KASUR: Additional district and sessions judge on Tuesday awarded death to two accused along with Rs100,000 fine and life imprisonment, while two others were awarded life terms with Rs50,000 fine each for kidnap, rape and burning alive a schoolteacher in Khudian police precincts. The accused Amjad, along with his three accomplices Qurban, Imran Ashraf and […]
BATAGRAM: At least four employees of an NGO sustained severe injuries when a remote control bomb went off at the gate of its office. The explosive material went off in the office of SPO due to which RafiÂul-Allah, Anwar Sheikh, M Irfan, Yousaf Ali, Qamar-uz-Zaman and Abdul Aziz sustained injuries. Two of the injured are […]
NAWABSHAH – The “Gender Justice through Masalihat Anjuman” will play an important role in resolving disputes at grass roots level, said Mohammad Saleem Khan, Federal Secretary Local Government and Rural Development during its launch at tire District Council Hall, on Monday. He said issues like domestic violence, matrimonial dispute, property disputes, child abuse, sexual harassment, […]
KARACHI – Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) condemned the killing of two under age children, cousins, at the hands of a madressah administration in Noshehro Feroz district, dubbing it a brutal act. 1According to a fact-finding mission formed by the SPARC to investigate the event, 10Âyear-old Amir and 13-year-old […]
HYDERABAD, Oct 30: A notable of Thana Ahmed Khan, Kohistan, District Jamshoro, Malik Humayoon s/o of Malik Allauddin has accused District Nazim Malik Asad Sikandar of harassing his opponents through registration of false cases and urged the authorities to take notice of the alleged excesses against the people of Kohistan. Speaking at a news conference […]
KARACHI (APP) – Non existent culture of book writing among local professionals, deÂspite long years of substantial experiences in different fields, has largely denied nation of capacity to handle unexpected situations. Vice Chancellor of Karachi University, Prof. Pirzada Abdul Qasim said at the launching ceremony of “The Day the Mountain Moved: International Perspectives on Psycho […]
The Sindhi press highlighted the worsening law and order situation in the rural Sindh, demolition of villages from suburbs of cities and the current political scenario in its headlines, editorials and articles throughout the last week. A kidnapping-for-ransom case in the Khairpur district raised questions about the efficiency of the police. Local dailies reported that […]
ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Information and BroadcastÂing Muhammad Ali Durrani Tuesday said that the writ of the state and the right to report are indispensable components of a progressive society and the government would make no compromise if any group of individuals challenges civil liberties. “Freedom of expression is the hallmark of our government […]
Karachi:Kanwal Qayyum aspired to be an air hostess and was going to join Shaheen Air International from November 1, 2007. But on the morning of October 26 (just a day after her birthday) she received the most unexpected present – a stranger splashed acid on her face and upper torso when she answered her doorbell. […]
PESHAWAR: Veteran US journalist and author Arnold Isaacs on Tuesday conducted a daylong training workshop on ‘election reporting and investigative journalism’ with local journalists. The workshop was part of training programmes on elections-coverage being sponsored by the US Embassy throughout Pakistan from October 28 through November 9. Journalists have a responsibility not to take at […]
PESHAWAR: Two journalists who sustained injuries due to suicide bombing on April 28 in Charsadda received cheques of Rs 50,000 each here on Tuesday. Muhammad Ayaz, the chief reporter of the APP Peshawar, and Arshad Babar, a photographer of the Press and Information Department (PID), sustained injuries in the suicide bombing when they were performing […]
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) on Tuesday declared 59 paisa per share dividend as it earned an after-tax profit of Rs3 billion during the first quarter (July-Sept) 2007-08. PTCL announced that it had earned total revenue of Rs14.4 billion, showing a robust performance in the first quarter of the current fiscal. A […]
LAHORE, Oct 29: A man tried to burn himself outside the Lahore Press Club on Monday in protest against abduction and attempted rape of his minor daughter and police inaction against the accused. Shakeel Ahmed, 35, of Juggian Nagra came to the press club with his wife Rani and raised slogans against Nawankot police for […]
ISLAMABAD – The Capital of Pakistan is deprived of even a single cinema theatre to entertain the residents. There was a time when people were crazy to watch movies on big screens and every weekend it used to be a treat for families to go to cinemas but with advancement of technology this trend has […]
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