By: Tazeen Javed The gang rape of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi and her subsequent death is a horrific reminder of how women are treated in this part of the world. Though the appalling incident happened in India, it made all the women in Pakistan empathise with their sisters in the neighbouring country because […]
Karachi: MQM Coordination Committee convenor Dr Farooq Sattar on Monday said his party strongly supported compilation of “sex desegregated employment data” to ascertain women’s contribution to the national economy. In a meeting with a delegation of women activists, headed by Aurat Foundation’s (AF) Regional Director, Mehnaz Rehman, at the party’s head office, he said his […]
By: Hina Mahgul Rind KARACHI: A Lahore High Court judge Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, while hearing a writ petition on Monday which challenged the appointment of chairman of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Farooq Awan, passed an interim order restraining the chairman from performing his duty without the approval of two members of the authority till […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the gruesome killing of Shia pilgrims in an attack on Iran-bound buses in Mastung on Sunday and called the government to put an end to the appalling bloodshed. In a statement issued on Monday, the Commission said: “It is unfortunate that on this last day […]
Over 227 broadcast media organizations from 56 countries are members of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Director-General Radio Pakistan Murtaza Solangi today assumed charge as President of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). Mr. Murtaza Solangi will head the organization till ABU General Assembly meets in October this year to elect a new President. Over 227 broadcast media […]
THE Committee to Protect Journalists says seven Pakistani journalists were killed while working this year. The South Asian Free Media Association puts the number at 13. Whatever the actual figure, Pakistan remained one of the most dangerous countries in the world, and the deadliest country in South Asia, for journalists in 2012. Caught between state […]
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