RAWALPINDI: Police Tuesday apprehended two persons, for allegedly raping four girls on gunpoint from a house located here at Tulsa Road, in the limits of Police Station Civil Line. However, `other three accused managed to escape from the scene. One of the arrested persons was identified as Malik Firdos. According to initial statements, of the […]
QUETTA: Police in Quetta have arrested a man accused of raping and murdering an 18-month-old baby and dumping her body two months ago. He was caught while trying to kill a two-year-old boy in Quetta. The accused, a 22-year-old Tajik national Nazirullah*, was arrested red-handed when he was torturing a two-year-old boy Mansoor* Ahmed. He […]
ISLAMABAD: A national committee that watches the implementation of the law against sexual harassment at workplaces passed last year has observed that many social, cultural and technical obstacles still stand in the way of implementing the law. Participants at a review meeting of the national implementation watch committee (NIWC) held in Islamabad on Tuesday regretted […]
PESHAWAR: Of the total 8,000 cases of violence against women in Pakistan 650 cases were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the year 2010, said Aurat Foundation in its annual report released here on Tuesday. The report titled `Violence against Women (VAW) in Pakistan 2010` was launched here at the Peshawar Press Club wherein the foundation`s […]
KARACHI: While around 8,000 incidents of violence against women were witnessed last year in the country, many incidents were never reported to the police, said an annual report on violence against women launched here on Tuesday. The report, which is based on the cases reported in major dailies, has been compiled by Aurat Foundation. It […]
SUKKUR: A woman thwarted an attempt by her husband to give in marriage their 18-year-old daughter to a nine-year-old boy to clear an old debt he had failed to pay off. The underage boy Gulan Chandio was son of Noor Khan who had lent Hamza Chandio Rs100,000 three years ago. The loan was payable within […]
KARACHI: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed its grave concern over the deteriorating law and order situation, particularly increasing targeted killings, in Karachi. A report issued by the organisation’s Karachi chapter on Tuesday said that a total of 1,138 people were killed in the city during the first six months of the […]
Karachi: The National Database & Registration Authority, (Nadra) has been following the government policy regarding the fair treatment of minorities who should not be discriminated against on the basis of religion or sect with respect to both registration as well as employment at Nadra. This was stated by Deputy Chairman Nadra Tariq Malik during a […]
PESHAWAR/LANDI KOTAL: Two telephone exchanges and a school were blown up in different sabotage activities in Peshawar district and adjacent Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency on Tuesday. Also, a checkpost of Khasadar Force was partially damaged in a bomb blast in Landi Kotal tehsil of Khyber tribal region. Sources said that a telephone exchange was […]
KARACHI: OMD Worldwide captured a total of eight Media Lions -both as the submitting agency and as the credited media agency – at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, making it the most medalled media network at the 2011 festival. Manning Gottlieb OMD, London took the Gold Lion in the Best Use of Branded […]
RAWALPINDI: Feisal Naqvi’s article “The media and the emperor’s clothes” (July 5) does a very good job in contextualising the need for critical thinking. The reference to Aitchison, in search of critical thinking, is however disappointing. Aitchison is a school for the elite by the elite to which hardly 0.01 per cent of Pakistanis have […]
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