ISLAMABAD – The female MNAs both from ruling and treasury benches on March 16, warned the government of dire consequences in case a ban is imposed on wearing head scarf for women working in public organizations specially Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC). The women parliamentarians from ruling and treasury benches signed a motion which MMA’s […]
PESHAWAR: More than 50 per cent women’s reserved seats in the province will remain vacant as conservative norms obstructed women from taking part in the by-polls. The NWFP is generally regarded as a conservative region where religious and tribal leaders have always been averse to women participation in politics. The schedule for filing nomination papers […]
HYDERABAD: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on March 15, ordered an inquiry into the death of a woman due to alleged wrong treatment at a hospital. Justice Mohammad Moosa K. Leghari of the SHC appointed sessions judge of Hyderabad as inquiry officer. Applicant, Abdul Rehman, said his daughter, Abida Rustamani, 30, was bitten by […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court bench seized of a petition challenging Seventh Wage Board Award on March 15, asked the petitioner’s counsel to first satisfy the court on the issue of its jurisdiction and that it was a matter of ‘public importance’ which needed the apex court’s the attention. Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, head of the […]
HYDERABAD-The Phuleli Police have arrested the accused, 22, year-old boy, on March 15, in assault case of six-year-old girl, who was abused, killed and burnt on March 14, in Makrani Para near Pinjar Poll area. Police informed The Nation on March 15 that accused Maula Bux, son of Hidayatullah, sold confectionary goods in the locality. […]
SUKKAR: A woman was tortured to death by her husband during a dispute over some domestic issue in Dinnal Pirzado village near Kandiaro on March 14, 2004. Behram Pirzada beat his wife, Amina, with a rod over some domestic dispute, However, the truth was revealed when a woman relative found torture marks on the body […]
ISLAMABAD: The STN (Channel-3) expanding its network by adding eight more transmitters and replacing 12 existing ones with news transmitters as part of its modernization and expansion plan. With this replacement and expansion, STN expects to reach out to nearly 70 percent of Pakistan’s population and cover more than 50 percent of its geographical area. […]
ISLAMABAD – President General Pervez Musharraf on May 15 called for passing a law to ban honour killing and said the Hudood Ordinance and the Blasphemy Law be studied afresh to ensure that they are not misused. Reaffirming commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights at a convention on Sensitization and Adoption of […]
New York, March 15, 2004-Last week, Pakistan’s Information Minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, acknowledged that the government had suspended advertising in newspapers belonging to the Nawa-i-Waqt Group of Publications, including the English-language daily The Nation and the Urdu-language daily Nawa-i-Waqt. He denied, however, that an official ban had been issued. In February, the government effectively stopped […]
HYDERABAD – The Jamaat-iÂIslami Hyderabad on March 15 condemned the govt ban on advertisements of Nawa-i-Waqt and The Nation and called for immediate lifting of the ban. JI Hyderabad Ameer Abdul Waheed Oureshi, Shaikh Shaukat Ali, Dr, Fawad Ahmed, Rao Masood Ali Khan and Rana Mehmood Ali Khan in their joint statement termed the government […]
HYDERABAD: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on March 15, ordered an inquiry into the death of a woman due to alleged wrong treatment at a hospital. Justice Mohammad Moosa K. Leghari of the SHC appointed sessions judge of Hyderabad as inquiry officer. Applicant, Abdul Rehman, said his daughter, Abida Rustamani, 30, was bitten by […]
LONDON: A young Pakistan-born British woman Yasmin Qureshi has become the first Muslim woman here to become a prospective candidate for the ruling Labour Party in next general elections by defeating a sitting member of the European Parliament Robert Evans. Yasmin defeated Evans just by two votes after neck-to-neck fight in the East Brent in […]
MARDAN: Eight women were declared elected unopposed on vacant seats in three union councils of Takhtbai Tehsil. Sakina Bibi, Gulab Zari, and Basmina Bibi of the Jehangirabad Union Council were elected unopposed. Similarly, Saliha Bibi, Raham Bibi and Bas Bibi were elected on reserved seats as member of Naray village union council. On two vacant […]
FAISALABAD — The APNS and the CPNE members from Faisalabad at an emergency meeting unanimously passed a resolution against the ban on government advertisements to the Nawa-i-Waqt and The Nation. The Editor Daily Business Report Abdur Rashid Ghazi chaired the meeting, held at the office of Daily Business Report. Ghazi while presenting the resolution said […]
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