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Sindh Government has notified the grant of honorarium for Nazims

KARACHI, July 04 2006: The Sindh Government has notified the grant of honorarium for Nazim, Naib Nazim, Town Nazims and member of the city district council Karachi. Accordingly the City District Nazim will get Rs 40,000 Naib City Nazim Rs 30, 000, Town Nazims Rs 20,000, Town Naib Nazims Rs 10,000 and each member of […]


Sanghar budget passed

SANGHAR, July 02 2006: District Nazim Haji Khuda Bux Rajar here on July 30 presented a budget of Rs2,055.583 million for the fiscal 2006-7. The budget was passed unanimously by the District Council. Describing salient features, the nazim said that Rs1,462.009 million had been allocated for the salaries of government employees, Rs160 million for miscellaneous […]


Federal cabinet approves 2009-10 budget proposals

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved the upcoming budget proposals on Saturday. The cabinet met with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in chair to review and finalize the suggestions of upcoming budget for fiscal year 2009-10. The government is set to unveil the consolidated budget with an outlay of over Rs2.9 trillion based on […]


All 178 UCs provided computers

KARACHI, July 10 2006: City District Government Karachi on the directives of City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has granted computers and other related accessories to take advantage from Information. Technology. This was stated by EDO Information Technology, Dr UD Sanjani on Saturday after giving away the certificates to those union councils members who got IT […]


Police told to protect women from vani, sawara

Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, February 24 2006: The Supreme Court on Friday February 23 again ordered inspectors-general of police of the four provinces and the Northern Areas to protect women from the un-Islamic customs of “vani” and “sawara” and urged prompt and effective action to stop these practices. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan […]


Bill against Hudood laws introduced

ISLAMABAD, February 8 2006: Treasury members in the National Assembly on Tuesday February 7 lent support to the PPP Parliamentarians for introduction of a draft bill seeking repeal of Hudood laws. The move prompted a walkout by lawmakers of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. Already twice before, PPP Parliamentarians MNA Sherry Rahman […]


Time-limit in Hudood cases recommended

LAHORE, February 05 2006: The Pakistan Law and Justice Commission has recommended decisions in Hudood cases within four months and for allowing couples to meet in privacy in jails and liberal grant of bails to women below the ages of 18 and above 50 if they were found to be not involved in heinous crime. […]


FSC sets guideline for trial courts: Misuse of Zina Ordinance

ISLAMABAD, February 01 2006: In zina cases, delay in lodging of FIR does not necessarily mean that the complaint was false or the complainant was a consenting party, said a Federal Shariat Court (FSC) judgment in a zina case. Hesitation in reporting such cases is quite natural because even in modern societies where standard of […]


KARACHI: Shariat Court reduces term in rape case

KARACHI, January 20 2006: The Federal Shariat Court reduced the jail term of a minor convicted of rape and ordered his release forthwith on Thursday January 19. Ghulam Murtaza was charged with raping a seven-year-old girl at Tando Mohammad Khan in September 1998 and was tried by a sessions court at Hyderabad. According to the […]


‘Electronic media to be brought under Pemra regime’

ISLAMABAD, January 02 2006: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) is taking steps to bring the electronic media under its regularised regime. The Executive Member of the Authority, Shahid Humayun, said this at a press conference here. He said that social, religious and moral values of the society would be protected under the regularised regime. […]


Notices issued on APNS petition

KARACHI – A division bench of the Sindh High Court has issued notices, on December 11, to respondents in a writ petition moved by the All-Pakistan Newpapers Society to challenge the validity of the seventh wage award for newspaper employees. The new petition seeks annulment of the award, announced in October 2001, while a petition […]


Senate passes honour-killing bill

ISLAMABAD – The government pushed a bill against honour killings through the Senate on December 7, amid an opposition walkout but promised to consider opposition amendments to improve the law in the future. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, amending the Pakistan Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code and prescribes up to the death penalty […]


PFUJ, Apnec reject ordinances

QUETTA – A joint meeting of the federal executive council of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist and the national executive council of the All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (Apnec) rejected on December 5, the proposed Access to Information Ordinance and the Press Council Ordinance and appealed to members of parliament to incorporate into the […]


Removal of flaws in honour killing bill

ISLAMABAD – Opposition senators on December 3, pointed out several ‘loopholes’ in the honour killing bill and demanded that the legislation should be referred to the standing committee for improvement. Taking part in the debate on the bill, which has been introduced to amend the Pakistan Penal Code 1860 and the Code of Criminal Procedure […]