THATTA: A man shot his wife and mother-in-law dead in Mirpurbathoro town on Monday. Asif Khaskheli shot dead his wife Moomal and mother-in law Rashida after an altercation when Asif went to pick up his wife from her mother’s house. Asif took out a pistol and shot dead his wife and mother-in-law. Police arrested Asif. […]
HYDERABAD: A number of women demonstrated outside the press club here on Monday in protest against the SHO of Tando Allahyar police station who allegedly released a rapist and thief after taking bribe. Shouting slogans against the SHO, the protesters accused him of releasing Zeeshan Khanzada, an alleged rapist, after taking a bribe of Rs100,000. […]
LAHORE: The Airport Security Staff allegedly thrashed an employee of PIA over a petty issue here on Monday. A PIA official told Dawn that lady inspector of ASF Madiha along with some constables thrashed Minhal Zahra, an assistant of passengers handling, severely for taking a phone call of her husband on her cell minutes before […]
SUKKUR: Two poeple were killed while two were injured in two separate incidents relating to Karo-Kari on Sunday. Police said Atta Muhammad Brohi shot dead his wife Haseena and his brother Mir Muhammad on the allegation that they were maintaining illicit relations. The incident took place in village Jangal Khan in the area of Kubbo […]
QUETTA: Violence against women in Pakistan has been increased 6.74 per cent in 2011 as compared to 2010. This was disclosed by a newly issued report of Aurat Foundation (AF) a leading women’s rights organization. The report says, “8539 different incidents of violence occurred against women in different parts of Pakistan which shows 6.74 per […]
President Zardari has declared that the government has decided to appoint women to the judiciary, a move that can only be supported at the same time as noting that it is a move long overdue. He made the announcement at the conclusion of the ‘One Million Signatures Campaign’ which was designed to raise awareness of […]
BY: AHMED RAZI SIDDIQUI Karachi: IN times when our nascent democratic set-up faces multiple challenges from within, your editorial on ‘Media soul searching’ (July 22) is quite understandable. There is a need to squarely address the challenges thrown by non- state actors and vested interests, including the black sheep in the legal fraternity. Those who […]
SWABI: A government primary school for girls was blown up by unidentified militants here on Friday night, according to police. Sources said that three militants planted three improvised explosive devices at government primary school for girls in Sodher area. Two of the explosive devices went off while the third one remained unexploded. Later, it was […]
MINGORA: A man killed his wife on a minor domestic dispute in Ghat area of Tehsil Matta, the police said on Saturday. They said Khaliq Shah got enraged over a petty domestic issue on his wife Bakht Qaima and killed her by spraying a volley of bullets on her. She died on the spot and […]
By: MUKHTAR AHMED BUTT Karachi: YOUR editorial ‘Media soul-searching’ (July 22) has touched upon a most sensitive and important subject. Any faults that we find with the media today are due to the lack of any code of conduct and across-the-board implementation. Yet there are some newspapers that display a self-imposed code of conduct while […]
By: Sumera Khan ISLAMABAD: With the general elections around the corner, a report shows that an estimated 10 million women in Pakistan remain unregistered in the draft electoral rolls. According to a report provided by the Election Commission of Pakistan, despite constituting 52% of the country’s population, the number of female registered voters was far […]
By: Noman Ahmed KARACHI: One would expect Mariam Sultana, the first Pakistani woman to earn a PhD in astrophysics, to be admired and revered by her students. Instead, she finds herself warding off the invective heaped on her and clearing the misconception that she has studied astrology, a pseudoscience which is considered haram. “The students […]
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Masood Kausar, on Friday, directed the authorities concerned to make strict and sustained efforts to nab the culprits involved in the July 4 killing of tribal aid worker Fareeda Afridi, in Jamrud town, Khyber tribal region. The governor issued the directive to the authorities of FATA while “formally condemning” the crime, […]
KARACHI: In a heart-warming gesture, the TV audience of Geo TV’s “Pehchan Ramazan” applauded and appreciated a youngster who had married a lady burnt in an acid-attack as a humanitarian gesture. On behalf of Ahmad Qadri, Umrah tickets were also gifted to the newly-wed couple. According to details, many citizens including victims of inhumane treatment […]
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