US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, who had recently introduced a controversial legislation on Balochistan, asked Radio Free Asia (RFA) to report on and broadcast in Balochistan to better equip them with the current news. According to a press release issued by his office, Representative Rohrabacher wrote a letter to Radio Free Asia’s president, saying that the […]
ISLAMABAD: At least 943 women were killed in the name of honour during 2011 in Pakistan, of which 93 were minors, according to a report released here on Thursday by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP). The report titled “State of Human Rights in 2011″ seven Christian and two Hindu women were among the […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fridous Ashiq Awan Thursday said that a conducive working atmosphere would be ensured for media and the cable operators. Talking to a delegation of cable operators at Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Headquarters, the information minister said the government considers the cable operators as media partners and the […]
Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: The prime minister’s counsel Ch Aitzaz Ahsan has again blamed ‘certain section of the media’ for propagating against him but admitted that the same ‘section of the media’ was his favourite during the historic movement for the restoration of judiciary. In his press talk outside the Supreme Court building Aitzaz again alleged […]
KARACHI: The Awami National Party (ANP), Sindh chapter, on Thursday rejected the allegations that the party was involved in burning the copies of newspapers and creating hurdles in the broadcast of a television channel. General Secretary, ANP Sindh, Bashir Jan, in his statement issued from the Bacha Khan Markaz condemned the allegations levelled against the […]
LAHORE: The Punjab government informed the Lahore High Court on Thursday that there is no law in the country to stop the sale and purchase of girls for the purpose of marriage only. This was stated by Assistant Advocate General Rabiyya Bajwa in connection with the case of a young girl (S) who was sold […]
Shoaib A Raja ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday called for stringent measures to maintain law and order in Karachi, as well as eradicating extortionists at all costs. Presiding over a special meeting convened to address the deteriorating law and order situation in Karachi at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, the president said that all those involved […]
HYDERABAD: The Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party chairman, Dr Qadir Magsi, has said that Sindh’s language and culture are in grave danger today. The rulers have gifted Sindh’s lands to ‘outsiders’ in order to perpetuate themselves in power and they have also given them 60 per cent jobs while the educated youths of Sindh are committing […]
ISLAMABAD: Human rights violations increased manifold last year because the government was caught up in its own crises — the memo controversy, NRO and rumours of a coup — and fighting for survival, says a report released here on Thursday. The report on ‘State of human rights in 2011’, launched by the Human Rights Commission […]
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