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Daily Archives: August 16, 2011

Two women killed for honour

JHANG: Six people including four women were killed while another seven received critical injuries in various incidents and mishaps in different parts of Jhang over the past 24 hours. According to detail, 21-year-old Misbah Akhter, daughter of Umer Draz, a resident of Mauza Jabbuana in the remit of 18-Hazari Police was murdered by some unknown […]


Girls’ school blown up at Karnal Sher Killey

SWABI: Unknown miscreants blew up Government Girls School & College at Karnal Sher Killey with explosive material on Monday morning, police said. The buildings and a school bus of Government Girls School & College Karnal Sher Kalay was razed to the ground. The explosive material was planted in empty ghee tin outside the school that […]


Child protection: role of media

PAKISTAN ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) on Nov 12, 1990. As a signatory, Pakistan should implement the convention in all parts of the country. Unfortunately Pakistan’s progress towards the implementation of the convevtion has been weak on most counts. It is evident from the concluding observations and recommendation of […]


SC to take up Qureshi`s FIA charge resumption issue today

ISLAMABAD: As Additional Director General of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Capt (retd) Zafar Ahmed Qureshi took the charge of his office on Monday to resume probe into the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) scam, the Supreme Court decided to take up the matter relating to his assumption of charge on Tuesday. The Supreme Court has […]


Justice Javed tipped as NAB chief

By: Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: The law ministry has sent a summary to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani about the appointment of recently-retired Supreme Court judge Justice Javed Iqbal as National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman. Sources privy to the development told Dawn on Monday that the government had earlier decided to appoint a retired judge […]


Girls’ school blown up at Karnal Sher Killey

SWABI: Unknown miscreants blew up Government Girls School & College at Karnal Sher Killey with explosive material on Monday morning, police said. The buildings and a school bus of Government Girls School & College Karnal Sher Kalay was razed to the ground. The explosive material was planted in empty ghee tin outside the school that […]


International Media Ethics Day to be observed in September

ISLAMABAD: Mishal Pakistan in collaboration with the Center for International Media Ethics to mobilize the journalism community on September 23rd, next month. The Center for International Media Ethics – CIME, a non-profit organization with staff members operating across several continents teams up with Mishal Pakistan, a leading strategic communication social enterprise, specializing in media and […]


Govt urged to protect journalists

LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Monday condemned the murder of a journalist in Khuzdar and abduction of another in the North Waziristan tribal region and called upon the authorities to take meaningful measures to effectively address threats to journalists’ safety and end impunity for violence against them. In a statement, the Commission […]


CPNE expresses grief over Munir Shakir’s killing

KARACHI: Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) President Jameel Athar Qazi, Senior Vice-President Qazi Asad Abid, Secretary General Ilyas Shakir, Joint Secretary Javed Mehar Shamsi and Finance Secretary Mushtaq Ahmed Qureshi have expressed their grief and sorrow over the targeted killing of journalist Munir Ahmed Shakir in Khuzdar on Sunday. Munir Ahmed Shakir associated with […]


SAFMA holds vigil for peace at Pakistan-India border

LAHORE: The South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) and Hind Pak Dosti Manch organised a candlelight vigil late on Sunday at the India-Pakistan border to pay homage to the martyrs of independence and promote peace. Carrying candles in their hands with the message of friendship, peace and love, peaceniks from both the countries turned up […]