NOWSHERA, Oct 24: A woman lawyer has accused a union council nazim of attacking her house to abduct her. She has claimed that her parents were beaten up in the incident. Speaking at a press conference here, Ms Bilqees of the Azakhel village said the Azakhel union nazim Sajid Iqbal, a former fiancé of hers […]
ISLAMABAD (October 25 2007): A top international rights group has accused government of Pakistan of trying to frighten the Supreme Court for a favorable decision in the petitions challenging legitimacy of General Pervez Musharraf to contest October 6 presidential election in uniform. “The government is attempting to frighten the judiciary into submission and is holding […]
RAWALPINDI – A Division Bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Wednesday directed the Federal Capital Police to register a murder case against the suspended Deputy Commissioner (DC) Islamabad Chaudhry Muhammad Ali for allegedly ordering police force to shoot at the villagers on July 27, 2002 when CDA tried to take possession of land in […]
Karachi:The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), on Wednesday, while condemning the attack on Benazir Bhutto’s convoy in the city, expressed its grave concern over escalation of terrorist attacks in the country and denounced in every possible word, the continued failure on the part of authorities to guarantee the safety of people. In an emergency […]
KARACHI, Oct 24: The Sindh Council of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday expressed its deep concern over the escalation in terrorist attacks in the country and the authorities’ continued failure to ensure safety of citizens. According to the vice-chairperson of HRCP, Sindh, Zohra Yusuf, the council held an emergency meeting here and […]
KARACHI – The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) is likely to issue the 60 millionth Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) this week. According to a NADRA official, this landmark achievement is a testimony to the authority’s commitment to the very cause of its formation CNIC. NADRA has so far received 59.97 million applications till […]
LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Oct 24: Mufti Munir Shakir, a controversial religious leader, has restarted broadcasting messages from his illegal FM station in the Khyber Agency. Sources in Bara said the location of the newly-established FM radio station is not known as yet. However, residents of Bara started aerial firing in jubilation, which lasted for […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has decided to tame “targeted” journalists by exploiting the persuasive skills of a set of its leaders to mould the hard-hitting lot’s opinion in its favour. However, the suicide attack on the welcoming reception of Benazir Bhutto’s return from self-imposed exile made the top PPP leader a hot cake […]
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