By: Sajid Zia LAHORE: Education Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman told the Punjab Assembly (PA) has said computer laboratories are being set up in another 1,277 schools after their upgrade while 4,286 labs have already been established across the province. He was speaking during the question hour on the third day of the 39th PA session, […]
By: Abdul Manan LAHORE: The provincial assembly decided on Thursday to refer to its Standing Committee on Women’s Development to probe the allegations that Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy did not fulfill her commitments to an acid attack survivor. The house decided to summon all stakeholders in the matter to the committee’s next meeting. The PA session […]
PESHAWAR: The representatives of the women rights organisation have declared the weak implementation of binding laws on protection of women rights root cause of the growing cases of violence against women in the country. The violence ratio was considerably grown up over the past four years in the country, they claimed while releasing a report […]
UNITED NATIONS: A UN human rights expert has spoken out against the recent killing of women in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and called on the two countries govts to bring the perpetrators to justice. “The failure of States to guarantee women’s right to a life free from violence allows for violence which can end in their […]
By: Raja Noor Ilahi Atif NOORPUR THAL: Fairs are the most popular form of entertainment in Punjab. Thal is a land of fairs and festivals. Some of them are celebrated in memory of saints. A few of them have a trade purpose in view. Another class of fairs has come into vogue recently. It is […]
KHANEWAL: Rejecting the report of woman’s murder on a panchayat (village court) order, the district police said on Thursday that the woman fell prey to old enmity. On Wednesday, Mariyam Bibi, a resident of 15/9R, was murdered and her son Sarfraz was kidnapped by their rivals, according to police. The police registered an FIR under […]
LAHORE: Punjab Assembly in its 39th session on Thursday passed the Punjab Employees Efficiency, Discipline and Accountability (Amendment) Bill 2011. It also introduced The Punjab Motion Pictures (Amendment) Bill on the occasion. The Punjab Employees Efficiency , Discipline and Accountability (Amendment) Bill 2011 was referred to Standing Committees on Service and General Administration on December […]
KARACHI: Shortly after the parliament showed signs of making the defunct Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance (PECO) into an Act, the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry has made several amendments to the law. If taken into consideration, the proposed changes will reduce the misuse of law and ensure transparency, officials claimed in a press […]
Gender In cold blood: Mystery surrounds woman’s death SUKKUR: Two separate claims – of self immolation and murder – circulated around the death of a woman in Al Kutub Town near Daharki, district Ghotki this week. According to one account Sajida, who was married to Yasin Malik, had set herself on fire on Monday after […]
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday constituted a five-member special bench to take up 15 different petitions against the Contempt of Court Act 2012 on Monday. The bench will be headed by the chief justice. Other members of the bench are Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja […]
ISLAMABAD: According to recommendations of the sub-committee, the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) here on Thursday directed the IT Ministry to speed up the process to auction 3-G licences by hiring international consultant. The Pakistan Telecomm-unication Authority (PTA) must observe the performance and financial viability of existing mobile phone companies before considering […]
By: Murtaza Ali Shah LONDON: Tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq’s wife Faha Makhdoom has launched legal action against the social networking site Facebook for failing to close the fake account that has been used to spread “false news” on her behalf, creating confusion and rumours about the couple’s marriage. Currently visiting her parents in East Anglia, Faha […]
Karachi: A woman committed suicide over a marriage proposal in her residence in the Pakistan Bazaar police limits on Thursday. Rahat, 24, daughter of Abdul Basheer, after an altercation with her parents, locked herself in a room of their residence in Sector 14/K in Orangi Town and hanged herself from a ceiling fan. A few […]
By: Jamal Khurshid Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday restrained police from harassing a couple, who had married in India in 1998. Malik Mohammad Gul, who married Indian woman Shirley Ann Hodges in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, moved the court against the alleged police harassment. The petitioner’s counsel, M Ilyas Khan, submitted that police started […]
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