Three music shops were destroyed and several others were damaged on August 25, 2007 in explosions in Buner, in the North Western Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan. Press reports quoting police officials said the improvised explosives that were used were locally made and were timed to go off around 11:00 PM. The music and video […]
Three music shops were destroyed and several others were damaged on 25 August 2007 in explosions in Buner, in the North Western Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan. Press reports quoting police officials said the improvised explosives that were used were locally made and were timed to go off around 11:00 pm (local time). The music […]
Remarks reportedly made by the Sindh chief minister at a public meeting in Thatta on Sunday that a woman’s rule was ‘a curse’ are abhorrent and betray the kind of feudal and patriarchal mindset that has no place really in this day and age. Perhaps the chief minister had in mind a possible return to […]
ISLAMABAD (August 28 2007): Minister of State for Information Technology Ishaq Khan Khakwani Monday resigned from the cabinet but he will retain his membership of the National Assembly. He said he would support President for his re-election if he will doff uniform to contest election. “I personally think that there should be a national consensus […]
RAWALPINDI, Aug 27: An anti-terrorism court on Monday granted bail to Majida Aziz alias Umme Hassan, wife of former chief cleric of Lal Masjid Maulana Abdul Aziz, and her daughter Tayyaba Dua in the murder case of a Rangers’ soldier. Former ISI official Khalid Khawaja was among the 32 people granted bails in the same […]
Karachi:The session of the City-District Council on Monday could not last over 10 minutes owing to the scanty presence of the council members for various reasons and was adjourned to August 30. The City Naib-Nazim Nasreen Jalil, convenor, while adjourning the session did not specifically point to the lack of quorum on the part of […]
HYDERABAD, Aug 27: A female social activist and assistant officer of Young Samaji Tanzeem, Johi, Ms Shahzadi Khoso, has accused some members of her community of sexual harassment and registration of false cases against her brothers and demanded that some honest police officer should be deputed to investigate the case against her brothers in the […]
HYDERABAD: Sindh Health Secretary Mumtaz-ur-Rehman said on Monday the government had taken serious notice of kidnapping of a baby from the Shah Bhitai Hospital, Latifabad, and initiated inquiry into the matter. Strict action will be taken on the basis of the findings against those who found negligent in their duties, he told newsmen after visiting […]
LAHORE, Aug 27: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has proposed an inquiry into the May 12 carnage in Karachi by an inter-party parliamentary commission. HRCP chairperson Asma Jehasngir and director I.A. Rehman made the proposal while releasing the fact-finding report of the commission on the mayhem when Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry […]
MARDAN, Aug 27: A teenaged girl of the Bakhshali area has alleged that she was gang-raped by four men and then sold to a woman in Rawalpindi who in turn sold her to a person in Chiniot. Narrating her ordeal at the Mardan Press Club here on Monday, Rabia Bibi, daughter of Mohammad Younus, claimed […]
Karachi:A teenage boy was sodomised by his colleague for five days who after giving him Rs50 sent him back home. A case was registered at the Preedy police station. Mohammed Asif, 17, a resident of Sector-7C, North Karachi, said that he was residing at the above mentioned address alongwith his family and was working with […]
HYDERABAD, Aug 27: Vice Chancellor of the Sindh University, Mazharul Haq Siddiqui, has said that education is most important for women development and urged the government and society development organisations to take practical steps including opportunities of education to women to bring them in the mainstream. He was speaking to officers of grade-17 and 18 […]
SUKKUR: A man and a woman were sent to jail by the civil court of Ubauro on Monday after they failed to produce proof of marriage. Police had accused Akbar Shar of kidnapping Arbab Khatoon Chachar, 17, from village Laung Chachar in Rawnti police station jurisdiction, near Ubauro. He said he married Arbab Khatoon. However, […]
TALHAR (PPI) – A number of local journalists, school teachers and citizens held a protest demonstration against kidnapping of four persons including president of Talhar press club and his brother outside the local press club here on Monday. President of Talhar Press Club Haji Lashari, his brother Mir Mohammad Lashari, and two other men Ali […]
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