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Daily Archives: May 12, 2007

Woman dies for lack of maternity care

BADIN, May 11: Poverty has claimed the life of a pregnant woman as she could not get proper medical care for lack of money. The woman, Husna 22, wife of poor farmer Ahmed Sheedi, died on Thursday because of stillbirth and excessive bleeding. The poor farmer tried to get money on loan for the treatment […]


Police action against women condemned

KARACHI, May 11: The Aurat Foundation has planned peaceful demos across Sindh on Monday against the arrest and manhandling of more than 20 women rights leaders, including Anis Haroon and Nighat Saeed while they were protesting against extremism in Lahore on Friday. The NGO deplored that police baton-charged the protesting women, dragged many of them […]


BD media team visits Information Ministry

ISLAMABAD (APP)A 10-member media delegation from Bangladesh Friday met Secretary Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Syed Anwar Mahmood and exchanged views on matters of mutual interest. Managing Director Associated Press of Pakistan, Fazalur Rahman Malik, Managing Director PTV Yusuf Baig Mirza, Director General Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation Ashfaq Ahmed Gondal, Director General Internal Publicity Shah Zaman […]


SC urged to withdraw press directive

NEW YORK, May 11: The Pakistani Supreme Court should immediately withdraw the alarming press directive issued on Wednesday that is designed to stifle coverage of a controversial issue involving the court, the Committee to Protect Journalists(CPJ) , demanded on Friday. “We’re alarmed that the Supreme Court has threatened Pakistani journalists who have the responsibility of […]