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Daily Archives: September 20, 2010

7 booked for ‘honour killingÂ’

JHANG: Police have registered a murder case against seven persons who tortured a man to death over an ‘honour’ issue. Safdar of the Mukhtarabad locality was caught when he was intruding in the house of Saeed Khan of the same locality on Monday night. Khan’s family and neighbours dubbed him a thief and tortured him […]


No justice for journalist

WHY was a journalist abducted, tortured, threatened and humiliated? This is a question that has not been answered even after weeks since journalist Umar Cheema’s sad incident happened. The CJ has taken suo motu notice but no arrests have been made to date. Are we barbarians? Are we uncivilised? Whoever was behind this horrendous crime […]


IFJ calls for prompt inquiry into murder of senior journalist in Pakistan

Islamabad: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on Pakistani authorities to launch an immediate inquiry in the murder of Mujeebur Rehman Saddiqui, senior correspondent of Daily Pakistan newspaper who was shot dead by gunmen yesterday in the Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa region, north west of Pakistan. “The authorities must move fast to catch the killers […]


PFUJ condemns journalist’s torture

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) is disturbed to learn about an armed attack on a local TV channel correspondent of Jhelum, Amir Shabbir Kayani. Condemning the incident the PFUJ demanded immediate arrest of the culprits, says a press release. Amir Shabbur Kayani has reportedly prepared a documentary about the sale of drugs […]


The life of a working woman

She had been calling for the last two days. She said that she had come from Karachi just to see me and that the meeting was very necessary. I finally agreed. She was beautiful — like a perfect white marble Greek sculpture. And she was the most intelligent lady I have ever met. She had […]


Parliamentary change acceptable

LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has signalled his willingness to accept “any political change emerging from parliament” but voiced renewed fears over any “ non-political or undemocratic change” that could cause harm to the country. The statement comes a day after the premier took the critics of his government to task and laid to […]