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Daily Archives: August 21, 2010

Dear anchorpersons

Naeem Tahir This was actually a time when the anchorpersons should have shown some forbearance, encouraged the administration to get its act together, and should have helped them by pointing out the results of their observations. This is the time to build up the heroes who are rising to the occasion I feel like talking […]


HRCP asks govt to protect Ahmadis

LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Friday expressed concern at the murder of two Ahmadis in the last three days and reports of denial of shelter to members of the Ahmadiyya community displaced by massive floods in south Punjab. In a press statement, HRCP called upon the government to take urgent measures […]


’70pc rural girls never go to school’

KARACHI – About 3.8 million children have never been in schools in rural Sindh, while the dropout percentage in urban Sindh is even higher. Moreover, 50 per cent children of Sindh province aged 5 to 15, are out of schools, while 70 per cent girl students in rural Sindh fail to attend the schools. According […]


CJP seeks report over torture of female QAMC students

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Monday directed the Punjab provincial police officer (PPO) to submit a report on August 26 regarding the use of force on female students of Quaid-e-Azam Medical College (QAMC), Bahawalpur. The CJP took suo motu notice of the matter on news reports of a police crackdown on […]


Women go hungry as men elbow each other to get food

By Mohammad Hussain Khan HYDERABAD: “Bring me some food. I have to break my fast. I can’t wrestle with men to snatch some morsels of edibles. I didn’t eat much in Sehri too,” screamed Amna, a flood affected woman from Thull, Jacobabad at a relief camp set up at new Sabzi Mandi. “Hum ko roza […]


PTCL raises employees’ salaries on performance appraisal

KARACHI: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) has raised the salary package of its employees by 50 percent in addition to many other incentives being offered. According to a statement issued here by the PTCL Human Resource Department, the management has decided to increase the salary of non-management regular employees up to 50 percent of […]