HYDERABAD, Nov 17: City police got a young girl medically examined in the Hyderabad Civil Hospital for determination of her age after she told the court that she had married of her own free will and was not abducted as alleged by her mother in an FIR lodged against her husband, Abbas Baloch. Samreen Rajput, […]
KARACHI, Nov 17: Eminent rights activist and a founder member of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Noor Naz Agha, who is a also a lawyer, has been under house arrest after she spent several days in the women prison after her arrest on Nov 3, when Gen Pervez Musharraf proclaimed emergency in the […]
LAHORE: Intellectuals and rights activists have condemned the act of imposing ban on Geo TV saying Musharraf had beaten the previous dictators in curbing the media. They said banning TV channels won’t be solution to the problems, as it would only increase anger in the masses against the government, putting it into more difficulties. Human […]
ISLAMABAD – The newly formed 24-member caretaker federal cabinet in its maiden formal meeting here on Saturday spelled out its pre-elections objectives to create a conducive atmosphere for holding free, fair and transparent elections in the country. The meeting, chaired by caretaker Prime Minister Mohammadmian Soomro, directed Information Minister Nisar A. Memon to meet the […]
KARACHI (November 18 2007): Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro has said that the caretaker government’s top priority is to ensure free, fair and transparent general elections in the country. He said this in separate meetings with Governor Sindh, Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan at the Governor’s House and Chief Minister Sindh, Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim at […]
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Muhammadmian Soomro said on Saturday that challenges of misperception within and outside the country needed to be addressed at the earliest and the media focus should be turned to improving the political atmosphere leading up to the forthcoming general elections. Chairing a high-level meeting to review the media-related issues and the […]
ISLAMABAD: The next general elections for the national and provincial assemblies will be held on January 6, The News learnt on Saturday. It has been proposed that nomination papers should be received from candidates between November 20 and 25. The election schedule will be announced at a news conference on Nov 19 by the chief […]
ISLAMABAD (November 18 2007): ActionAid Pakistan, an international anti-poverty organisation concentrating on women rights as one of its key theme has started a project to sensitise journalists about different forms of women rights violations. ActionAid representatives told Business Recorder here on Saturday that main objectives of the 2-day training workshop on Women’s Rights and Gender […]
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