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Daily Archives: July 31, 2007

Case registered against woman for abortion

Karachi:A man registered a case against his wife for having an abortion. A case was reported at the Defense police station of Isqat-i-Janian. Umer Farooq, a resident of fifth South Street, Phase-II, DHA, said that a few years ago he married Kosh Bakht Omer. Previously during their wedlock, she gave birth to twin girls and […]


Man gets a beating for harassing woman

A man was beaten by pedestrians as he was teasing a woman in Baloch Colony police limits on Monday. Ms Sarwary Begum, a resident of Manzoor Colony said that she was residing with her family in the above-mentioned area for the past several years. As she fell ill, she went to a clinic for medical […]


Gang-rape case termed result of vengeance

KARACHI, July 30: Alleged gang-rape victim Kainat Soomro had married a youth of her free will earlier this year and a case has been lodged by her father against her husband Ahsan Thebo, his father and other relatives and friends out of vengeance, a non-governmental organisation claimed here on Monday. Advocate Mujahid Ali Shah told […]


Woman killed

KHAIRPUR, July 30: A woman was killed by her brother-in-law on suspicion of ‘bad character’. Bhagul, 40, wife of Mohammad Safar Bhangwar, was murdered by Qurban Bhangar in Panjal Bhangwar village in the jurisdiction of Faiz Mohammad Bando police station in the katcha area on Monday. Reports said that Qurban opened fire with pistol at […]


Govt lethargy imperils girls’ higher studies

UPPER DIR, July 30: The future of hundreds of students is in jeopardy as classes in the government-run degree college for girls here cannot be started in time for the upcoming academic session due to delay in the construction of its buildings. The construction of the college buildings was supposed to be completed by June […]


62 per cent of domestic workers are girls

KARACHI, July 29: At least 62 per cent of the children engaged in domestic jobs are girls, shows a study conducted recently by a local NGO under its rapid assessment project covering Islamabad and the four provincial capitals. Based on selected localities and surveying 2,492 households, the study reveals that every fourth households in the […]


‘Govt to establish modern press club’

ISLAMABAD-The government will establish a National Press Club with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities at par with the international standards. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani announced this on Monday revealing that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has already approved 6-canal land for the proposed Press Club with latest facilities. “The building would also […]