ISLAMABAD: Federal Shariat Court (FSC) on Tuesday reserved its verdict on petitions challenging Women Protection Law adopted by the Parliament in 2006. A three-member bench of FSC comprising Chief Justice Agha Raifq Ahmad, Justice Afzal Haider and Justice Shahzado Sheikh heard the petition challenging Women Protection Law on the grounds that no law repugnant to […]
Abdul Hameed Hayatan, 26, popularly known as Lala Hameed Baloch, reporter and photographer of daily “Karachi” and “Tawar” and “Royal TV” and the President of Baloch National Movement (BNM) Gwadar Chapter, was abducted from southwestern port city of Gwadar on October 25, 2010 and shot dead. The dead body of Hayatan was found at a […]
Tassaduq Hussain Gillani Exposing the tribal and feudal barriers for women in Pakistani society, the court observed in Humaira’s case (which has already been discussed in this series): “Male chauvinism, feudal bias and compulsions of a conceited ego should not be confused with Islamic values. An enlightened approach is called for. Otherwise, obscurantism in this […]
The writer is a PML-Q MNA [email protected] Whilst traveling from Islamabad to Karachi for an event commemorating literacy graduates in Thatta, I came across a news item on a school being blown up in Landi Kotal. Addressing students, I mentioned the blowing up of a school in Fata. This was not the first time such […]
By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD: Amid noises of the opposition and some volatile allies, the government told the Senate on Tuesday it would stand up to a “powerful lobby” opposing general sales tax (GST) reforms to protect their interests, at the start of a debate on two controversial money bills on which the upper house can […]
By Mubarak Zeb Khan ISLAMABAD: The absence of PML-N and MQM representatives paved the way for the reformed general sales tax and flood surcharge bills to get through the Senate Standing Committee on Finance here on Tuesday. However, some members of the committee pointed out a string of technical flaws in the RGST bill. Islamuddin […]
NEW YORK: The Human Rights Watch has called upon the government of Pakistan to immediately introduce a legislation to repeal the blasphemy law and other discriminatory legislations. The New York-based rights watchdog said in a statement on Tuesday that the government should also take legal action against militant groups responsible for threats and violence against […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called the killing of six missing persons, whose bodies were found from different parts of Balochistan during the Eid days, “appalling and unreservedly condemnable”. A statement issued by the commission said, “The killing of six missing persons from Balochistan, whose bullet-riddled bodies were found in Turbat, […]
The nurse was treated for injuries after jumping from first floor flat allegedly to escape MLO trying to assault her. KARACHI: Police failed to present in court on Tuesday the trainee nurse who was allegedly raped by a medico-legal officer (MLO) at Jinnah hospital. The court ordered them to present her at the next hearing. […]
Abdul Hameed Hayatan, 26, popularly known as Lala Hameed Baloch, reporter and photographer of daily “Karachi” and “Tawar” and “Royal TV” and the President of Baloch National Movement (BNM) Gwadar Chapter, was abducted from southwestern port city of Gwadar on October 25, 2010 and shot dead. The dead body of Hayatan was found at a […]
ISHFAQULLAH SHAWL ISLAMABAD: National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) will commence issuing arms licenses from December 15 and all necessary arrangements have been completed in a transparent manner, said Tariq Malik, Deputy Chairman Nadra here on Tuesday. It will be a pilot project in which arms licenses would be issued to people recommended by Parliamentarians, […]
KARACHI: Iconic actor Waheed Murad was paid tribute to by students of Karachi’s Greenwich University at an event that explored the depth and philosophical thinking behind his productions. Khurrum Ali Shafiq led the interactive multimedia presentation titled “Inside the Mind of Waheed Murad — Mystery Revealed”. Waheed Murad took the film industry by storm and […]
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Culture and Youth Affairs Dr Tanvirul Islam has said a welfare fund should be established in the province for the financial support of deserving artistes. To make the plan financially feasible, the minister proposed the stage shows should be held for 16 instead of 15 days, and the income of the […]
HAROON SIRAJ MINGORA: Swat district has been cleared from militants and there is no chance of their regrouping. Peace is been restored completely and media has played an important role in the elimination of militants and in the restoration of peace in the region, stated Major Gen Ashfaq Nadeem while briefing media men at Swat […]
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