ARTICLE (September 11 2007): All said and done, Jinnah’s concept of the press was but a segment, albeit an important one, of the total framework of the set of overarching values he had subscribed to and stood for throughout his life, despite his chequered political career. Hence before we focus on a segment, there is […]
KHAIRPUR: Sindh Minister for Local Government Muhammad Hassan said here on Monday that there was no proposal to suspend the local governments. He said the local governments have legal and constitutional cover and added that a particular party was demanding suspension of the local governments during the next general elections but the government had rejected […]
A SPEAKER at a recent workshop in Peshawar put the figure for child labourers in the country at 3.3 million. However, it should be noted that this statistic, contained in a government study conducted more than 10 years ago, is now obsolete. Currently, the figure, as estimated by human rights activists, is closer to eight […]
KARACHI: World Suicide Prevention Day was observed around the globe on Monday with focus on suicide prevention from youth to old age. This theme was adopted to emphasise that people of all ages committed suicide and actions to prevent it included in national responses should meet the needs of different age groups. This day is […]
SUKKUR: A woman became a victim of karo-kari at the hands of her brother, in village Khan Mohammad Pahore, near Thull on Monday. According to reports, accused Badal Pahore suspected that his sister Mst Noor Bano w/o Hadi Bux Pahore was having illicit relations with someone. Infuriated, he shot her dead and fled. Mohammad Alam […]
Khairpur, Sindh, Sep 10, (PPI): A woman and her daughter were kidnapped by armed persons near Gambat on Monday. According to details, six armed men barged to the house of one Ghulam Qadir Narejo at Village Narejo of taluka Gambat and kidnapped his wife Shamshad and daughter Saba at gunpoint. The police on receiving information […]
His Excellency Gen. Pervez Musharraf President, Islamic Republic of Pakistan Islamabad, Pakistan Via facsimile: +92-51-922-4206 Dear President Musharraf: The Committee to Protect Journalists is greatly concerned by emerging reports of brutal attacks on Pakistani journalists by security personnel during the Monday morning arrival of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad. According to reporters at […]
LAHORE (September 11 2007): All mobile telephone operators have been asked to submit a report whether or not their system for issuing new SIMS is working according to the ministry’s instructions and standard operating procedure (SOP) of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). SIM cannot be issued and mobile connection activated without production of the computerised […]
Juhi, Sept 10: a senior journaliust of juhi, Shah Mohammad Gawhi, who works for human rights and other social services, was injured on his way to the village when six men attacked him with sticks. He was taken to the nearby hospital. He has filed charges against the attackers and has asked to provide him […]
PESHAWAR, Sept 10: Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Tariq Pervez Khan on Monday took suo motu notice of the killing of a schoolteacher by her husband for allegedly also issuing threats to his stepchildren. The chief justice summoned the station house officers (SHOs) of Faqirabad police station in Peshawar and Prang police station in Charsadda, […]
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