By Anil Datta . Karachi: Intellect and freedom of thought are the lifeblood of a society and are imperative to progress. This was the consensus of the speakers who had gathered to pay tributes to the late Mansoor Saeed, a star in the intellectual firmament who crusaded for freedom of expression and liberated thinking as […]
Ishtiaq Ahmed A distinction must be made between making an argument for universal, non-discriminatory and inclusive human rights with the help of some Islamic moral and ethical principles and, on the other hand, creating an argument for an Islamic package of human rights which, despite all the rhetoric about universalism, remain culturally limited. Ahmed Ali […]
By Shamim-ur-Rahman KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday advised ministers belonging to the People’s Party to start preparations for local government elections, which would be held in the “not too distant future”. During a meeting with members of the Sindh cabinet belonging to PPP at the Bilawal House here, Mr Zardari directed the provincial […]
KARACHI: In a presentation entitled ‘Problems of Third Gender – The sociology of Transvestites in Sindh’, Human rights activist and writer of a book on the subject of transvestites, Akhter Baloch discussed their day-to-day life, customs and perception of the society towards them in an HRCP Karachi meeting. Welcoming participants of the meting, Syed Shamsuddin, […]
NAWABSHAH: Abdul Salam Lohrani, general secretary, People’s Lawyers Forum, who has been nominated in the gang-rape case of a teenage girl, has said that he has been implicated in the false case due to political reasons. Talking to Dawn on Monday, Mr Lohrani said that the FIR lodged by the father of the 13-year-old girl […]
Victim Sanam Baloch ISLAMABAD: “Is there anyone who cares for the poor?” sighed the father of a 16-year-old girl, Sanam, who was allegedly killed by her husband a year ago in Shikarpur. The girl was killed in the presence of her father, on the pretext of Karo-Kari (honour killing) last year during the month of […]
SHC orders arrest of kidnapper who kept woman in captivity for five months. SUKKUR: A judge has ordered the arrest of a man accused of kidnapping, raping and impregnating a woman who has just given birth to a baby girl. The suspect, Imran Shah, kept S, a resident of Rashdi Mohalla, Pir Jo Goth, in […]
KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines Corporation served a legal notice upon a TV channel (not Aaj News) anchor for having uttered defamatory, false and libelous statements against the Corporation and its management representatives through his programme on October 21, 2010. The purpose behind the Legal Notice was to underline the manner in which the media […]
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