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Daily Archives: May 31, 2007

Murdered girl buried without rites

MIRPURKHAS, May 30: A young girl has been strangulated on pretext of honour killing and buried by her elder brother and uncle without proper funeral at Mureed Lodho village in the jurisdiction of Old Mirpur police station. A murder case was lodged on Wednesday. Report said that Mohammad Shafi Lodho and his uncle Mukhtiar Lodho […]


Threats to journalists condemned

HYDERABAD, May 30: Journalists staged protest demonstrations and held rallies in different parts of Sindh on Wednesday against the issuance of life threats to PFUJ secretary-general Mazhar Abbas, AP correspondent Zarar Khan and photographer Asif Hussain, and attack on Shakeel Turrabi, Editor-in-Chief, Sana News. Members of the press club and Hyderabad Union of Journalists demonstrated […]


Man kills sister over ‘honour’

SAHIWAL, May 30: A man on Wednesday strangulated his sister to death over suspicion of having illicit relations with a youth at Chak 107/9-L. Reports said Allah Ditta suspected his sister Rashida of having relations with a youth of the same village. He repeatedly reprimanded her over the issue and later detained her inside their […]


PPF NEWSFLASH: Bullets found in cars of three journalists in Karachi

Karachi:In what is being described as a death threat, on 29 May 2007, bullets were found planted on cars belonging to three journalists in Karachi, the capital of Pakistan’s southern Sindh province. Identical envelopes, each containing a bullet for a 30-bore TT pistol, were taped on the windscreens of cars belonging to Mazhar Abbas, bureau […]


Media body demands journalists’ protection

LAHORE: Outraged at threats to the life and property of journalists in Karachi and Peshawar thrown up by extremist organisations, the South Asia Media Commission (SAMC) on Wednesday urged the Pakistani authorities to protect them. Three Pakistani journalists — Mazhar Abbas, Zarar Khan and Asif – working for national and international news organisations found bullets […]