UNTIL recently, the Indian judiciary was at war with parliament on who was supreme. The confrontation is far from over. Meanwhile, the judiciary has now thrown down the gauntlet to the media, another pillar on which the edifice of democracy rests. Four journalists, including a cartoonist, have been sentenced to four months each for “lowering […]
KARACHI (September 28 2007): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is deeply concerned with the gradual but consistent muffling of the media, says a press release. The advice is being frequently issued to limit the freedom of the press. The recent directions issued by Pemra debarring private TV channels from covering the submission of […]
I fully condemn the recent abduction and detention of a journalist working for a private news channel. This act is disgusting, shameful and beyond all norms of a civil society. It seems that Pakistan is being ruled by intelligence agencies who can pick up anyone with impunity and without fear of accountability. I urge the […]
Karachi:The henious crime committed earlier this month, which claimed the lives of innocent commuters among which were Karachi University students, evoked memories of the 1989 mayhem on campus. The students were predominantly activists of the Islami Jamiat Talba. In 1989, the death of three students of the Peoples Students Federation (PSF) resulted in the deployment […]
QUETTA: A person strangulated his two innocent daughters to death apparently over a dispute with his divorced wife here in Sariab area Thursday morning. The police later arrested the killer identified as an employee of Agriculture Department, Shah Mir. The police informed that the heart rendering incident took place in the Agriculture Colony located in […]
LAYYAH, Sept 27: An eight-year-old girl is being held hostage to the whims of a panchayat – a symbol of an age-old draconian custom which shows how deep-seated is crime against the fair sex in this neck of the wood. The jury has decided to give innocent Kausar as Vani on a person’s accusation that […]
NAWABSHAH, Sept 27: A female teacher was injured in acid attack, late on Wednesday night. According to details a man threw acid on the face of a primary school teacher Ms Mehtab Shah 26 near Jamal Shah village. She was being examined by a medico legal doctor at the NMC Hospital when a member of […]
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HYDERABAD, Sept 27: Four men received bullet injuries in an exchange of fire outside a private hospital in Sarfaraz Colony here on Thursday on account of an old enmity involving a matrimonial dispute. Those injured were identified as Nazar Mohammad and his son Sabir Hussain, Tariq and Basheer Ahmed Rind. They were taken to the […]
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Sept 27: Two sisters and their relatives of Agha Khadim Siyal village near Moro demonstrated on Thursday against brothers allegedly for selling them. Ms Basheeran and Nazeeran Siyal while protesting opposite press club said their brothers want to sell them for money and on resistance beat them and their father. “Our brothers are […]
Karachi:Reinforcement of law against sexual harassment at workplace should be made mandatory in all public and private sector organisations and a code of conduct should be adopted to ensure a safe and comfortable environment for women at workplaces, said speakers at a seminar organised by Alliance Against Sexual Harassment (AASHA) on Thursday. Women also need […]
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