested more than a week ago. Mr Solangi, of Noorani Chowk, said at a news conference […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed concern over “growing anarchy, rising religious militancy, continuing disappearances and judicial crisis due to dysfunctional government.” Its annual general meeting, held here on Sunday with Asma Jehangir in chair, said that reports of the situation in different parts of the country pointed to a strong link […]
LAHORE, April 8: Four unidentified people allegedly kidnapped an electronic media journalist from Nawankot on Sunday night. Islam, a cameraman of Labaik TV channel, told this reporter by phone that he, along with crime reporter Irfan Khalid, came out of a plaza after meeting somebody at a newspaper office. “No sooner had we reached the […]
LAHORE: The work of Mukhtar Mai, who survived a gang rape to become a fervent campaigner for voiceless women in Pakistan, has earned her many enemies, among feudal lords and even in the government, according to noted American columnist Nicholas Kristof. “Mukhtar is a hero of mine,” Kristof writes in The New York Times. “But […]
ISLAMABAD: The Women’s Development Ministry under the Women’s Political School project has completed the training of 26,000 women councillors across the country to execute their duties at the grassroots level. The $ 4.5 million-programme was funded by Norway and implemented by the UN Development Programme to increase the number of women councillors throughout the country […]
LAHORE: A rape victim has appealed to the president of Pakistan and other authorities to direct the police to register of a case and take action against the accused who allegedly raped her for three days. Addressing a press conference at the Lahore press club on Sunday, Asma Bibi, daughter of Lal Shah of Baitwasaya […]
ISLAMABAD, April 9: Prominent civil society organisations have condemned the establishment of Qazi Court by the administration of Lal Masjid, saying it is in violation of the constitution of Pakistan. In a joint statement, Women Action Forum, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Pattan Development Organisation, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Sungi, Aurat Foundation, Rozan, Poda (Potohar […]
GUJRANWALA, April 9: A local court has asked police to register a case against a rickshaw owner who sold the kidney of his wife without her knowledge and deserted her later. Saifullah of Ladheywala Warriach took ailing Safia to Rawalpindi for treatment and sold her kidney for Rs120,000. On return, he bought an auto rickshaw. […]
TOBA TEK SINGH: City police on Sunday arrested another blasphemy accused, Shehla Masih, during a raid at Christian Colony. The police had registered a blasphemy case against five people on Eid-i-Milad and arrested one of them, Salamat Masih. The accused had reportedly trampled a sticker underfoot on which the picture of `Naalain Mubarik’ of the […]
Green media awards ceremony organized by Tetra Pak was held at a local hotel on Wednesday. Secretary general All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) was the chief guest for the occasion. The ceremony was held to acknowledge the efforts of journalists who have tried highlighting different environmental hazards such as recycling, industrial pollution, desertification, water resource […]
KARACHI: City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has decided to launch a phased programme from April 10 to impart training to more than 7,000 teachers in Information Technology (IT) and modern technology, estimated to cost Rs 55 million. The training programme will envisage lectures of international quality by education experts. A decision in this regard was […]
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