NEWS DESK: An exchange programme for young journalists from Pakistan and Afghanistan is being arranged by German political foundation Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES). Professional journalists aged between 18 and 32 with a minimum work experience of two years are invited to apply for the exchange programme. The deadline for applications is May 20, 2012. Applicants fulfilling the […]
RAHIM YAR KHAN – A panchayat or jury declared a girl kali and ordered to kill her over suspicion of having illegal relations with someone in Chak 138/P. Masood Ahmed, a brother of the girl, filed an application with the Manthar police station that the panchayat had declared his sister kali and ordered to kill […]
RAJANPUR – An eight-year-old girl was raped ‘ironical’ by an unknown accused here the other day. As per detail, daughter of poor Ismail Mahesar, a resident of Sindhi Wala Mauza Mahal Makwal, Jampur, went with her parent to help them in tobacco harvesting. After sometime, she told her mother to go back home at which […]
KHAIRPUR – Wife of senior journalist of Nawa-I-Waqt Rabnawaz Siyal passed away on Sunday allegedly after a shock she got due to a police raid at her home and brutally torturing her husband and other family member. A large number of people including journalists and political and social leaders attended the funeral prayer. On the […]
BAJAUR AGENCY – Fata journalists have urged the government to take appropriate measures to ensures freedom of press in Fata and demanded immediate removal of all restrictions on media in the tribal areas. They warned if their demands were not accepted, they would start a protest movement in the tribal agencies. This was said by […]
Fouzia Saeed Fatwas against women are becoming common again. In Noshki, Balochistan, a fatwa was announced in a mosque on May 11, stating that any woman using a cell phone will have acid thrown in her face. Another fatwa was issued in Kohistan about two weeks ago, warning ‘NGO women’ that they would be forcefully […]
RAWALPINDI: Police on Sunday obtained two-day physical custody of a man arrested on charges of raping his daughter-in-law. An investigation officer from the Race Course police asked the duty magistrate for time to interrogate SK* about the circumstances leading to the allegations levelled by his 21-year-old daughter-in-law R*. Sub-Inspector Muhammad Umer told The Express Tribune […]
Ahtesham Azhar KARACHI: Alliance Française Karachi (AFK) recently organised a solo exhibition of artwork by renowned artist S Tnaveer Shams here at the AFK. Shams, a prolific painter, illustrator and graphic designer, born in 1944. He received his early training by well-known artist Mohammad Latif who followed academic style taught at the Arts Schools of […]
Ammar Shahbazi Karachi: It is International Mother’s Day and 82-year-old Farida Begum*, who gave birth to and raised seven children, does not have anyone to wish her on the occasion as she will be spending the rest of her days at a shelter home for old people, with none of her offspring by her side. […]
Abdul Sattar Khan LAHORE: While Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani is already facing hard times, a member of his cabinet Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, Minister for National Regulations and Services, has not only demanded to place all the regulatory authorities of the country and all the health related entities under the administrative control of her […]
Karachi: A teenage girl was strangulated to death allegedly by her fiancée in the Surjani Town police limits on Sunday. Sughraan Bibi, 18, was found dead inside her house situated in Siddiq Goth, Surjani Town. Her body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for legal formalities. According to police, Sughraan was engaged to be […]
ISLAMABAD: The commander of Nato-led forces in Afghanistan met Pakistan and Afghanistan army chiefs on Sunday for talks on border security, almost six months after the US air strikes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Pak Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, US Gen John Allen and Afghan Army chief Gen Sher Muhammad Karimi led their respective […]
Mansoor Malik With doctors, nurses and paramedics already vying for service structure and pharmacists campaigning for creation of posts in public hospitals, clinical psychologists too have entered the arena, starting with demand for improving their service structure but pledging to remain peaceful. Under the banner of Pakistan Association of Clinical Psychologists (PACP), they last week […]
Huma Yusuf THANKS to Aamir Khan, the issue of India’s skewed sex ratio is making headlines again. In the debut of Satyamev Jayate — his take on Oprah Winfrey’s iconic issue-based talk show — the Bollywood star emphasised the fact that one million girls are prevented from being born in India each year. Through a […]
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