MIANWALI: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry visited the Central Jail on Sunday and spent more than six hours hearing grievances of prisoners. Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, IGP Khan Baig, IG Prisons Farooq Nazir, Sargodha Division Commissioner Iqbal Mohammad Chauhan, Mianwali D&SJ Malik Muhammad Akram Awan, Mianwali DCO Dr Ahmad […]
KARACHI: General Secretary of Shehri-Citizens for a Better Environment (CBE) Amber Alibhai urged for an informed and pro-active role of the citizenry in seeking protection of their fundamental rights as enshrined in the legislations of all state institutions. She was addressing a workshop on ‘Right to Information – RTI’ organised by Shehri-CBE, here on Saturday. […]
KARACHI: In retrospect, May 11 was far from perfect. Yet, May 11 was also about newfound optimism, clearly illustrated by the unprecedented number of urban women who voted, campaigned and volunteered, despite the gross mismanagement, the uncooperative weather and the risky business of being part of what are being seen as the country’s most important […]
HYDERABAD: Father of the girl whose suicide triggered violent street protests in unit No11 of Latifabad late last night, culminating in attack on police station and torching of a number of vehicles, has distanced himself from the agitators and accused them of having hijacked his daughter’s funeral. Akbar Khan told Dawn on Friday that Latifabad […]
UNITED NATIONS: Despite some progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), millions of women across the world are losing their lives due to lack of reproductive health care, the UN chief for development said on Thursday. “Some 800 women are still dying every day from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, with the poorest […]
The fourth national conference on “Media, Elections 2013 and New Democratic Government”, by Department of Mass Communication Federal Urdu University for Arts Sciences and Technology (FUUAST) Karachi will be held on June 4, 2013 here in a local hotel Karachi. The Inaugural Session will be presided by Prof Dr Zafar Iqbal the Vice Chancellor Federal […]
The news that War Against Rape (WAR) may have to wind up its operations due to a lack of donor funding comes as a blow to human rights in Pakistan. The NGO has been providing critical counselling and legal support to rape victims in Pakistan, and has battled several high-profile cases including that of Kainat […]
KARACHI: “If someone had told me ten years ago, that one day I will be going to Harvard, I would have asked them what Harvard was,” stated 23-year old Anum Fatima in a gentle but poised tone. Seated amidst endless volumes of books in the library at The Citizens Foundation, a place she calls “her […]
NEW DELHI: The husband of a Pakistani woman waiting for deportation at a state-run shelter home here has appealed to the Indian government to either send her to Pakistan immediately or reunite her with her family in Old Delhi. “Send my wife back to Pakistan or release her to the family. Just don’t forget her […]
PESHAWAR: The members of Sumbal’s family are sitting outside the Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit in the Lady Reading Hospital, waiting for doctors to tell them their injured loved one was stable. Sumbal and her colleague Sharafata Bibi were administering polio drops to children in Kaga Wala, Badhaber when they were attacked by two unidentified motorcyclists […]
SUKKUR: A young woman and a man were shot dead on the pretext of karo kari in Khamiso Badani Jatoi village near Khanpur sistrict, Shikarpur on Wednesday morning. According to reports, the assailant, Mehboob Badani Jatoi, had suspected that his wife, Mai Jamul, was involved in an illicit affair with his cousin, Mir Mohammad aka […]
ISLAMBAD: The ACCA Pakistan in recognition of the media support arranged a “Media Networking Event” in Islamabad the other day. Muhtarma Noor Aftab, ACCA Islamabad chief, in her opening address, lauded the role of the media in creating social, political and economic awareness among the people of Pakistan.According to a press release, Muhtarma Noor Aftab […]
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N has chosen well-qualified and highly educated females for nine additional reserved women seats that it got in the National Assembly., writes Tariq Butt. Begum Tehmina Daultana, who was defeated in the May elections from her traditional constituency of NA-169 Vehari by independent candidate Tahir Iqbal, has made it to the National Assembly […]
LARKANA: Mystery shrouds murder of two sisters allegedly by their brother-in-law and their burial without proper funeral rites near Dhing village on the outskirts of Sujawal Junejo town. Syed Bashir Ahmed Shah, husband of one of the deceased sisters, told journalists on Wednesday that his brother Syed Ghulam Abbas Shah had strangled to death his […]
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