KARACHI, April 23: Unable to grasp the enormity of her ordeal, an eight-year-old girl (name withheld on request) tried to play with her cousins on Monday evening after being raped by an unknown person some time on Sunday evening. The girl was found crying by a passer-by, Abid Ali, in C Area Qayumabad at around […]
ISLAMABAD,April 23: Head of a karo-kari affected family has asked the government to take steps for ending this tyrannical custom and demanded justice for its victims. Noor Muhammad Buzdar said this while speaking at a news briefing, here on Monday. He said, “Buland Ali Buzdar developed personal enmity on the issue of water rotation. He […]
LAYYAH, April 23: A 15-year-old girl who was kidnapped on April 17 from Chak 125-A called out for help in the Layyah city on Saturday when her alleged captors were shifting her to an undisclosed location. At this, the alleged kidnappers left her and fled from the scene. “H” said Imtiaz, Muhammad Iqbal and Muneer […]
Reporters Without Borders condemned the “show-cause notice” which the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) today sent to privately-owned Aaj TV, threatening it with closure because of its coverage of a crisis, resulting from the supreme court president’s dismissal that has been very embarrassing for President Pervez Musharraf. Citing a supreme judicial council order restricting […]
ISLAMABAD, April 23: Ahmad Hassan Alvi, a veteran journalist working for Dawn, died on Monday with his boots on, succumbing to a massive heart attack. He was 66. Mr Alvi, who has also been a leading trade unionist throughout his career spanning more than 40 years, did his usual work at Dawn, Islamabad, until late […]
ISLAMABAD, April 23: Pakistani and Islamabad-based foreign journalists on Monday held a protest rally outside Parliament House on Monday to show solidarity with the BBC correspondent Alan Johnston who was abducted from Gaza strip six weeks ago. The journalists from print and electronic media were holding placards inscribed with slogans seeking safe release of Mr […]
KARACHI, April 23: A “demands day” meeting of newspaper employees which was to be held on Monday at the Karachi Press Club was cancelled by the Karachi chapter of Apnec due to unavoidable circumstances. However, a meeting of Apnec’s Karachi office-bearers will be held on Wednesday at 4.30pm in the union office of Daily Jang […]
PESHAWAR, April 23: The Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) on Monday demanded of the federal government to immediately constitute the Eighth Wage Board and asked the newspaper owners to implement the 7th Wage Award immediately. The KhUJ observed a demands day and set up a protest camp in front of the Peshawar Press Club to […]
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