LAHORE: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in collaboration with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has proposed safety guidelines for local media persons. The country has been declared one of the most dangerous of working places for journalists in the world due to its vicinity to war-torn Afghanistan and due to the ongoing […]
RAWALPINDI, July 29: Special Judicial Magistrate Ahmed Masood Janjua on Saturday handed down 12 months imprisonment to a convict in six different cases of fraud and money extortion. The convict, Kursheed Ahmed, was awarded two-month imprisonment in each of the six cases and in every case he would have to pay Rs2,000 in fine. Mr […]
The Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan seeks the toughening of laws for the suppression of swara, vani and child marriage in general. However, is the increase of the period of imprisonment to six months and the fine to Rs25,000 the “harsher punishment” the commission has in mind? Swara is practiced in NWFP and the […]
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