Larkana: Students of the Quaid-e-Awam Engineering University’s Larkana campus on Monday brutally tortured a private television cameraman, Waqar Magsi, at the Chandka Medical College Hospital’s emergency ward. The students also snatched his camera and mobile phone. The journalist was there for the follow-up to a clash between two student groups inside the engineering university, in […]
By Saadia Qamar KARACHI: So much has happened in Pakistan since 2011, but there is one person who we still haven’t managed to forget even after a year’s passing — the great artist Moin Akhtar. But the real devastation of this loss has been felt by his peers and his family; these were the people […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has accepted a petition from a veteran journalist and directed the National Press Trust (formerly Progressive Papers Limited) to release his pension within 30 days. In his verdict, Justice Muhammad Farrukh Irfan Khan criticised the NPT, saying that its retired employees had engaged in an arduous litigation process all the […]
ISLAMABAD: Rejecting a report submitted by the Punjab inspector general (IG) in the abduction and rape of a woman, Sonia Naz, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Punjab Police to register a first information report (FIR) in the murder of her father-in-law, Malik Yousaf. A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar […]
THIS is with regard to Hassan Qayyum’s comment ‘Women in public buses: another view’ (March 24). If one is to count the number of women who are actually able to sit, they are not more than 12. Women literally try to fill in the nooks where they often have children alongside them. If the area […]
WOMEN can play a vital role in the development and overall increase in the GDP of the country. This needs no confirmation that gender equality can bring an economic change and make a self-reliant society. But the way women’s contributions in our society are neglected is deplorable. Many factors are proactive in this regard. Religious […]
THIS is regarding the article, “Colleagues’ tribute to Murtaza Razvi” (April 20). Many thanks for the very touching and very personal tribute to Murtaza Razvi representing the feelings of all Dawn colleagues. The last few days have been very difficult since hearing of his death. I received the news of this tragedy from a former […]
ISLAMABAD: Sonia Naz, an assault victim, told the Supreme Court on Monday that she was receiving threats from her tormenters for taking the matter to the court. Ms Naz appeared before a three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and claimed that after the last hearing on March 30, she had […]
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: A policeman killed his 15-year-old daughter for refusing to marry a man older than her in Jalal Tagar village near Mithiani late on Sunday evening. Police constable Dodo Khan Tagar was infuriated when his daughter Amnat refused to marry the man of his choice and tribe who was older than her. In a […]
GUJRAT: Federal Minister for Information Qamar Zaman Kaira says there should be no politics on the plane crash. The government has formed a judicial commission to probe the crash rather than appease any political party. The minister was talking to reporters at his political office in Lalamusa on Monday. He said the PPP government firmly […]
KARACHI: Police have arrested a man in connection with the murder of Dawn’s senior assistant editor Murtaza Razvi. Speaking at a press conference at his office, SSP District South Nasir Aftab said that Waqas, a masseur, was arrested in the Gizri area, where he had hired a place to live. He was a resident of […]
ISLAMABAD – First death anniversary of Moin Akhtar, one of the most beloved comedians, hosts and actors ever to grace the stage and television screens of Pakistan, was observed today across the country. Akhtar is an inspiration for the generations to come, one of the few who stands out so distinguishably and a personality who […]
By Muhammad Sadaqat “I was kept in a locked room for a month during which he abused me. He even refused to take me to a doctor even though I was sick,” The victim Anila. MANSEHRA: A victim of sexual abuse — forced to enter into a marriage contract (nikah) with a married man allegedly […]
LAHORE: Sajjad Mehdi, son of King of Ghazal Mehdi Hassan, has appealed for donations from the government and institutions voluntarily giving money for his father’s medical treatment. He said that the money could be directly deposited or transferred to the Aga Khan Hospital’s bank account, adding his father was under a debt of Rs 5.2 […]
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