Karachi: Founder Madadgaar National Helpline Zia Ahmed Awan on Thursday attributed the increasing incidents of burning women and children alive to the improper law enforcing mechanism. Addressing a press conference at the Madadgaar National Helpline office, he said that 216 women were burnt alive in 2012, adding, “This data is just a tip of iceberg […]
KARACHI: Following global trends Pakistan’s media industry has also come of age. High profile media mergers though common abroad were seldom heard of in Pakistan where large media houses have traditionally been conservative and are privately held companies and conglomerates. In what may easily be termed as the largest such merger ever in the fast […]
SUKKUR: A man shot dead his wife and then burnt her body in Shahdadkot. Dr Rehana Jamali, a doctor at the hospital where the body was taken , said that 90 percent of the body had burnt marks. She said that the viscera had been sent to lab. The accused, who is absconding, was identified […]
KARACHI: The chief election commissioner Justice (retired) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim assured a delegation of Sindhi writers, poets and intellectuals that he would take prompt action against all political appointees who are affecting the transparency of the electoral policy. “Give me a list of such officers and I will transfer them because we want to hold […]
PESHAWAR – The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) Constituency Long-Term Observers (CLTOs) observed 216 National Assembly constituencies during the March and found out that women constituted only 3.94 per cent of the 4,108 candidates who had submitted nomination papers for the upcoming General Election 2013. According to a FAFEN press release more than half […]
PESHAWAR: The women activists of a non-governmental organisation have demanded of the caretaker government to take further steps to ensure maximum participation of women voters in the upcoming general elections in the country. They viewed that women could play their role in brining a positive change through the democratic process in the country by ensuring […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday took notice of a newspaper report claiming that Toba Tek Singh police was reluctant to register a gang rape case of a drumbeater’s wife and sought report about the incident. The LHC complaint cell directed the district & sessions judge, Toba Tek Singh to look into the mater […]
* Information Ministry tells court govt allocated Rs 84.57 million for Special Publicity Fund in the year 2011-2012 By Hasnaat Malik ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was told on Wednesday that gifts worth of millions of rupees had been distributed among journalists by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting from its secret fund in 2011-2012. The […]
HARIPUR: A young girl appearing in examination committed suicide in the examination hall with a pistol after reportedly facing harassment at the hands of a boy, police officials said. Natasha Habib, a student of class nine, had allegedly brought a pistol in her purse to the examination hall. Police officials quoted the teachers and students […]
Faisal Kamal Pasha ISLAMABAD: Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) here Wednesday directed the managing director (MD) State TV Yousaf Baig Mirza to provide details of his pecuniary benefits that he has earned since his appointment including details of 3 per cent of the total revenue he earned through advertisements. The […]
Bhagwandas KARACHI: Participants in a meeting on Wednesday passed a resolution urging the civil society of the regional countries to jointly develop a ‘South Asian charter for minority rights’ so that people of vulnerable classes and marginalised sections of society can be protected. The resolution was adopted at the end of the two-day South Asian […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was astonished to learn on Wednesday that the federal information ministry had distributed gifts worth millions from its secret funds among a few journalists during the year 2011-12. “Were these gifts worth millions distributed among the journalists due to some national security issue?” asked a two-judge Supreme Court bench comprising Justice […]
Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD: Although the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) appreciated measures taken to ensure participation of women in the upcoming elections, the statutory body believes there remains a lot more to do. At a press conference held on Tuesday, the NCSW urged the Election Commission of Pakistan to increase representation of […]
Send to Kindle ISLAMABAD: The body of a police officer’s daughter, who was raped and murdered in November last year, was exhumed for collecting samples on Tuesday. The capital administration had on March 23 allowed the police to exhume the bodies of two girls who were separately raped and killed in November 2012 and February […]
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