LAHORE: The senior superintendent of police (SSP) (Investigation) Zulfiqar Hameed informed the Lahore High Court on Friday that Constable Javed Bhatti has confessed to raping a handicapped woman by taking her three children hostage. Chief Justice (CJ) Khawaja Muhammad Sharif ordered the SSP to submit Bhatti’s case to a court within 14 days. The SSP […]
KARACHI: The mother in law of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N) MPA Haroon Sultan Bukhari on Friday accused him of torturing her pregnent daughter. MPA Haroon Sultan Bukhari and his elder brother Basit Bukhari allegedly beat up the former’s pregnant wife on Friday until she fainted; menaced her with a gun, threatening to kill her if she […]
SUKKUR: The police conducted a raid at a National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) centre in Panu Aqil after receiving complaints of bribery. Flood survivors alleged that three NADRA officials had been asking for Rs3,000 to Rs5,000 to issue a Watan Card, after which the police conducted a raid and found NADRA officials making “fake” […]
By Tahir Khalil ISLAMABAD: Federal Secretary Information and Broadcasting Mansoor Sohail has said media’s freedom guarantees sustainable democracy. He said freedom of the media was essential for national solidarity and strengthening democratic norms. This he said in a briefing to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) here Friday. The PAC meeting held here at the Parliament […]
KARACHI: The Awami National Party on Monday boycotted the Sindh Assembly session to protest against the postponement of the by-elections on PS-94. The ANP, which is one of the coalition parties of the Pakistan People’s Party-led government, has two members in the house of 168. The ANP members are Amanullah Mehsood and Amir Nawab, who […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Friday expressed dismay at the unusually harsh punishment awarded to Dr Aafia Siddiqui by a US court and demanded that the governments of Pakistan and the United States urgently find a way to repatriate her to Pakistan. A statement issued by the commission reads: “It is […]
PESHAWAR: The Taliban on Wednesday blew up two more girls’ schools in the provincial capital amid a security operation against the terrorists in the bordering area of FR Peshawar, police and locals said. The Taliban bombed five schools in a week’s time in the capital, spreading terror in the school-going children and their parents. Badha […]
By Khursheed Hyder KARACHI: A woman’s search for her child, who disappeared during the war in Bosnia, takes her to Germany when she discovers, 10 years later, that she is alive and living with adoptive parents there as her odyssey to get back her child begins. The film, Warchild, shown at the Goethe Institute on […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Thursday expressed grief and sorrow over the death of former Business Recorder executive editor M Abul Akhyar. Appreciating the services of the late journalist, Prime Minister prayed to Allah Almighty to rest the departed soul in eternal peace. Source: Business Recorder Date:9/24/2010
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked a private television anchor to submit a recording, along with transcripts, of a talk show which alleged that thousands of containers containing prohibited and non-prohibited goods meant for Nato forces in Afghanistan did not reach the country during the past couple of years because of corruption in the […]
THE media has historically proved to be a multiplier of ideas for social change if we study global examples. Likewise the media in Pakistan can play a major role both in improving the overall state of development and addressing the poverty of ideas. Media can conduct in-depth investigative stories exposing faultiness in the model of […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information & Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Tuesday said that all issues related to journalist community have been resolved amicably. Talking to the newsmen outside the Parliament House, he said “during a meeting of journalists’ representatives with the Prime Minister, modalities regarding the Journalist Victim Funds, health insurance, grant for the […]
Summary Urdu Newsletter Sep 24 To Oct 01, 2010 Date 9/24/2010 Download ppf newsletter vol 8 no-38.pdf
By Asim Yasin ISLAMABAD: The torture and humiliation of Umar Cheema, correspondent of The News finally got the attention of the National Assembly through a call attention notice, where Interior Minister Rehman Malik assured the house that a joint investigation team (JIT) and a judicial commission were investigating the kidnapping and torture issue and those […]
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