Urdu Newsletter August 24 To August 31, 2007
Summary Urdu Newsletter August 24 To August 31, 2007 Date 8/31/2007 Download ppf newsletter vol-5 no 33.pdf
Monthly Archives: August 2007
Cops suspended for detaining newsman
LAHORE, Aug 30: The Model Town SP (investigation) on Thursday ordered suspension of two policemen for illegally detaining a journalist and his brother at police station. Reports said a police team, led by Ichhra SHO Mansab Ali, raided the house of Imran Shafqat of an Urdu daily for the arrest of his brother-in-law Wajahat. According […]
Mumbai hotel expels Pakistan filmmaker
NEW DELHI, Aug 30: Noted Pakistani filmmaker Hasan Zaidi was thrown out by a Mumbai hotel on Monday for bearing his country’s citizenship but he said on Thursday that the city remained a home for him with many warm friends. “All my Indian friends were outraged by the incident and they all opened their homes […]
Durrani asks media to expose corruption
ISLAMABAD-Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani on Thursday said that the media should expose the wrongdoings, misconduct and corruption at all levels by conducting indiscriminate and impartial reporting in the best national and public interest. “In the present era of competition, the public and private media should rise to the challenge and […]
‘HRCP urged MQM to avoid May 12 conflictÂ’
KARACHI, Aug 30: A top official of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Thursday that the organisation tried to restrain the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) from creating “mayhem” on May 12 when the independent rights body’s chief telephoned the MQM leadership a day before and advised them to avoid conflict during the […]
How violence affects children
THE tragic incident of a young boy in Karachi accidentally shooting to death his seven-year-old friend during Shab-i-Baraat festivities on Wednesday should serve as an eye-opener to all those who accept violence as a matter of course and do nothing to curb it. Little thought is given to the deep imprints that constant exposure to […]
DPO, SHO issued notices over jirga
HYDERABAD, Aug 30: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday issued notices to the DPO of Badin, SHO of Pangrio police station and seven relatives of a girl who was reportedly declared kari and her husband karo by a jirga. Ms. Razia who is represented by Mohammad Sachal R. Awan advocate […]
Acclaimed na’at khawan Khursheed Ahmad dies
KARACHI, Aug 30: Pride of Performance winning na’at khawan Alhaj Khursheed Ahmad died of a brain haemorrhage here at a local hospital on Thursday afternoon. He was 51 and leaves a widow, two sons and two daughters. His funeral prayer will be offered at the Rahmania mosque on Tariq Road after Friday prayer and he […]
JUI-F asks for closure of video, CD shops
SADDA: The Jamiat ulema e Islam-Fazl ur Rehman group (JUI-F) has asked for closure of video and CD shops in the area otherwise it warned of action against them. A meeting of the JUI-F, held with Maulana Ahmad Ali Shah in the chair, expressed concern over the growing number of video and CD shops as […]
Nine MPs to appear before ECP on fake degree charges today
* Cases will be forwarded to sessions judges if parliamentarians fail to show up ISLAMABAD: Nine members of the Senate, National Assembly and provincial assemblies will appear before the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) today (Monday) over charges of possessing fake degrees. The parliamentarians, including MNA Syed Muhammad Salman Mohsin, MNA Syed Javed Hasnain Shah, […]
The fight against swara
RARELY does one get to show appreciation for the police for its timely intervention in preventing a crime. However, that is what happened in Timergara in the NWFP when the police stepped in to stop a three-year-old girl from being handed over as compensation as swara. They produced the child’s father before a local court […]
MQM did not send us any material: HRCP
KARACHI: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has stated that the MQM did not send it any material and that the phone calls that were made on May 9 and May 10 were made in an attempt to persuade the MQM not to take a confrontational stance. The HRCP said that it welcomes comments […]
Unifem to help end violence against women
Islamabad: The United Nations Fund for Women Development (Unifem) is to assist Pakistan in ending violence against women by financing projects dealing with implementation of Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2004 that addresses honour killing, ‘The News’ has learnt. The funding will be provided through the UN Trust Fund in support of Actions to Eliminate Violence […]
Kazmi’s wife complains of police excesses
KARACHI, Aug 29: Sadia Kazmi, the spouse of rights campaigner Mohammed Iqbal Kazmi, said on Wednesday that the SHO of the Defence police station obtained at gunpoint her signature on three different papers, detained her and her cousin Mohammed Imran Shehzad in separate rooms and did not take their statements when the pair went to […]
” 
” 
” 
” 
” 
