LAHORE: An addict youth allegedly strangled his 55-year-old mother and tortured his brother following domestic issues in Gajja Pir locality of Ghaziabad on Monday. Police inquiries showed that suspect Javed Akhtar attacked his widow mother Shamim Akhtar, tortured her and dumped her body in a trunk after strangling her. They first quarrelled with each other […]
By: Munawer Azeem ISLAMABAD: The medical board constituted to ascertain the actual age of a Christian girl facing charges of blasphemy, suggested her age to be approximately 14 years and that she was not mature, sources in the police and hospital told Dawn. Earlier, the family of the girl and the Christian community claimed her […]
By: Ahmad Hassan ISLAMABAD: Participants of a consultative meeting called by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority on Monday under the directive of the Supreme Court to discuss the terms ‘obscenity’ and ‘vulgarity’ in reference to what is shown on television remained divided on the definition of the terms, whereas representatives of television channel owners and […]
LAYYAH: Police registered a case on Monday against four women and a man for shaving the head and eyebrows of their 27-year-old sister-in-law and parading her in the streets of village Serai of Mauza Marhanwali over a domestic dispute. On the report of violence against Parveen Bibi, Karor police registered a case under several sections […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday disposed of a habeas corpus petition seeking recovery of a girl from alleged custody of Chiniot police and also withdrew arrest warrants earlier issued against the district police officer and others. Earlier, the alleged victim appeared in the court and stated she was never abducted nor her family […]
TANDO ADAM: A large number of journalists belonging to print and electronic media took out a rally here yesterday to protest against threats of dire consequences to the reporter and a cameraman for making footage of incident of beating a man to death in Joharabad, Charkha Ghar locality of Tando Adam. The lawyers, teachers, activists […]
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Monday issued notices to 58 TV channel owners while hearing petitions filed by journalists against distribution of money and plots by business tycoon Riaz Malik. A two-member bench, consisting of Justice Jawad S Khawaja and Justice Arif Hussain, heard the petitions, and filed by journalists Hamid Mir, Absar Alim and other journalists. […]
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