KHAIRPUR: A woman was killed on the charge of Karo-Kari here on Friday, police said. They said accused Mukhtiar along with his accomplices axed to death his brother’s wife, Zainab Shar, in the Islamabad village on the pretext of Karo-Kari. They said two years ago the deceased woman was declared Kari but later acquitted of […]
KARACHI, Sept 21: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has submitted an Anti-Domestic Violence Bill, 2007, in the Sindh Assembly Secretariat and asked all political parties, civil society, NGOs and others to support it to make it “an effective piece of legislation.” Speaking at a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Friday, MQM MPA Faisal […]
JACOBABAD, Sept 21: Family members of a minor girl, Fazila Sarki, 6, kidnapped seven months ago, staged a protest against the non-recovery of the girl here on Friday. They alleged that the police, local landlords and influential persons of the area were involved in the girl’s disappearance. They warned that if Fazila was not recovered […]
KOHAT, Sept 21: Two CD shops were blown up on Thursday night in Togh Bala town. Police said that unknown miscreants had planted two bombs, each weighing more than four kilograms in front of the Shaukat and Nasir CD centres near the Shinwari petrol pump, which exploded simultaneously at 2.30am. Police reached the spot immediately […]
ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: E. Candace Putnam, acting deputy chief of mission of the United States embassy, and Kay Webb Mayfield, counsellor for public affairs, called on Minister of Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Durrani on Friday to express concern over recent incidents of assault on and harassment of journalists in Pakistan. According to a press […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has signed an agreement with Inbox Business Technologies to acquire and deploy technical solution for addressing the menace of grey traffic brought into the country through illegal means. The contract signing ceremony was held on Friday at the PTA headquarters. Chairman PTA Major Gen (Retd) Shahzada Alam Malik presided over […]
LAHORE, Sept 21: The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has directed several cellular companies to terminate the registration of franchisees violating the instructions of the authority regarding issuance of connections. According to a statement issued on Friday, the direction had been issued to the chief executives of Ufone, Warid, Mobilink, Telenor and CM-Pak (Paktel). PTA Lahore […]
ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani said on Friday that 75 private television channels would be fully operative by the end of the year. He informed Ms Candace Putnam, acting US deputy chief of mission, and Elizabeth K. Mayfield, counsellor public affairs, who called on him here at his office, […]
The ratio of child marriages in Pakistan stands at a staggering 32 per cent. The practice is looked down upon by the educated/enlightened classes, yet below the surface there is still a high level of acceptance and tolerance for this social evil, especially in the rural areas. A seminar on child marriage organized recently came […]
HYDERABAD, Sept 21: On the directives of Larkana bench of Sindh High Court, the Bhitai Nagar police have recovered a minor girl, who was sold for Rs85,000 and subsequently married to even a younger and crippled boy. The girl namely Shahnaz is stated to be resident of Gul Mohammad Khoso Village in the Ratodero area […]
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