ISLAMABAD: Six persons charged with gang raping two schoolgirls were given on four-day physical remand to the police on Saturday. Police produced the accused in the court of a civil judge and sought their custody for seven days for investigation and interrogation. Meanwhile, investigation into the crime revealed that one of the accused had friendship […]
697 out of 1,025 voters felt that ‘Pakistani media spreads negativity’ in general. The results of an online survey conducted by The Express Tribune revealed that most Pakistanis feel the local media spreads negativity, is sensationalist and is sponsored by political parties. A total of 1,025 Pakistanis and expatriates participated in the online survey. Respondents […]
LAHORE: PML-N leader Senator Pervaiz Rashid has said that transparency and merit has been ensured in the purchase and distribution of laptops in accordance with the policy of the Punjab government. Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, Pervaiz Rashid, who was flanked by Special Assistant to Chief Minister Zaeem Qadri and Higher Education Secretary […]
Ammar Shahbazi Karachi: On a usual day, her brother would pick her up from the parlour she frequented to take a beautician’s course. The 15-year-old girl had keenly enrolled for the course in her hometown of Jacobabad around two-and-a -half months ago. But one fateful day, when her brother went to pick her at 10:00 […]
By Ghulam Hussain LAHORE: PTV is producing a classic 13-episode mega and musical drama serial ‘Heer Ranjha’, which will be the home production of PTV. Farhan Agha is the producer of this serial, who is working very hard over it. To make the serial a masterpiece, PTV has hired the services of seasoned and well-known […]
KARACHI: Adviser to CM on Media Sharmila Faruqui hosted a dinner in honour of bodies of newspapers owners (APNS), editors (CPNE) and different bodies of journalists including—PFUJ, KUJ and KPC—at a local hotel on Sunday. One minute silence was observed for the departed souls of victims of target killings in Karachi and those soldiers and […]
Intikhab Hanif LAHORE: Not a single step has been taken to implement the Punjab Women Empowerment Package announced with much fanfare by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif about a month back. The only step taken immediately after the announcement of the package was the creation of a separate women development department and the appointment of a […]
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) in its annual report 2011 mentioned that at least 943 women were killed in the name of honour. The data is based on media monitoring and field reports from the HRCP volunteers, and the number of victims of honour-related violence could be much higher as such cases often […]
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