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Daily Archives: September 17, 2007

Dealing with Piracy

Piracy is a copyright violation. It is the unauthorised use of material, which is covered by copyright law, in a manner that violates one of the original copyright owner’s exclusive rights. In modern culture, mostly for electronic and audio-visual media, unauthorised reproduction and distribution is referred to as audio/video piracy. A question arises about how […]


Police detain, release ATV cameraman

PESHAWAR: Police arrested Adnan Tariq, a cameraman of ATV channel, during the funeral prayers of Maulana Hassan Jan. However, the ATV cameraman was released after being detained for around four hours at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) centre in the Swati Gate area. Tariq told Daily Times that police arrested him when he was filming […]


Man kills wife

GUJAR KHAN, Sept 16: A man killed his wife in Dhoke Talia Wadi village near Missa Kaswal in the jurisdiction of Gujar Khan police on Saturday night. Mohammad Zulfiqar reported to the police that his sister-in- law Nasim Akhtar was living in the house of her brother Rafaqat along with her two-year-old daughter. Source: Dawn […]


If your husband is beating you, don’t bother calling the cops…

*But if you do, the policemen at the Pakistan Bazaar and Mithadar police stations are the only ones who are likely to follow the right procedure KARACHI: Officers at 68 police stations in the city are under the impression that the police cannot intervene in cases of domestic violence, even if the victim comes to […]


Three policemen suspended

Islamabad, Sept 17: An assistant sub-inspector and two constables of Industrial Area police station were suspended by DSP I-9 Circle for misbehaving with some journalists who filmed them while they were allegedly taking bribe from a driver at Faizabad. DSP Jamil Hashmi told Dawn that he received a verbal complaint from a private TV journalist […]


Two shops destroyed

SWAT, Sept 16: A music centre and a barber’s shop were separately blown up here late Saturday night, officials and witnesses said. They said that the blast that destroyed the music shop was so powerful that it was heard in areas far away from the Khwazakhela Bazaar. The blast was followed by another explosion, blowing […]


Hujra Shah Muqeem press club meets

Depalpur: A special meeting of Shah Muqeem Press Club Hujra Shah Muqeem was held in Al-Kitab Complex Sunday.The meeting was attended by a large number of the members of press club. The meeting finalised the list of members of the club and names of Mirza Muhammad Arshad (president) Ch Faiz Ahmad (chairman) Irfan Naveed Ghauri […]


First team of local women scales peak

HUNZA, Sept 16: A 15-member expedition team comprising local women scaled the Kuksil peak-II in Gojal, upper Hunza, on the Pakistan-China border, said a press release issued here on Sunday. The first all-women team from Pakistan, which had embarked on the expedition on Sept 2, reached the summit of the 6483m Kuksil on Sept 9. […]