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Daily Archives: July 24, 2007

Two charged with assault, murder of boy

PESHAWAR, July 23: A local court charged two persons with assaulting and killing a 12-year-old boy and remanded them in police custody for two days on Monday. Judicial magistrate Ashraf Ali directed the accused Bilal and Wasil Khan to appear again before the court on July 25. Police alleged that the accused had brutally killed […]


Man indicted for killing minor girl

KARACHI, July 23: An anti-terrorism court on Monday indicted accused Saleem Ahmed in a case of kidnapping, rape and killing of a minor girl on Feb 22, 2006 in the Rizvia Society police limits. The accused pleaded “not guilty” and decided to go on trial.Judge Ghulam Ali A. Samtio of ATC-1, who is conducting the […]


High Court seeks record of two gang-rape cases

KARACHI, July 23: The Sindh High Court on Monday called the record and proceedings of the gang-rape cases of two girls, Kainat Soomro and Nasima Albano, pending in the sessions courts of Dadu and Mirpur Mathelo and issued a notice to the accused, at present in jail, for Aug 13. Chief Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed was […]


Blasphemous writer gets life term

Karachi:The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC), on Monday handed down a blasphemous writer a life term as well as other sentences, having found him guilty of the offence of defiling a copy of the Holy Quran, outraging religious feelings and propagating religious hatred among society. The ATC judge, Syed Saghir Hussain Zaidi sentenced Younus Sheikh to life […]


Ministers’ armed men attack Dokri Press Club, beat journalists

Larkana, July 24: Press Club Dokri of Larkana district was attacked by armed men of provincial minister who beat journalists for getting a news item published in newspapers. This was stated by journalists from Dokri while briefing newsmen at press club Hyderabad on Tuesday. The Dokri journalists Zubair Mangi of Sindh Television, Moonis Bukhari of […]


Rural dept revival likely

KARACHI, July 23: Sindh Local Government Minister Muhammad Hussain Khan has said the local government department’s role is vital for effective working of all local body institutions. Presiding over a meeting of all section heads of the department at his office on Monday, he formed a three-member committee to review the possibility of rural development […]


Injustice termed main cause of violence

ISLAMABAD, July 23: Speakers at a discussion here on Monday were of the consensus opinion that interference of the army in politics, inconsistency in education system and the inability of judicial system to deliver were the main factors behind increasing violence in the country. The discussion on “Increase in violence – factors and actors” was […]


Protesters condemn desecrators

ISLAMABAD – Officials of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Army responsible for the desecration of the Holy Quran and Hadiths should be hanged to death publicly. This was demanded by the religious scholars from different seminaries of the twin cities during a protest rally held here on Monday. Students and ulema from various madarris […]


Police keep five boys in illegal confinement

MIRPURKHAS, July 23: A medical board on Monday examined five under-15-year boys of a scheduled caste community who had been kept in illegal confinement and tortured by the Phuladiyoon police. On the directives of DPO Abdullah Shaikh, Nandlal, son of Doongar, Harchand, son of Jawaro, Haresh, son of Prem, Ashok, son of Kanji, and Nandlal, […]


The legend stands alone in twilight

ISLAMABAD: Legendary classical musician and singer Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, admitted to the Polyclinic a few days ago for heartache, regrets that no one from the Culture Ministry, Pakistan National Council of the Arts and the music industry had inquired after his health. He, however, praises Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Health Minister Naseer Khan […]


Blasphemous writer gets life term

Karachi:The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC), on Monday handed down a blasphemous writer a life term as well as other sentences, having found him guilty of the offence of defiling a copy of the Holy Quran, outraging religious feelings and propagating religious hatred among society. The ATC judge, Syed Saghir Hussain Zaidi sentenced Younus Sheikh to life […]