KARACHI (April 22 2007): Nazim Karachi, Syed Mustafa Kamal has exempted over 750 newspaper stalls in various parts of the city as being encroachments and said the steps taken by former Commissioner Karachi about them will be implemented. Accordingly such cabins of 4X4 size where only newspapers are being sold and have been put at […]
ISLAMABAD: The families of missing persons on Saturday staged a protest demonstration in front of the Supreme Court, seeking early release of their loved ones allegedly abducted by the intelligence agencies. Amina Masud Janjua led the demonstration. The protesting families carried pictures of their loved ones and banners and placards inscribed with slogans demanding their […]
SHEIKHUPURA, April 21: In a rare incident, a woman accused in an abduction case managed to escape from the judicial lock-up of a Ferozewala court on Saturday. Reports said the accused, Zanib Bibi, was brought by a police party, led by sub-inspector Khan Muhammad, from Sheikhupura jail for production in the court. After appearing in […]
VEHARI, April 21: A woman was killed by her husband at a ‘punchayat’ here on Saturday at Chak 12/WB over an exchange marriage (watta satta) issue. Reports said Perveen Bibi d/o Lal Din had been married to Sajid Husain of Sundylianwali a few years back. On Wednesday, daughter-in-law of Lal Din returned to her parents’ […]
LAYYAH, April 21: A 13-year-old girl was kidnapped and allegedly raped by her neighbour. Misbah of Bhai Sadhu Ram, a class seven student, told newsmen on Saturday that her neighbour Khurshid Bibi came to her house in the evening last week and invited her to see the video film of a marriage ceremony at her […]
ISLAMABAD: Namira Salim, a Pakistani national, won laurels for the nation by hoisting the Pakistani flag at the North Pole on Saturday morning. While she is waiting for a flight into space in the next couple of years, Namira became the first Pakistani to reach the top of the world — the Geographic North Pole. […]
KARACHI, April 21: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (APNEC) will observe ‘Demands Day’ on April 23 for the implementation of the 7th Wage Award and to press the government to constitute the 8th Wage Board. According to a press release, the two apex bodies of the […]
Like other parts of globe, The World Intellectual Property Day will be observed here on April 26th Thursday. The event was established by the World Intellectual Property Organization in 2001 to “raise awareness of the role of intellectual property in our daily lives, and to celebrate the contribution made by innovators and artists to development […]
Viewers flood widely watched program with evidence of bribery and corruption By Sonya Fatah KARACHI- It’s 10 o’clock on Friday night in Pakistan, a prime-time television spot when viewers often settle down to watch a popular series. Instead, the camera takes them to Darra Adam Khel, Pakistan’s notorious gun market in the lawless tribal belt […]
Canada: An Ontario journalist was beaten and threatened with death this week in what is being called a revenge attack for publishing articles critical of a Pakistan-based Muslim group. Jawaad Faizi, 35, was pulling into the driveway of his editor’s Mississauga home on Tuesday night when a car pulled up behind him. Mr. Faizi had […]
PESHAWAR,April 22: A homemade bomb blew up three video and music shops in a market in Swabi where hardliners believe the businesses are un-Islamic, police said Sunday. The blast happened late Saturday in Swabi, about 100 kilometers northeast of Peshawar.“It destroyed one shop and partially damaged two others, but there were no casualties as the […]
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