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Daily Archives: September 29, 2007

The opiate of the masses

The biggest gift that Musharraf gave to Pakistan was the forty plus TV channels, which have brought a high level of awareness and these last few months have taught the public more about law and the constitution than the original drafters of the now, born again, re-valued document, which people have sworn to uphold, and […]


Distance between Bar and Bench will be widened’

KARACHI – Country’s political atmosphere is passing through an astonishing period and people would looking such type of events in the near future they did not see in the past and that was not in their imagination, the decision of Supreme Court in favor of Musharraf’s duel office having legal options but it seems to […]


HRW unhappy with Supreme Court verdict

LAHORE: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) is disappointed by the Supreme Court’s decision to allow General Pervez Musharraf to contest the presidential election as an army chief, says a press release. The SC decision bodes ill for the independence of the judiciary and for the prospects of Pakistan’s return to genuine civilian rule through free […]


Two women kidnapped

NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Sept 28: A widow and her daughter were kidnapped near Qasim Channa village in Kandiaro taluka on Thursday night. Mohammad Bux Bhatti registered an FIR for kidnapping of his brother Ghulam Farooq’s widow Ameera, 45, and her daughter Reshman, 18. He alleged that six people barged into their house on Sept 1 and […]


Woman, son kidnapped in revenge for run-away girl

KHAIRPUR: Tension gripped Khairpur on Friday after the Phulpoto tribesmen kidnapped the sister of a man with whom one of their tribeswoman eloped a few days ago. The News has learnt that Parveen Phulpoto ran away from her house in the Munshi Mohalla with Asadullah Chhajro. After the incident, the Phulpotos had pressurised the Chhajros […]


15-year-old orphan raped in Mauripur

KARACHI, Sept 28: A man who was being searched for in connection with the assault and rape of a young girl was apprehended late Thursday night by the residents of the area in which she lived, Masoor Colony, Mauripur, and handed over to the area police. A 15-year-old girl, whose name is being withheld for […]


Woman beheaded

GHALANAI, Sept 28: A woman was beheaded in the village of Nehqai Kandau in the Haleemzai tehsil and her body was dumped by roadside. A note found near the body accused, Hazrat Bibi, 35, of Phatak area in the Bajaur Agency, of having been involved in ‘immoral activities’. “The woman was involved in immoral activities […]


Software pirate arrested

KARACHI Sept 28: A computer vendor having his business on I.I. Chundrigar Road was arrested on Friday allegedly for copying pirated software on new machines. Police also seized 259 illegal CDs and a personal computer with the pirated software installed in it. “A criminal case has been registered against the vendor for violating the Copyright […]


Over two dozen journalists injured in Islamabad in police baton charge.

Over two dozens journalists were injured on September 29, 2007, when police resorted to teargas and baton-charge on them outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in an effort to clear the way for state dignitaries. The condition of five journalists is stated to be in serious condition. The journalists were covering the scrutiny of […]


EC rejects charge of non-transparency: Electoral rolls

ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: The Election Commission has rejected allegations of non-transparency in the preparation of Computerised Electoral Rolls, 2007. A spokesman for the Election Commission, in a statement, said that a national tender was published in newspapers and a very comprehensive ‘request for proposal’ was prepared for inviting proposals from reputed IT firms for the […]