HYDERABAD: The public representatives of Taluka Qasimabad held the District Government Hyderabad responsible for not carrying out development work in rural Talukas of the district. Addressing a news conference here at Hyderabad Press Taluka Naib Nazim Qasimabad Haider Shahani and Nazims of the Unions Councils Ali Hassan jatoi, Yamin Soomro, Imam Ali Ansari and others […]
PESHAWAR, April 27: The Awami National Party has asked the government to ban illegal FM radio stations, help find the missing people and take action against those who hurl threats at peaceful citizens. These demands were made through resolutions adopted unanimously at the meeting of the party’s provincial leaders at the Bacha Khan Markaz here […]
KARACHI, April 11: Sindh Minister for Local Government and Katchi Abadis, Muhammad Hussain Khan, said Karachi would be turned into City of Parks. “The projects of big parks in Manghopir and Bin Qasim areas would also be launched shortly,” he said while inaugurating Taimuria Football Ground in Union Council-2, Shah Faisal Colony 5, according to […]
KOHAT, April 10: The local Taliban have reportedly issued a ‘decree’, ‘banning’ secondary education for girls. They have also been threatening the headmistress of a girls school with dire consequences if she didn’t close down her institution immediately. In case the school was not closed down soon its building would be destroyed, said a message […]
ISLAMABAD: The Women’s Development Ministry under the Women’s Political School project has completed the training of 26,000 women councillors across the country to execute their duties at the grassroots level. The $ 4.5 million-programme was funded by Norway and implemented by the UN Development Programme to increase the number of women councillors throughout the country […]
KARACHI, April 7: The Federal Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights has directed the police to submit a report regarding the death of 11-year-old Izrail Khan in a textile mill in the city. In a letter of the ministry addressed to the Additional IG (Investigation) and Korangi TPO, the ministry sought a detailed report […]
KARACHI: Arrangements have been finalised for by-elections on two town nazim and two UC seats in Karachi. Election for the Landhi Town nazim will be held on April 9 and for Bin Qasim Town nazim on April 12. Election for the nazim and naib nazim of two UCs of Baldia Town will be held on […]
Did the legislation lead to more rape cases?… KARACHI: Some people have argued that amendments to the Hudood Ordinance and the Women’s Protection Act (WPA) have led to an “increase in the number of incidents of sexual violence” in the city. The numbers collected from police stations have, however, a different story to tell. Addressing […]
SWABI, April 5: The district government has allocated Rs14.7 million for a sport complex and a cinema hall for women. Sources told Dawn on Thursday that work on the two projects would be started in the current year. They said that Rs12.5 million had been allocated for the construction of sport complex which was a […]
TOBA TEK SINGH, March 31: Elections for the district naib nazim’s seat, which were scheduled to be held on April 2, will now be held on April 9. A notice pasted on Saturday on the returning officer’s notice board said that elections had been postponed on the orders of the Chief Election Commissioner. Rana Zafar […]
ISLAMABAD, March 31: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Saturday said it had decided to recommend to the parliament that ‘zina bil raza’ (consensual sex) and ‘zina bil jabr’ (rape) should be treated as two ‘distinct and separate crimes’. “If a female complains of zina bil jabr, she will not be asked to bring […]
ISLAMABAD – Coercion, lax enforcement of election laws, massive use of the local government apparatus, bogus ballots at women polling booths and flaws in the electoral lists marred the by-election to the NA-26 seat in Bannu held on Thursday, according to Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) observers. FAFEN, a network of 30 leading civil […]
ISLAMABAD, March 31: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Women Development on Saturday expressed its concern over improper utilisation of budget, allocated for women development projects. The Committee which met under the Chairmanship of MNA Begum Mehnaz Rafi, MNA in the Parliament House discussed the budget proposals and utilisation of funds for women development. According […]
KARACHI: The Nazim (city and district) happens to be the boss of the police chief and under the Local Government Ordinance the latter is under the command of the former, while Nazims and councillors are accountable to the community as public servants. They are duty bound to apprise the community of the spending of public […]
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