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Daily Archives: May 2, 2007

71 members quit City Council bodies

KARACHI, April 30: Sixty-eight opposition members on 33 house committees on Monday tendered their resignations en bloc in protest against what they described as ‘hooliganism by certain treasury members’ during Thursday’s session of the City Council. Three women members also tendered their resignations from their respective committees. The resignations of the 68 committee members were […]


Woman seeks probe into son’s death

SHEIKHUPURA, May 1: A woman, whose son died in police custody here on Tuesday, demanded an impartial inquiry. Bashiran Bibi, protesting along with her other family members in front of jail, alleged that her son Arshad was tortured to death. She told reporters that Farooqabad police had registered an abduction case against her son and […]


Pakistan on US IPRs Watch List

ISLAMABAD: The United States will continue to keep Pakistan on its Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) Watch List and conduct an out-of-cycle review to monitor its progress on the IPRs during 2007, according to a Special 301 Report released by the office of US Trade Representative on Tuesday. In 2006, Pakistan was lowered from the Priority […]


RIUJ rally for freedom of press today

On the call of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists will hold a rally today to mark Press Freedom Day May 3rd. Rally will start from Geo building Blue Area Islamabad at 10: 30 in morning, it will end in front of Parliament House. RIUJ President Afzal Butt and General Secretary […]


Man clubs wife to death

LAHORE : A man allegedly clubbed his 22-year-old wife to death over a domestic issue in Shahdara on Saturday. Police said Rehana of Toba Tek Singh contracted love marriage with her cousin Rafiq about eight months ago. The newly wed couple left their native town as their families were not happy with their marriage and […]


Pakistan among top 10 worst offenders of press freedom

NEW YORK: Pakistan is among the top 10 worst countries for press freedom, a US-based media watchdog said on Tuesday. Other worst countries for press freedom are Ethiopia, Gambia, Russia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cuba, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Morocco and Thailand. “The behaviour of all of these countries is deeply troubling, but the rapid retreats in […]


KUJ dialogue on press freedom May 3

KARACHI: To mark the International Press Freedom Day on May 3, the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) is organising interactive dialogue, in collaboration with the Karachi Press Club (KPC), on the ‘State of the Media and Press Freedom in Pakistan’. It will be presided over by former SHC chief justice Wajihuddin Ahmad, says a press […]


Freelance photographer killed by suicide attack on interior minister

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders is saddened by the death of Mehboob Khan, a young freelance news photographer who was killed on 28 April 2007 in a suicide bombing aimed at Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao, in the northwestern district of Charsadda. Four other journalists were injured by the blast. “Suicide bombings against civilians are […]


Boy sodomised

A teenage boy working at a decoration shop was sodomised by an area resident man on Tuesday. A case was reported at the Mehmoodabad police station.The police said that they received complaint from Abbas Ali, 18, who stated that he is a resident of KDA Quarters and was working at a decoration shop situated near […]