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Daily Archives: September 4, 2007

Media, marketing festival starts

Karachi – The Media & Marketing Festival has started at a local hotel as the first day of three-day event has begun on Monday. The famous personalities related with media and marketing of several national and multinational companies have represented their respected organizations in the event. Among Naw-e-Waqt group of publication around 18 organizations have […]


Local govt accused of inefficiency

HYDERABAD, Sept 3: Activists of Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party (STP) staged demonstrations in Hyderabad and Tando Allahyar on Monday in protest against what they called inefficiency of district administration of Tando Allahyar. A large number of party activists staged a march, which started from the sessions court building and terminated at the Hyderabad press club. […]


Human organs trade ordinance issued

LAHORE: President Pervez Musharraf has endorsed the human organs transplantation ordinance, which will be effective immediately, Aaj TV reported on Monday. Federal Health Secretary Khushnud Akhter Lashari told the channel that complete regulatory framework had been provided in the ordinance. According to the ordinance, the secretary said, trade of organs would only be allowed between […]


Journalist killed

HYDERABAD, Sept 3: A reporter of Daily Halchal, Hyderabad Rab Nawaz Chandio was gunned by unknown assailants in Khursheed Colony, on Monday night. He was going to his work place when some armed men opened fire on him and left him seriously injured. He was being taken to the Liaquat Medical University Hospital Hyderabad but […]


SC acts on woman character assassination

LAHORE – Hearing a petition a Supreme Court Bench here Monday took a serious view of the trend to sully character of the women through baseless charges in order to avoid their right. The Bench headed by Justice Falak Sher and comprising Justice Ch Ijaz Ahmad observed that certain people did not shirk invoking even […]


Married woman ‘sold’ for Rs120,000

PESHAWAR, Sept 3: Mr Justice Jehanzeb Raheem of Peshawar High Court on Monday denied bail to a man charged with selling his married sister to another man, and observed that the accused did not deserve any leniency. According to police, Sabir Sajjad had swindled Darweza Khan of Kohistan of Rs. 120,000 and handed over his […]


Complainant warned of trial under Qazf

LAHORE, Sept 3: A two-member bench of the Supreme Court on Monday warned a man of a summary trial under Qazf for accusing his former wife of having illicit relations with her father. The bench comprised Justice Falak Sher and Justice Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmad. Fateh Abdul Husain of Jhang had alleged that the child his […]


Journalists condemn colleagues’ kidnap

HYDERABAD, Sept 3: Journalists staged demonstrations in many cities and towns of the province on Monday in protest against kidnapping of Haji Khan Lashari and Amar Singh Rathore, office-bearers of Talhar press club. In Hyderabad, Kawish and KTN group staged a procession, which started from the Sindh University Old Campus and terminated at the Hyder […]


Call for changing Malakand status

MARDAN, Sept 3: Mardan District Nazim Himayatullah Mayar and Tehsil Nazim Ihsanullah Bacha have warned that people of the region will raise a force to fight kidnappers and other criminals if the provincially-administered tribal area of Malakand is not declared a settled area by Oct 24. They alleged at a press conference here on Monday […]