KARACHI: Throughout the world, May 3 serves as an occasion to inform the public of violations of the right to freedom of expression and as a reminder that many journalists brave jail or even face death to bring people their daily news. The main theme of World Press Freedom Day-2006 was, “The Media as a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
DADU, May 1: A woman has sought protection against relatives of her husband who wanted to give in marriage her two daughters aged 10 and 8 years to two old people. She fears she would be killed on the pretext of karo-kari. Speaking at a press conference, Basran wife of Saeed Khan Birhamanai of Bahlil […]
PESHAWAR, April 30: Women MPAs belonging to the Jamaat-i-Islami will soon introduce a bill in the NWFP Assembly to declare the use of women models for promotion of products in advertisements a crime. The party’s MPAs have already submitted a bill seeking ban on publication of pictures of women victims of violence and another one […]
KARACHI, April 30: A five-year-old girl was brutally raped at a vacant house in Sohrab Goth by a youth who was later captured by the area people and handed over to the police. The minor girl was in a serious condition, but the family took her away from the Civil Hospital. If she was not […]
KHAIRPUR, April 30: Protesting the highhandedness of the Sukkur police, three women along with their children staged a demonstration outside press club here on Monday and also observed a hunger strike on court road on Monday. The women, Sharifan, Allah Wasai, Naseeban and Muradan, told journalists that Sukkur police had kept one Allah Wadhayo and […]
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