By: Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari signed on Monday an act allowing introduction of the local government system in Provincially-Administered Tribal Areas (Pata). The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) LG Act, 2012, will be extended to Pata, which comprises five districts — Chitral, Malakand, Swat, Dir and Kohistan. “Under this decision, local government institutions […]
CHAKWAL: A father axed his daughter to death, for the sake of honour and so far has not been arrested. According to sources, Karima Bibi, 23, a resident of Ghugh village, Chakwal, married a close relative, a couple of years ago. However, she got involved with another man, residing in the same village. On Sunday […]
By: Aamir Yasin RAWALPINDI: In a move, likely to upset cinema goers, the censor board (CB) — for now — has stopped cinema houses from advertising Akshay Kumar’s latest Bollywood movie, Khiladi 786. CB considers the name of the movie controversial. However, the jury is out and a final decision is still pending. But CB […]
By: Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: Defections in the PML-Q and resignations of several ruling coalition legislators because of dual nationality have strengthened the bargaining position of the PML-N in negotiations with the government over its support or otherwise to a number of bills in the National Assembly. A calculation done by Dawn of the comparative strength […]
ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has clarified a couple of points made in a report that appeared in Dawn’s Monday issue under the headline “Polio outbreak in Balochistan sets off alarm bells”. In her statement, HRCP chairperson Zohra Yusuf said: “I had identified the Hazara Shias as the targets of Lashkar-Jhangvi and […]
By: Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Perverz Ashraf gave a go-ahead on Monday to the ministry of human rights to appoint human rights defenders whose job would be to help poor victims. A government official privy to a meeting between the prime minister and his Adviser on human rights, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, said it […]
LAHORE: Supreme Court Bar Association former president Asma Jahangir has expressed surprise at debate on a statement issued by the Human Rights Watch on “judiciary muzzling its criticism in the media through contempt of court powers”. In a statement issued on Monday, she said it was simply factual and the manner in which the arms […]
By: Peer Muhammad ISLAMABAD: Journalists in Pakistan are frequently subject to violence, and hence should be afforded maximum security via suitable legislation, said Senator Farhatullah Babar at a session of the Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Monday. The committee observed that not a single report regarding the security of journalists was made […]
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