The Council of Islamic Ideology, headed by Maulana Muhammad Khan, has ruled that that DNA test is unacceptable as primary evidence in case of rape but can be used as secondary or circumstantial evidence to support direct or substantive evidence. He also added that ‘Islamic procedure’ should be adopted during investigation. This edict must have […]
THIS is apropos of ‘First civilian transition, at last’ (June 2), a joyful heading. We should appreciate that the country has witnessed an unprecedented transfer of power from one democratic government to another. The new assembly was sworn in with several women parliamentarians with the hope and commitment that they would play their due role […]
MULTAN: A woman brought to Nishtar Hospital with burn injuries on Wednesday died a few hours later. Chehlak police said the post-mortem examination revealed that she had been tied down and set on fire. The woman’s husband and his sister too had burn injuries when the gas cylinder, suspected to have been kept outside the […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday reissued notices to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority and MQM chief Altaf Hussain on a petition seeking ban on the media coverage of Mr Hussain’s addresses/speeches. Advocate Fayyaz Ahmad Mehar filed this petition and requested the court to restrain the media houses through […]
OKARA: A woman and her family suffered burns when her estranged husband threw acid on them at 50/3R on Tuesday. Shahid tied the knot with Iqra Bibi some time back but they developed differences and the woman returned to her parents. She also filed a suite for dissolution of marriage in a court. Shahid came […]
THE All Pakistan Newspaper Society has decided to withdraw its decision to suspend publication of government advertisements to press for payment of Rs1.6 billion arrears for the 2008-2012 period. The APNS said in a press release that it had taken the decision as a gesture of support for the new government which it hoped would […]
Freelance journalist Ahmad Ali Joya was murdered in Bahawalnagar on May 24. He was reported to be helping the police in tracing a gang of criminals and was, perhaps, killed by the same men. This has raised the question of whether journalists should become the source. Only an independent investigation will lead to the final […]
By: Ishrat Saleem The successful use of DNA testing to identify rapists and to exonerate the innocent has prompted activists in the US to campaign for clearing the backlog of forensic evidence that was collected in rape and murder cases Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) is known as the ‘finger print of the 21st century’. Just like […]
By: Kashif Zafar BAHAWALPUR: A woman was killed on Sunday allegedly by her brother and his two friends in defence of family honour. Police said they had attacked her with an axe and later burned her body. Sughran Mai, mother of the victim and a resident of Kalo Malikwala near Lodhran, told police that his […]
By: Anjum Altaf IS poverty a violation of human rights? I was asked recently to speak on the subject and faced the following dilemma: if I convinced the audience it was, would that imply the most effective way to eliminate poverty would be to confer human rights on the poor? Two questions follow immediately: first, […]
By: Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: Samina Baig, the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest, came to the capital along with her brother, who is also her trainer and coach, to share her feelings about conquering the 8,848 metres peak with media. “We have achieved this landmark 60 years after the Everest was first scaled,” Mirza […]
LAHORE: Renowned poet Riaz ur Rehman Sagar, the writer of more than 2,000 lyrics of Indo-Pak film songs, was laid to rest on Saturday at the age of 72 after he lost his fight against cancer at the Jinnah Hospital here. Sagar was known for the melodious songs that he penned down for the subcontinent’s […]
SUKKUR: Karo-Kari claimed three lives in separate incidents on Sunday.A newly-wed woman was killed by her father and cousins in Khairpur. Police said Fahmida Khuhro had eloped and married her lover Rasheed Dasti one month ago. Police said the girl’s father Muhammad Bakhsh managed to convince her to return home and when returned her father […]
ISLAMABAD: The Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) is all set to give a rousing welcome to Samina Baig, who became the first Pakistani woman to summit the Mount Everest on May 19, when she lands at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Monday evening. “Samina Baig, 21, returns to Islamabad on Monday from Kathmandu, Nepal. […]
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