ISLAMABAD: Keeping in view the recent incidents of forced conversion of Hindu girls, the National Assembly Standing Committee on National Harmony on Monday stressed the need for legislation on the issue and establishment of a commission to find out the incidents where force was involved. The committee said that the Ministry of National Harmony might […]
By: Taimoor Ashraf The Bilal Khars, Deepaks and John Wayne Bobbitts exist everywhere and will unfortunately keep doing whatever it is that they do, for whatever reason(s) or motive Fakhra Younas, Kiranjit Ahluwalia and Lorena Bobbitt, three women of varied socio-economic backgrounds, religions and nationalities, were no ordinary women. Ordinary women have their loved ones […]
LAHORE: A man entered into a commercial bank, shot dead his 25-year-old wife and later attempted suicide by shooting himself in the Township area, police said on Monday. The gunfire triggered fear and terror in the bank as the staff and visitors ran towards safe places in panic. The condition of the attacker, later identified […]
By: Myra Imran Islamabad: The annual report on violence against women (VAW) launched on Monday shows increasing trend of VAW in the country with married women becoming the victim in majority of the cases. The report titled ‘Situation of Violence against Women in Pakistan 2011’ is fourth such report issued by the by Aurat Foundation […]
ISLAMABAD: Property tycoon Malik Riaz of Bahria Town became the first beneficiary of the new contempt law on Monday when the Supreme Court on his invoking the new law postponed the framing of charge against him for hurling allegations at the chief justice. The court had taken notice of Mr Riaz’s press conference of June […]
By: A.B. Arisar UMERKOT: A 20-year-old woman who had been sold into marriage at the age of 10 was electrocuted allegedly to death by her in-laws in Ahmedpur Lama on Sunday. Yar Mohammad Mangrio of Mangrio mohalla in Umerko told this correspondent that he had married his daughter Hawa to Nizam Maher of Ahmedpur Lama […]
PESHAWAR: The Cultural Journalists Forum urged the government to take notice of ‘immoral activities’ on stage shows conducted in the city’s cinemas and spread of obscene CDs and tele films, which were breeding violence among youths. In a press release issued here on Sunday, the Forum demanded of the government and appealed to the Peshawar […]
KARACHI: Iqra, a 19-year-old girl, was left to fend for herself on the streets when her family refused to support her after forcing her to give a false statement against her husband, who was sentenced to jail. Had it not been for Panah Shelter Home, which gave her the much-needed support; her misery would have […]
By: Owais Jafri MULTAN: Daharanwala police on Sunday assigned an official to keep watch at the home of a sexual assault victim after she and her brother were beaten up allegedly by one of the two men accused of raping her. Muhammad Usman, brother of the victim, told The Express Tribune that he and his […]
ISLAMABAD: US Ambassador Cameron Munter and his wife, Dr Marilyn Wyatt, together with the Aurat Foundation, on Sunday launched the Pakistan Gender Coalition. The Pakistan Gender Coalition is a network of Pakistani civil society organizations, academic and research institutions, and media organizations working together to promote gender equity in Pakistan. Addressing the participants of the […]
SUKKUR: A woman was shot dead in Village Manghnaija on Sunday. Police said that in the limits of Kingri Town, Khairpur accused Adal along with his sons Anwar and Asif gunned down Shamshad. They rushed to crime scene where the accused confessed to their crime, but later managed to escape. The News
BUREWALA: People from Pakistan and Indian Punjab have social, cultural and linguistic relationships and our religious and spiritual leaders have taught us a lesson of love and peace, said Ludhiana Photo journalists Association Chairman Sardar Harinder Singh Kaka. Speaking at Meet the Press Programme here on Sunday, Harinder Singh Kaka said, “Friendship train and bus […]
By: GULSHER PANHWER Johi ON July 4 a youth, Ashique Birahmani, resident of the Wahi Pandhi village, was shot dead by the Dadu police when he was staging a sit-in with his relatives for the arrest of the murderers of a relative, Bashir Birahmani, who was killed some time back. Ashique was unique among his […]
LAHORE: A 23-year-old girl was stabbed to death during a scuffle among her three male friends in the Garden Town police area late on Friday. The deceased was identified as Noorul Sabah a resident of Joray Pull. After doing her BA (Honours) from the Forman Christian College University, Sabah was working as a marketing employee […]
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