LAHORE: A man and his wife were shot dead by three unidentified persons at the doorstep of their rented quarter in Kahna area in the wee hours of Tuesday. The victims were identified as Nadim, 35, and his wife Nasreen, 30. The couple is survived by two children, police said. Nadim, who served as a […]
LAHORE: The first honour killing of 2008 took place in Kahna early Tuesday morning. Unidentified assailant(s) shot dead a couple that eloped. Kahna police said Muhammad Nadeem (25) from Kasur had an affair with Nasreen (22) from Dhoop Sari village in Kahna. The couple’s families did not agree to their marriage and they ran away […]
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The elections scheduled for January 8 are most likely to be put off for weeks because, official sources said, holding polls in various constituencies would not be possible on that day owing to the situation arising out of the assassination of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto. They said that recompilation of the destroyed […]
QUETTA, Dec 31: Two explosions rocked Dalbandin late on Monday evening. According to police, the first blast occurred near the office of the district election commission, damaging a portion of the office. It was followed by another blast near the office of a law-enforcement agency, damaging the windows of nearby buildings. Source: Dawn Date:1/1/2008
KARACHI: A Karachi-based private production, Skies Unlimited Films, has announced the production a feature film on the life of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed. A private production company has announced this project and well-known writer and poet Aqeel Ahmad Ruby is to write the script for the film. It is to be completed with the collaboration […]
LAHORE: Twenty-one journalists and four media workers were killed in South Asia in 2007. Pakistan topped the list with seven deaths followed by Sri Lanka with six and Afghanistan with five killings, said an annual report launched by the South Asian Media Commission (SAMC) on Monday simultaneously from Pakistan, India Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, […]
JOURNALISTS bodies and rights activists have demanded more security and insurance for newsmen as the number of their casualties was increasing along with the increase in the magnitude of violence in the country. The demand was made after the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists and the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) surfaced reports, revealing […]
PESHAWAR, Dec 31: The Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) on Monday protested against the murder of a journalist, Kamil Mashhadi, and asked the government to arrest those involved. They also urged the provincial government to provide security to all working journalists in the restive province, so that they could focus on their duties. The members […]
After a troublesome year in 2007, journalists are hopeful of a better year for them in 2008. Many journalists look back at 2007 with worry. At least seven journalists were killed in 2007 in Pakistan, of which three died while performing their professional duties. Meanwhile, 73 journalists were injured, mostly by the police in what […]
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