* 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 […]
TOBA TEK SINGH, March 31: Elections for the district naib nazim’s seat, which were scheduled to be held on April 2, will now be held on April 9. A notice pasted on Saturday on the returning officer’s notice board said that elections had been postponed on the orders of the Chief Election Commissioner. Rana Zafar […]
ISLAMABAD, March 31: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Saturday said it had decided to recommend to the parliament that ‘zina bil raza’ (consensual sex) and ‘zina bil jabr’ (rape) should be treated as two ‘distinct and separate crimes’. “If a female complains of zina bil jabr, she will not be asked to bring […]
ISLAMABAD – Coercion, lax enforcement of election laws, massive use of the local government apparatus, bogus ballots at women polling booths and flaws in the electoral lists marred the by-election to the NA-26 seat in Bannu held on Thursday, according to Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) observers. FAFEN, a network of 30 leading civil […]
ISLAMABAD, March 31: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Women Development on Saturday expressed its concern over improper utilisation of budget, allocated for women development projects. The Committee which met under the Chairmanship of MNA Begum Mehnaz Rafi, MNA in the Parliament House discussed the budget proposals and utilisation of funds for women development. According […]
ISLAMABAD,Though a bit late, the local civil society organisations (CSOs) have registered their protest over the fast-receding government’s writ in the capital in which girl students of Jamia Hafsa kidnapped three women on charges of immoral activities. Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, women rights activists from various CSOs demanded strict action against what […]
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