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Daily Archives: July 22, 2007

Media sensation decaying social values

KARACHI – The recent wave of suicide bombing and the daily debate over ruthless deaths have psychologically distressed the people. The recent wave of the suicide bombing across the country has created panic among citizens and apprehension of being targeted. The citizens along with law enforcement personnel are avoiding close contact to any suspicious man. […]


Man kills mother; brother kills sister, man

SWABI, July 21: A man attacked his mother with an axe and injured her critically when she tried to make him realise it was impossible to marry without proper finances. She later died in hospital. The incident occurred in Kalabat, about 20 kilometres from district headquarters and the accused was identified as Sawar Khan. The […]


Villages in competition to stop education of girls

IMAM DERI (Swat), July 21: Seven-year-old Shireena is playing in a stream with some other children at a somewhat unusual pre-noon time on a busy working day. Normally, she stays in her classroom at this hour except during weekends, but today she is not. She is among more than 2,000 unfortunate girls of the area […]


LHC sends love-marriage bride to Darul Aman

LAHORE, July 21: Justice Syed Hamid Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court (LHC) sent to Darul Aman a Pasrur girl, who had contracted marriage with a Hafizabad boy. Sundas, 15 and class seven student, as claimed by her mother, developed intimacy with first year student Sweel during her stay in Gujranwala where she was […]