LAHORE, June 29: The issues and challenges facing Pakistan’s children were discussed here in a seminar here on Friday. According to this report (launched at the seminar) by the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC), child rights violations are on the rise in Pakistan. Justice Nasira Iqbal retired, who was […]
SAHIWAL, June 29: A grade four student of Binnatul Islam High School was kidnapped, raped and killed. Fateh Sher police said Iqra, 8, was coming home on Thursday when Salim, 45, a tailor by profession, kidnapped her and took her to his room where he raped her. He threw the injured girl in street at […]
BEIJING: Pakistani delegation at the International Seminar on Radio and TV management has won the third award for the best presentation. Pakistani delegation, headed by Assistant Director Information, Government of NWFP, Ansarullah Khilgi, included PTV Controller Engineering Naveedul Haq and Radio Pakistan Multan Programme Manager M. Asif Khan. As many as 73 delegates representing 43 […]
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has disposed of a petition filed by M/s Independent Media Corporation against the attachment of its bank accounts by the Collectorate of Sales Tax and Federal Excise (Enforcement) after the withdrawal of the order by the respondent. M/s Independent Media Corporation challenged the Collectorate of Sales Tax and Federal […]
ISLAMABAD (June 30 2007): The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has reportedly launched a probe against the Chairman of ATV Abdul Jabbar for defaulting on payment that he allegedly owed to PTV. According to South Asian News Agency (SANA), Benazir Bhutto established a television channel in the name of Peoples Television Network (PTN) during her first […]
ISLAMABAD: With a view to encouraging the growth of print media in the country, the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has exempted from customs duty the import of all types of machinery and spare parts for use in newspaper establishments. This concession is available unconditionally to all new and already operative newspaper establishments across the […]
Title Urdu Newsletter June 22 To 29, 2007 Date 6/29/2007 Download ppf newsletter no 24-a.pdf
* Only 19pc women are matriculate, 8pc intermediate, 5pc bachelors and 1.4pc masters ISLAMABAD: The panelist at a discourse titled “Equity for Women: What is Missing?” organised by the National Commission on the Status of Women, discussed the missing links in society that do not allow civil attitudes to develop. The panelists deplored the condition […]
SAHIWAL, June 28: Additional District and Sessions Judge Mahmood Shakir Jajja has summoned for June 30 (tomorrow) the in-charge doctor of a private clinic, a lady doctor and a dispenser in a rape case. A resident of Chak 73/D, Pakpattan, had filed a writ petition in the court, saying she along with her 14-year-old daughter […]
ISLAMABAD, June 28: The Supreme Court on ‘Thursday granted bail to a ‘same-sex’ couple and suspended a verdict handed down by the Lahore High Court. The high court had declared the marriage un-Islamic and sentenced the two to three years in jail. Accepting their appeal, a bench of the Supreme Court comprising Acting Chief Justice […]
What measures and strategies do psychologists suggest to break the stranglehold of violence against women? Domestic violence, in its physical forms, may be mild, like pushing or slapping, or more severe, like physical assault, beating and even rape. It may take the form of “couple violence” (the husband perpetrating violence against the wife) or “patriarchal […]
ISLAMABAD, June 27: Speakers at a regional parliamentary seminar on child protection Wednesday urged for effective legislation to protect child rights across the boundaries and by doing away with harmful customs and traditions. They laid stress on enhanced role of parliamentarians, non- governmental and international organizations and involvement of all segments of society above all […]
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission A 16-year-old girl, who was gang raped by 11 persons, has been thrown out of her safe house by officials of the Sindh police, Pakistan. On Sunday, June 24, 2007 Mr. Rana Pervez, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Police Headquarters along with Station Head Officer (SHO) […]
GUJRANWALA: The sessions court here on Wednesday declared the marriage of a Christian girl invalid and sent her to Darul Amaan, besides ordering the police to arrest her paramour. In a petition, a Christian woman, Irshad Bibi of Kot Paroya, said Nobel Masih had allegedly abducted her daughter Asia. She said although the Ahmadnagar police […]
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