NOWSHERA: Seven persons, including two security men, four civilians and the bomber, were killed and 20 others injured when a suicide attacker blew himself up at the gate of the Army Services Corps Centre here on Saturday, military and police sources said. The bomber riding a bicycle detonated the explosives at a check-post after he […]
KARACHI, Dec 15: The treasury benches in the City Council on Saturday bulldozed the Karachi Strategic Development Plan-2020, also called the master plan, through the house and approved it amid a boycott by the protesting opposition members, who demanded adequate time for debate on the vital document. The house witnessed noisy disturbances throughout the session, […]
* Pound suspected militant hideouts with artillery * Arrest 10 suspects in Swat, Batkhela crackdown MINGORA: The army on Saturday continued efforts to reestablish control over towns taken back from militants of pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Fazlullah, and pounded suspected militant hideouts with artillery, officials said. Local government spokesman Hasan Jan told reporters that the operation […]
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday lifted the emergency, repealed the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) and revived the 1973 Constitution after effecting amendments through presidential decrees. Chief Justices and judges of the Supreme Court, high courts and Federal Shariat Courts took the oath again shortly after the order — officially called the Revocation […]
ISLAMABAD: An official of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) said on Saturday the whole nation would continue to believe that Pakistan was still under emergency unless the government withdrew its two controversial press ordinances. “Unless the government restores freedom of the press, the whole nation would continue to support the struggle of journalists,” […]
KARACHI, Dec 15: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has concluded that “engagement with the ministry of information under prevailing circumstances is a futile exercise as the government is consistently curbing the expression of press freedom through arbitrary actions”. The executive committee of the APNS, which met here on Saturday under the chairmanship of Hameed […]
ISLAMABAD: The journalists of the twin-cities continued their sit-in in front of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club camp office on Saturday to press the government to remove the ban on the media and restore all deposed judges. The protesting journalists said their protest would continue even on Eid day. They were also critical of the ban […]
WASHINGTON, Dec 15: President Pervez Musharraf has said that he has no desire to lift curbs placed on the media. He said that while the state of emergency has been lifted, he will not reinstate the judges who were removed from office or repeal the “code of conduct” that he imposed on the news media. […]
LAHORE: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped, raped and then killed by her ‘boyfriend’ and another friend of the girl in the Shahdara police precinct on Saturday, said police. Shahdara circle Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Khwaja Zahid said some locals informed the police about a naked but burnt body of an unidentified girl lying […]
LAHORE: The participants of a seminar have called to end violence against women and urged the government and civil society cooperation to this end. Participants of the seminar included Coordinator National MNCH Program Sabiha Khurshid, Additional Secretary (Home) Amir Khan Khattak of Home Department, Shamshad Qureshi, Program Officer UNICEF, Ayesha Qazi, Deputy Director (Coordination) of […]
LARKANA, Dec 16: A man shot dead his 25-year-old wife and her alleged lover suspecting them of having illicit relations in the Ali Dost Chandio village in the limits of Drigh police station on Sunday. Mehar Ali Chandio killed his wife Aamnat Chandio, and one Abdul Majeed Chandio before escaping, villagers said. Late Abdul Majeed’s […]
LAHORE: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped, raped and then killed by her ‘boyfriendÂ’ and another friend of the girl in the Shahdara police precinct on Saturday, said police. Shahdara circle Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Khwaja Zahid said some locals informed the police about a naked but burnt body of an unidentified girl lying […]
LAHORE: The participants of a seminar have called to end violence against women and urged the government and civil society cooperation to this end. Participants of the seminar included Coordinator National MNCH Program Sabiha Khurshid, Additional Secretary (Home) Amir Khan Khattak of Home Department, Shamshad Qureshi, Program Officer UNICEF, Ayesha Qazi, Deputy Director (Coordination) of […]
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