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Daily Archives: July 8, 2011

Violence against women and legal snags

Samina Ijaz The Federal Shariat Court has struck down the clauses 11, 25 and 28 from the Women’s Protection Act 2006 and has ordered to restore the original wording of the Hudood Ordinances. The reversal of these provisions of the Hudood laws might open wide the doors of women’s persecution. It is hard for any […]


8,000 acts of violence against women reported in 2010

Karachi: Over 8,000 incidents of violence against women were reported last year, says a report released by a non-governmental organization working for women rights. The Aurat Foundation released its annual report on violence against women in Pakistan 2010 on Tuesday at a local hotel. The report reveals that around 2,236 women were abducted, 1,436 were […]


Senior Journalist dies in Nawabshah

NAWABSHAH: Senior member Nawabshah Press Club and recently-elected member of the Working Committee, Abdul Latif Abdul Ghaffar Rao/SBM Gulistan-e-Jauhar STR-Ill Karachi/PTCL Vayani breathed his last here on Thursday. He was 68. The burial was held at Noor graveyard. A number of citizens, media men, elites, friends and relatives attended the burial. Source: The News Date:7/8/2011


Urdu Newsletter July 08 To July 14, 2011

Summary Urdu Newsletter July 08 To July 14, 2011 Date 7/8/2011 Download ppf newsletter vol 9 no-27.pdf


Violence against women and legal snags

Samina Ijaz The Federal Shariat Court has struck down the clauses 11, 25 and 28 from the Women’s Protection Act 2006 and has ordered to restore the original wording of the Hudood Ordinances. The reversal of these provisions of the Hudood laws might open wide the doors of women’s persecution. It is hard for any […]


Govt ordered Shahzad’s murder: Mullen

By: Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON: The US military chief said on Thursday that the Pakistani government “sanctioned” the killing of a journalist in May, but said he could not tie the death to the ISI. “It was sanctioned by the government,” Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters in […]