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Daily Archives: April 10, 2007

Women’s rights

EDITORIAL (April 10 2007): According to a recent Aurat Foundation report, at least one woman was murdered every day in Sindh during the first three months of the current year. Every second day men killed a woman of their family after declaring her Kari. In the same period, 24 women committed suicide while 25 others […]


Two shot dead over karo-kari

LARKANA, April 10: A man and a woman – mother of five — were gunned down in village ‘Sobdar Jatoi’ near Wagan town on Tuesday for Karo-kari. Husband of the woman Ali Haidar Mughiri after killing them surrendered to the Wagan police station along with the gun. Hadiar Jatoi, uncle of Sheral got an FIR […]


Police refuse to register FIR

NAWABSHAH, April 9: Residents of village Allah Jurio Rind, taluka Doulatpur staged demonstration on Monday against the Nawabshah police for failing to register FIR of the kidnapped people. Led by the former MPA Inayat Rind, Mohammad Bux Rind, Ghulam Mustafa Rind and others, they said some unidentified armed men led by landlord Abdul Hameed Rind […]


Women’s rights

EDITORIAL (April 10 2007): According to a recent Aurat Foundation report, at least one woman was murdered every day in Sindh during the first three months of the current year. Every second day men killed a woman of their family after declaring her Kari. In the same period, 24 women committed suicide while 25 others […]


Yousaf Baig re-appointed as PTV MD

ISLAMABAD – In a sudden move, Yousaf Baig Mirza has been re-appointed as Managing Director of Pakistan Television here on Monday. After the appointment of Information Secretary Anwar Mehmood, it is the second major reshuffle in the Information Ministry. Yousaf Baig has replaced Ashraf Azeem. Baig also visited his office at the PTV headquarters. Source: […]


IT sector booming in Pakistan’

KARACHI (April 10 2007): The Information Technology sector in Pakistan is growing at an incredible 50 percent per annum, and the Networked Readiness Index rankings published in the Global Information Technology Report are often misleading, especially when reported in the context of developing countries. Ashraf Kapadia, President of the Pakistan Software Houses Association (PASHA) said […]


44 held for kidnapping Qalandar released

LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), April 9: The Bara Political Administration on Monday released 44 tribesmen arrested in connection with the kidnapping of Peshawar journalist Sohail Qalandar. The released men included 34 Shalobar tribesmen and nine people belonging to the Malikdin Khel clan. All of them were arrested by the Bara Political Administration under the Collective […]