G-B court takes action on gang rape report By Shabbir Mir GILGIT: Following the alleged gang rape of a girl in Skardu a few weeks ago, Gilgit-Baltistan’s (G-B) Supreme Appellate Court (SAC) on Friday took suo motu notice of the issue directing the regional police chief to submit a detailed report before the court on […]
Three armed men allegedly shot at their two relative girls over suspicion of having illicit relations with a person in Kanak area of Mastung district. “The injured girls have been admitted to hospital where their condition is very serious,” police sources said on Friday. The police was looking into the incident. Source: Business Recorder Date:8/6/2011
ISLAMABAD: Crimes against women, including forced marriages and sexual assaults, registered an increase of 18 percent over a period of one year, according to a comparison of cases registered in 61 districts across the country. Based on the comparison of number of the first information reports (FIRs) pertaining to anti-women crimes in 61 districts, the […]
Young nurse tries to set herself ablaze after sexual harassment By Imran Chaudhry LAHORE: A young nurse of Rural Health Center Kahna Nau tried to set herself ablaze on Friday in front of Lahore Press Club after none of the Punjab government officers heard her complaints related to sexual harassment by a doctor working in […]
By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: Despite repeated complaints by the women parliamentarians about their phone tapping, the government remains least bothered to resolve the matter and has even refused to listen to their concerns. A couple of months back, MNA Bushra Gohar of the ANP registered a complaint with the speaker office against tapping of her […]
TAHIR AMIN ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Restructuring of Public Sector Enterprises on Friday approved Rs 11 billion for Pakistan Railways to make it financially viable. The committee, which met here with Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh in chair, focused on revitalisation of Pakistan Railways. This was in continuation of a high-level meeting held […]
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah appeared optimistic on Friday about a positive outcome of a meeting held in Islamabad between President Asif Ali Zardari and Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad. The chief minister’s optimism was strengthened by the unexpected presence at his Iftar party of some important MQM lawmakers, including Syed Sardar Ahmad, […]
KARACHI: Ethnic and politically linked violence in Karachi has killed 800 people so far this year, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said Friday. “About 800 people have been the victims of violent shootings in the last seven months,” Zohra Yusuf, chairwoman of the HRCP, told AFP. The HRCP previously said 490 people were killed in […]
LAHORE: Justice Nasir Saeed Sheikh of the Lahore High Court on Friday disposed of a petition seeking ban on film Bol, with directions to the district coordination officer (DCO), Lahore, to look into the matter and take action according to law within two weeks. The court, after hearing the parties, disposed of the petition in […]
Karachi: Sindh Home Minister, Manzoor Hussain Wassan, attended the funeral prayers of senior journalist and chief reporter of Nawa-e-Waqt, Mohammad Yousuf Khan, held after Friday Prayers, at Sultan Mosque, Defence Housing Authority. On the occasion offering his condolence to the bereaved family, the minister said the deceased spent his professional life for the supremacy of […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani inaugurated Universal Service Fund’s (USF) project aimed at providing basic telecom services in remote areas of Bahawalpur, says a press release here on Friday. The ceremony was held at Bahawalpur circuit house on Thursday. He also inaugurated the Pakistan Software Export Boards’s (PSEB) web portal (it.org.pk) launching ceremony […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) has alleged that the government has committed corruption amounting to Rs 68 billion in the telecommunication sector, which it said was the latest addition in a series of scandals involving the present regime. PML-N Deputy Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal in a statement said on Friday that an audit report unearthed […]
ISLAMABAD: The special teams constituted by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has raided regional passport offices all over the country, and arrested 21 employees and commission agents involved in malpractices. The teams were established in FIA’s Zonal Offices Islamabad, Sindh, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, which raided the relevant passport offices, after reports of mismanagements […]
By Asad Kharal LAHORE: A judicial commission, formed to investigate the brutal murder and torture of journalist Saleem Shahzad, failed to submit a report or draw any conclusion at the end of its six-week deadline. The high-powered inquiry commission, formed in late June, was tasked to submit its report, findings and recommendation within six weeks. […]
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