KARACHI: A 20-year-old woman, ‘D’, was allegedly gang-raped in district Umerkot late Monday night. The incident took place in Haveli Thakur, near Chhorr Cantonment (a small town near the Indian border) in district Umerkot, Sindh. D is a Dalit — the lowest (unscheduled) Hindu caste. Her husband and father-in-law are haris (bonded labourers), and work […]
ISLAMABAD, May 8: The travelling “Art for Charity” exhibition featuring coloured and black and white photographs of international photographers opened at the Khaas Art Gallery here on Monday. The week-long exhibition was arranged by the Dawn Group of Newspapers as part of the national relief effort to provide assistance to the victims of the October […]
ISLAMABAD, May 8: The government has decided to launch an aggressive media policy under which different ministries have been asked to hold weekly briefings to give maximum coverage to the its policies, sources said on Tuesday. Under the decision, the interior and finance ministries and the Planning Commission have begun weekly briefings and a few […]
KHAIRPUR: A 17-year-old woman was sent to Darul Aman by a court after she escaped from home, fearing that her husband might kill her. Seema approached the Khairpur DSP and requested that she be produced before the district and sessions court as she feared for her life. After recording her statement, the court ordered the […]
Radio Khyber celebrated its first anniversary in Jamurad, Khyber Agency on Monday. According to official statement issued here on Tuesday, radio Khyber was set up in Jamurd on May 07, 2006 after three other community radio stations were set up in Wana, Miranshah, and Razmak as part of government’s campaign to counter the onslaught of […]
ISLAMABAD: Doctors of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) were stopped from giving any information to media through a circular issued by Fazale Haddi, the hospital’s executive director, on Tuesday. The circular, seen by Daily Times, has been sent to all departments of the hospital, stating that nobody is allowed to give interviews or […]
KARACHI: The attempt by various television channels to malign Pakistan’s journalists covering the cricket World Cup in connection with the alleged murder of national cricket coach Bob Woolmer has been condemned. Khawaja Naveed Ahmed, Senior Vice President Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan, Sabihuddin Ghausi, President Karachi Press Club and Mazhar Abbas, Secretary General Pakistan […]
ISLAMABAD: The opposition on Tuesday staged a token walkout from the National Assembly when the speaker reserved his ruling after a debate on adjournment motions of the opposition on blockage of transmissions of Geo TV and other local channels in Karachi and Lahore on May 5 while providing live coverage of the caravan of Chief […]
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) fears more pressure, “forced suspension” and threats on media, particularly TV channels, based on the country’s politically charged atmosphere. In a press statement released on Tuesday, the PFUJ added that if political parties were showing such intolerance several months before the elections, “what kind of pressure will […]
CHARSADDA: An attempt to blow up music shops has been foiled here on Tuesday. Saboteurs planted explosive material outside five music shops in a plastic bag. On suspicion, area residents informed the police, which reached the scene but the saboteurs fled. Fortunately, the explosive material did not go off. The police have taken the explosives […]
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