• March 26, 2014
• General News

KARACHI: The media should report sensitively on minorities so that its reporting does not incite hatred or conflict, said the chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Zohra Yusuf on Tuesday. Speaking at a training workshop for journalists, ‘Peace Building, Social Harmony and Conflict Prevention Project’ organised by Caritas Pakistan Karachi, she stressed […]

• March 24, 2014
• General News

LAHORE: Pakistan came into being with the efforts of and leadership of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah who had vision of Pakistan being a welfare state where the rights of minorities would be protected and they would have opportunity to grow and develop. In a statement issued here on Sunday Dean of Lahore Cathedral Church Rev […]

• March 22, 2014
• General News

KARACHI: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has urged the chief justice of Pakistan to protect over-150-year-old Hindu temple that is threatened by under-construction underpasses and flyover in Clifton. In a letter to the chief justice on Friday, HRCP chief Zohra Yusuf noted that business interests in complicity with Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) officials had […]

• March 22, 2014
• General News

ISLAMABAD: The Special Court hearing treason case against former president Pervez Musharraf Friday summoned Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Jan Muhammad for torturing a journalist on the court premises. According to details, policemen tortured the journalist of a private TV channel, reportedly on the orders of the DIG.On this, journalists boycotted the court proceedings […]

• March 21, 2014
• General News

DI KHAN: A media cell will soon be set up in South Waziristan to facilitate local journalists, shared South Waziristan Political Agent (PA) Islam Zeb during a meeting with local representatives of the Tribal Union of Journalists (TUJ). Speaking at his compound in Tank on Thursday, Zeb said the cell would enable tribal journalists to […]

• March 20, 2014
• General News

Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party Human Right Cell has demanded of the government to constitute the National Commission for Human Rights without delay as required by the law. PPP HR Cell in a resolution expressed concerns in the delay of formation of NCHR particularly delay in appointment of its Chairperson. The text of the resolution is […]

• March 18, 2014
• General News

HYDERABAD: Activists of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and members of civil society organisations took out a rally in protest against the Larkana incident and demanded that the government ensure protection of life and property of minorities in the country. They marched from the old campus of Sindh University to the local press […]

• March 18, 2014
• General News

Lahore: Despite several official initiatives, prosecution services in Pakistan remain under-utilized and under-publicized. This also served as a prompter for a young Kyrgyz Ms Ekaterina Harsdorf to launch a maiden video-documentary project on the subject in Lahore at the Police Training Academy. Titled “QUEST FOR JUSTICE,” this documentary will highlight the role and importance of […]

• March 17, 2014
• General News

ISLAMABAD/LARKANA: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Sunday expressed deep anguish and concern over the incident in Larkana where Hindu property and a temple were damaged by some miscreants. He said provision of security to all minorities was the responsibility of the government. The prime minister directed all the provincial governments to take comprehensive measures […]

• March 15, 2014
• General News

KARACHI: Ahmed Mirza Jamil changed the way all Urdu newspapers and books would be published anywhere in the world; and he did it back in 1981 with his Noori Nastaliq script that gave the Midas touch to desktop publishing. The present-day Urdu publishing owes its elegant contours to the calligraphic skills of this great wizard […]

• March 15, 2014
• General News

PESHAWAR: Representa-tives of a civil society organisation have demanded of the government to take effective steps for ensuring protection of lives and properties of non-Muslims in Pakistan. Speaking at a news conference at Peshawar Press Club on Friday, South Asian Partnership, Pakistan Regional Programme coordinator Fida Hussain said the country’s constitution guaranteed equal rights to […]

• March 13, 2014
• General News

LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has condemned the retrogressive move by the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) to roll back the Muslim family laws and called upon the government to stand fast in defence of women’s rights, says a handout. In a statement issued here on Wednesday, the commission said: “At a time […]

• March 12, 2014
• General News

DERA MURAD JAMALI: Police arrested on Tuesday two men allegedly involved in the killing of local Journalist Khawaja Muhammad Afzal and his driver. Usta Muhammad-based journalist Khawaja Afzal working for a daily published from Quetta, was killed along with his driver on Feb 1 by unidentified armed men while returning to Usta Muhammad from Jacobabad […]

• March 12, 2014
• General News

In a landmark move, successful raids were conducted on two booksellers, Mr Books situated on Gulistan Road and Najeebullah Book Depot located on Archar Road, for allegedly selling pirated copies of Oxford University Press (OUP) textbooks. With the assistance of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), around 4,000 pirated copies of Oxford textbooks were seized during […]