By: Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: The judicial commission investigating the murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad received the unofficial record of his cellphone on Wednesday. The commission headed by Justice Saqib Nisar met here in the Supreme Court building. After analysing the record, the commission made a special request to television anchor Asma Chaudhry and producer of […]
NAWABSHAH: The Nawabshah Newspaper Hawkers Union on Wednesday said that some elements were busy in harassing, threatening and humiliating the hawkers besides setting copies of newspapers on fire. In a meeting, the union decided to stop supply and sale of newspapers for an indefinite period unless the hawkers were provided security against the miscreants and […]
KARACHI: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) on Wednesday strongly condemned a series of attacks on the Geo television establishment and its workers and burning of some copies of daily Jang and The News across Sindh. They termed such acts of terrorism as intolerable and against the freedom […]
QUETTA: In line with the Article 19-A of the Constitution of Pakistan, journalists must demand federal and provincial governments to ensure an early enactment of new and effective Right to Information Law in the country. Credit goes to the incumbent government of PPP, which inserted Right to Information law in the Constitution of Pakistan through […]
THIS is apropos of Malik Tariq’s letter ‘Intolerant society’ (July 16). It is unfortunate that there is no support for victims of rape, nor the state apparatus and the police seem eager to prosecute perpetrators of heinous crimes such as acid-throwing, or those who rob the state of funds. This could have been used for […]
HYDERABAD, July 28 2006: The Taluka Rural Hyderabad Council on July 27 passed a resolution, opposing the conversion of district government Hyderabad into city government. Mir Ashraf Talpur, convener, presided over the meeting in which member Imam Bux Leghari presented a resolution against the conversion. Only Shah Faisal Nizamani opposed the resolution, while all other […]
By: Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: Nawaz Sharif began his new term as president of the Pakistan Muslim League-N on Wednesday by giving up his party’s resistance to demands for the creation of new provinces. “Creation of new provinces is not a bad thing. However, it should be done on administrative grounds,” Mr Sharif said in his […]
KARACHI: Co-ordination Committee of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) has strongly condemned the murderous attack on private TV channel host Sheryar Sherry in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, says a press release on Wednesday. The committee termed this attack by the criminal elements as dastardly. The committee said that the programme being hosted by Sheryar Sherry was unveiling the activities […]
GILGIT: Ghizer police have set up a women complaint centre to encourage them to speak up about their social problems and tackle the increasing suicides among women in the district, as this year alone police have registered 11 cases of women committing suicide. Talking to this correspondent, Ghizer police chief Mirza Hassan said that the […]
By: Asma Ghani ISLAMABAD: To celebrate the 10 years of working women’s movement, Alliance Against Sexual Harassment (AASHA) launched a nationwide exhibition in Islamabad on Wednesday at the PNCA wherein women who spearheaded the movement also shared their memories and problems. AASHA initiated a movement on the issue of sexual harassment in 2001 and with […]
By: Asma Razaq ISLAMABAD: It was a difficult task to get approved the Protection against Harassment of Women at Work Place Act 2010′ from the National Assembly, as there were some members of the Lower House who did not want the approval of women protection bill, Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Special Assistance to the Prime Minister […]
SUKKUR: A man shot dead his cousin’s wife on the pretext of Karo Kari in Khairpur. Police said one Peeral Jaghirani shot dead his cousin’s wife, Jamila, for maintaining illicit relations with a man in village Chattan Shah in the jurisdiction of the Pir Jo Goth police. In the firing incident, his brother Deedar received […]
THIS is apropos of Malik Tariq’s letter ‘Intolerant society’ (July 16). It is unfortunate that there is no support for victims of rape, nor the state apparatus and the police seem eager to prosecute perpetrators of heinous crimes such as acid-throwing, or those who rob the state of funds. This could have been used for […]
By: Sumaira Jajja KARACHI: Media reflects the powers at play within society and at the moment, there is dire need for progressive thinking in the Pakistani media, whether alternative or mainstream media, said columnist Farooq Sulehria at an introspective session on the media and society on Wednesday. The programme, Myth of independent media: an alternative […]
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