SUKKUR: A man killed his daughter and her paramour in Shikarpur over Karo-Kari on Sunday. According to the police, Hasan Magsi strangled his daughter Sughra and her paramour Liaquat Jafri to death in village Mithrao Soomro in the limits of Shikarpur, alleging them of having illicit relations. Police said they arrested the accused, who confessed […]
HYDERABAD: Leaders and representatives of NGOs working for women’s rights have said that women today are more aware of their rights than before and have come out to protect them. Speaking at a women’s assembly organised by Oxfam-GB and Aurat Foundation, they said that it was not fair to always talk about excesses against women […]
By Jonaid Iqbal ISLAMABAD: Oxfam chief executive has said Pakistan is on the verge of change as regards to women rights and there has been improvement in the attitude of males towards them. “Things are moving forward although the pace might be slow,” she said. Dame Barbara Stocking, the chief executive of Oxfam, Great Britain, […]
LAHORE: The Lahore International Children’s Film Festival hosted a preview show of the upcoming 2010 festival at the Annemarie Schimmel Haus (German Cultural Centre). The preview screening was attended by filmmakers, students and noted socialites. In the event, selected short films of 30 minutes duration were screened. The organiser of the event, Shoaib Iqbal, said […]
* EBF president says qualified journalists are crucial to professionalism of media ISLAMABAD: The Educational Broadcasters Forum (EBF) of Pakistan, which groups together universities and colleges of Islamabad and Rawalpindi that have been granted licences for campus stations, has launched an initiative to promote peace-building through community engagement and dialogue, within the educational framework, according […]
SARGODHA: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, while objecting to British prime minister’s statement, said Cameron should raise his voice against the human rights violations in the occupied Kashmir. He was addressing a public meeting in Sillanwali after inaugurating a Sui gas project for the area on Saturday during the election campaign of the PPP-P backed […]
SUKKUR: A woman who had been sold into marriage by the parents, landed into police custody after she raised a hue and cry in a bazaar of Daharki on Saturday. Her husband was also arrested. According to police sources, Roshna, daughter of Abdul Karim Mashori, was married to Zareef Jhalan four months ago for money. […]
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