By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Imagine the intriguing world of mythology and the glitzy realm of showbiz coming together in an artwork. It is not as if it has not been done before, the point is that the very idea is quite engaging. However, to lump two different milieus or two distinct philosophies together need a […]
By: Hosh M. Mangi SANGHAR: In a gruesome act, a man throttled his newborn girl and disfigured the face and body of his young wife he suspected had an extramarital affair near here on Tuesday. Maroo Bheel reportedly took his wife, Lali Bheel, 25, to the nearby fields on Monday night in Ashraf Jat village, […]
By: Faiza Ilyas KARACHI: While discussing child rights, impact of abusive environment on child development and gaps in the legal framework that fail to curb violence against children, speakers at a workshop have demanded legislation in all the provinces that supersedes Section 89 of the Pakistan Penal Code and bans corporal punishment in all settings. […]
By: Ikram Junaidi ISLAMABAD: Cellphone services may be suspended in some parts of the country during Eid days because of risks of terrorist attacks. According to sources, the ministry of interior has received warnings from security agencies about possibility of incidents of terrorism during Eid and terrorists may use mobile phones to detonate explosive devices […]
PESHAWAR/LAKKI MARWAT: Three personnel of Frontier Constabulary (FC) were injured in a blast on Frontier Road on the outskirts of Peshawar on Tuesday. An official of Badhber police station said that militants had planted a four-kilogram heavy bomb along the roadside at a place where law-enforcers used to take a rest while checking suspected elements. […]
PESHAWAR: Peshawar is among 14 districts in the country with high incidence of violence against women over the first six months of the current year, according to an Aurat Foundation report. Other districts are Lahore, Okara, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Sialkot, Gujrat, DG Khan, Pakpattan, Muzaffargarh, Sahiwal, Mirpurkhas, Sheikhupura and Ghotiki, said the ‘Violence Against Women […]
Islamabad: Contrary to popular belief, most parents in Pakistan understand the need to educate their children, and are willing to do so, if they are assured certain facilities. This was said by Mr Francesco d’Ovidio, Director of International Labour Organisation (ILO) while addressing the seminar “Girls’ right to education” at Crown Hotel Plaza here on […]
By: Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: As the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday directed the capital administration to hold local government (LG) elections without any further delay, the city’s top bureaucrat said he would be seeking advice from the federal government. Talking to Dawn, Chief Commissioner Tariq Mehmood Prizada said: “The court order will be implemented […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that posting of a blasphemous video on the Internet had exposed the grey areas and undermined the objectives of the United Nations (UN). The right to freedom of expression enshrined in the UN charter should not be abused by hurting the sentiments of 1.5 billion Muslims. In […]
KARACHI: Eight people including two cops and a journalist of a local newspaper were gunned down while three others were wounded in various parts of the metropolis here on Tuesday.Unidentified armed men opened indiscriminate gunshots on a police head constable Sajid, 40, son of Allah Bux at Timber Market in the limits of Napier police […]
KARACHI: The world media community has condemned killings and ‘other forms of oppression of journalists’ and expressed dismay at the failure of many governments to bring the killers to justice. It said ineffectiveness of the United Nations resolutions on the safety of newsmen was disappointing. In a statement issued after a symposium of global media […]
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