S.M. Hali The gory account of the Lal Masjid-Jamia Hafsa complex has been covered, discussed and analysed so thoroughly by my media colleagues that it leaves little to be added. However, one aspect that needs to be highlighted in the context of the recent episode is that of “conflict reporting”. The revolution in information technology, […]
A REPORT by an independent researcher reveals that 78 per cent of women face some form of sexual harassment in the workplace. This is not surprising given how women are routinely harassed in public spaces – ogled at, made to hear lewd comments about them and often touched inappropriately. All this is made worse in […]
LARKANA, July 17: District Nazim Mohammad Bakhsh Arijo on Tue4day urged all the departments to submit a disaster management plan within a week to help the district government formulate a comprehensive strategy for coping with natural calamities in future. He said at a meeting of district officials on the preparation of disaster management plan that […]
KARACHI: More and more students are deciding to enter the media as a profession before finishing school and many colleges report a steady dropout rate for young people venturing into the broadcast media. Since the country’s first FM radio channel hit the waves in the late 1990s, radio has largely become a source of extra […]
FAISALABAD, July 17: Shehzina Tariq, the same-sex marriage bride, was released from the district jail on Tuesday. Shehzina was allowed to go 19 days after the verdict of the Supreme Court which had on June 28 granted bail to the couple, suspending a judgment handed down by the Lahore High Court. The high court had […]
CHISHTIAN: A newly married young man committed suicide after shooting dead his wife and two of her female relatives in Chak 4-D near here on Tuesday. Police said Muhammad Javed used to torture his wife, Mazharan Bibi, frequently whom he married some six months ago. Mazharan went to her father’s house after Javed thrashed her […]
RAWALPINDI, July 17: Additional District and Sessions Judge (ASJ) Rana Nisar Ahmed Khan on Tuesday awarded death sentence to four rapists. Iqbal, Riaz, Rafaqat and Asjad Nawaz would be hanged for abducting and later raping Abida Yasmin 25. The four persons were also awarded life imprisonment for abduction, seven years imprisonment for forcibly intoxicating her, […]
NAWABSHAH, July 17: Nursing students of the Nawabshah Medical College Hospital (NMCH) have sought legal action against a doctor and paramedical staff for criminal assault. Talking to newsmen in Medical Unit-II on Tuesday, few female students informed of being abused by a doctor and paramedical staff. Two students of 2nd and 3rd Year and sisters […]
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