RAWALPINDI: Oct 10: Police have been placed on ‘red alert’ in the light of intelligence reports of suicide attack on Police Lines, Rawalpindi, the city police officer (CPO) said on Wednesday. CPO Saud Aziz said: “Police have been placed on red alert in the light of reports of terrorist attacks. Around 50 police personnel have […]
LAHORE, Oct 10: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has deprecated the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NROI) as “ill-conceived opportunism and designed to put a premium on violent crime and political corruption”. HRCP Chairperson Asma Jahangir said in a press statement here on Wednesday national reconciliation was the need of the hour but conceding the […]
RAWALPINDI, Oct 10: A bailiff appointed by the district and sessions judge (DSJ) here on Wednesday recovered three children from the custody of their father and handed them over to their mother. DSJ Mian Khadim Hussain appointed Malik Lal as bailiff to recover Matiur Rehman, 6, Makhsoosur Rehman, 4, and Fariha, 2, from their father […]
BARA: Khyber Agency political administration on Wednesday arrested Khitaab Gul allegedly involved in the kidnapping of Peshawar-based journalist Sohail Qalandar, officials said. The accused was later handed over to the CID police for further interrogation. According to tribal authorities, Khitaab Gul, son of Pilaad Khan, belonging to the Shalober Qamber Khel tribe, was captured at […]
ISLAMABAD: Rejecting government claims on media freedom, prominent journalists and media professionals Wednesday said only true democracy with people’s voice heard could ensure independence of media in the country. Senior journalists, Fozia Shahid, C R Shamsi, Nawaz Raza and Wadood Qureshi shared their views during a seminar held here on the issue of current media […]
KOHAT, Oct 10: Four policemen were injured in an explosion in the Bilitang area and 11 CD shops were damaged in a bomb blast in a market in the Gumbat town here on Tuesday night. An explosive device planted on a roadside near the Government High School in Bilitang was set off by remote-control when […]
HYDERABAD, Oct 10: The Music Chair of the Institute of Sindhology will initially offer four-month professional and general certificate courses which will lead to a diploma course in music. This was decided at a meeting of the chair held at the institute on Tuesday. The meeting approved the outline of curriculum prepared and presented by […]
ISLAMABAD – Chairman National Engineering & Scientific Commission Dr Samar Mubarakmand (NI, HI, SI) has stressed the women folk to come forward and empower them by acquiring knowledge, professional competence and following the great values of Islam and urged them to play their due role for the progress and development of the country. While addressing […]
KARACHI, Oct 11: Despite a gender sensitisation policy notified by the Sindh police early this year, under which women are to be encouraged to join the police force and policewomen are to be posted to field assignments, women are currently being offered limited opportunities and are, in fact, often given the derogatory label of being […]
DESPITE a Sindh High Court ruling in 2004 banning jirgas, they continue to take place, often under the patronage of elected representatives. Many jirgas are known to set up a parallel system of justice which often runs counter to the law of the land. They have handed down death sentences in a cases that a […]
* Say they informed police of threatening letters, got no response * Regret that no govt official visited blast site * One victim of bombing succumbs to his injuries PESHAWAR: Video and CD centres in the Nishtarabad area here remained shut in protest against Tuesday’s blast that killed a man and left 25 others injured. […]
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