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Daily Archives: January 25, 2008

Urdu Newsletter Jan 25 To Feb 01, 2008

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=> ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalis

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has called for observing Friday as ‘demands day’. In this connection, the Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) will stage a protest rally today (Friday). According to the RIUJ press release, the rally will start from Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club camp office and culminate at the PEMRA offices. […]


=> LAHORE, Jan 24: The Punjab government has promulga

LAHORE, Jan 24: The Punjab government has promulgated an ordinance for the creation of an authority that will develop historic areas in the province, especially in the Walled City of Lahore, after finally considering the legal opinion that the functions it intends to perform fall under the purview of the local governments which it could […]


=> ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: The Election Commission of Paki

ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: The Election Commission of Pakistan has rejected the explanation submitted by the Executive District Officer (Revenue) of Gujrat regarding the postings and transfers of revenue staff and asked him to withdraw the orders made in violation of ban on transfers and postings of civil servants. The EDO Gujrat appeared on a notice […]


=> NEW YORK (January 25 2008): A leading US-based hum

NEW YORK (January 25 2008): A leading US-based human rights group on Wednesday urged Britain to boycott probe into the murder of Benazir Bhutto, branding the investigation “flawed.” British detectives “should not be part of a flawed Pakistani investigation” into the assassination, Human Rights Watch said, calling for an “independent international investigation such as under […]


=> KARACHI – Street crime rate is on rise day by day

KARACHI – Street crime rate is on rise day by day while a number of children are also involved in the addiction and trafficking of drugs in the city, revealed a study report prepared by the Initiator Human Development Foundation (IHDF) issued on Thursday. More then 15,000 street children in Karachi alone are being used […]


=> KHANEWAL, Jan 24: A 30-year-old man was allegedly

KHANEWAL, Jan 24: A 30-year-old man was allegedly tortured to death by police during custody at Nawan Shehar police station in Kabirwala tehsil, some 35 kilometres away from here, on Wednesday night. The police arrested Allah Bakhsh on Wednesday allegedly for selling liquor illegally. He was kept at the police station’s lock-up at night. However, […]


=> FAISALABAD, Jan 24: A union council nazim, Shahzad

FAISALABAD, Jan 24: A union council nazim, Shahzad Moazzam, who was nominated in an FIR registered by the Ghulam Muhammadabad police for abducting a woman, on Thursday swore on the Holy Quran that he had not committed the crime he had been implicated in. He pleaded not guilty along with his minor daughter who also […]


=> NAWABSHAH: Implementing the instructions of Deputy

NAWABSHAH: Implementing the instructions of Deputy Inspector General Police, Hyderabad, Shaukat Ali Shah, the first Women Police Station was established in Nawabshah city on Thursday. The District Police Officer, Syed Ghiasuddin Shah Rashidi, told the newsmen that Mussarat Khokhar was appointed as the first lady Station House Officer (SHO) of the Women Police Station. The […]


=> KAMBER: Not a single woman has ever cast her vote

KAMBER: Not a single woman has ever cast her vote since the Independence in Ghathar village of district Kamber, Shahdadkot, the News has learnt. As far as its population is concerned, the village is counted as one of the largest villages of the district. Other villages of its size are Shajra and Bair Sharif. Gathar […]


=> KARACHI, Jan 24: The All Pakistan Newspapers Socie

KARACHI, Jan 24: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has called for withdrawal of the suo motu notices issued to its members by the Implementation Tribunal for Newspaper Employees, Islamabad, and has claimed that such proceedings were not within the ambit prescribed under the Implementation Rules. According to a press release of the APNS, several […]


=> QUETTA: Caretaker Federal Minister for Information

QUETTA: Caretaker Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Nisar A Memon on Thursday urged editors and journalists to play their role in mobilising the public opinion against terrorism and supplement the government’s efforts to root out the menace from the country. Talking to editors of local Urdu and English newspapers and journalists at a […]