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Daily Archives: October 23, 2007

Police faces shortage of lady cops

FAISALABAD: Faisalabad Women Police is facing severe shortage of lady SHOs and constables leading to acute problems related to matters involving women and inquiry against the lady police officers. At present, there is only one Lady Inspector, no Sub-Inspector, eight Assistant Sub Inspectors, zero head constables and 62 constables in the District. The sources in […]


‘Blasts should not be excuse for rally ban’

LAHORE, Oct 22: The National Workers’ Party has demanded identification and accountability of the culprits responsible for the blasts during the Pakistan Peoples’ Party rally in Karachi instead of using the incident as an excuse to impose a ban on election rallies. The demand was voiced through a resolution adopted at the meeting of the […]


Islamabad has highest percentage of newspaper readers

ISLAMABAD: Limited households subscribing to newspapers due to low literacy rate and a few public libraries with too little membership has led to a culture of audio-visual medium for seeking knowledge and information that is quick but not lasting, says a report. The report to be launched shortly by the United Nations World Food Programme […]


Woman lawyer attacked on court’s premises

MUZAFFARGARH, Oct 23: A woman lawyer was allegedly attacked and injured by her husband and brother-in-law on Tuesday here at the District Courts. Iftikhar Qureshi, District Bar Association general secretary, told Dawn advocate Zubaida Khanum and her husband, Hanan, who is also a lawyer, were living separately because of difference over some domestic issues. Earlier, […]


Newsmen boycott Ecnec briefing

ISLAMABAD – The journalist community Monday boycotted the press briefing of Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC), chaired by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz here. Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Dr Akram Sheikh gives briefing to media about the decisions taken by the ECNEC. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz chairs the meeting who is also the Chairman […]


Man killed in accidental blast

KARAK, Oct 22: A young man was killed and his two accomplices were critically injured when a bomb went off accidentally while they were carrying it in the Karak town late on Sunday night. Officials said police found the injured men carrying two bombs, a hand grenade and two mobile phone sets and arrested them. […]