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JI to launch campaign against vulgarity in media

Karachi: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi chief Muhammad Hussain Mehnati, during a press conference at the Idara-e-Noor-e-Haq on Thursday, stated that the JI has launched a campaign against “nudity and vulgarity” in the Pakistani media, and that a convention will be held on April 22 to develop a strategy in this regard. Mehnati announced that the campaign […]


Senior journalist found dead

Karachi: In an incident that shocked the city, senior journalist Murtaza Razvi was found murdered at the studio of an artist friend in DHA on Thursday morning. The body of the 48-year-old Magazines Editor, Dawn, was found in a flat located in what is popularly known as Khadda or Delton’s Market in the Darakhshan police […]


Girls in primary schools to get stipends

KARACHI: Sindh’s senior minister for education and literacy, Pir Mazharul Haq, announced that an annual stipend will be given to girls studying from grades one to five. It is currently being paid to girls studying from grades six to eight. “We are paying them Rs2,600 per year,” said Haq. Besides this, 15,000 other students, who […]


PHC orders polygraph tests of gang-rape victim, accused

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday ordered conducting of polygraph tests of the alleged gang-rape victim Uzma Ayub and the accused charged in the rape case to find out the truth after all the DNA tests didn’t match with the accused persons, including the policemen and the two soldiers. A two-member bench comprising Chief […]


Lady health workers take protest to another level

Ayesha Shahid ISLAMABAD: Protest by Lady Health Workers (LHWs) took a dramatic turn on Wednesday when some of them tried to set themselves on fire. One of them was even successful and received ten per cent burn injuries. After hours of shouting, as the deadline of 3pm drew nearer, around 25 protesters including lady health […]


After SC judgment, converted women say they want to live with husbands

ISLAMABAD: The chief justice was in a hurry for once. In just the second hearing on Wednesday of a case related to the conversion of three Hindu women, a Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, wrapped up the case and announced its judgment. The three young women present in the court […]


Verdict on journalist’s pension plea reserved

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday reserved verdict on a petition of a columnist and veteran journalist, Shafqat Tanvir Mirza, seeking release of his pension benefits withheld by the National Press Trust (ex-Progressive Papers Limited). Earlier, counsels for the petitioner and the NPT completed their arguments. The Trust’s counsel stuck to his stance and […]


Waheeda Shah threatens woman bureaucrat in Courtroom No1

ISLAMABAD: Waheeda Shah, who was recently disqualified by the Election Commission for slapping a female staffer at a polling station, on Tuesday issued a warning to the role model civil servant Anita Turab, who is fighting for the cause of getting the bureaucracy depoliticised, for taking the former’s issue to the Supreme Court of Pakistan. […]


Man alleges that his wife was sold and married off to another man

Rabia Ali KARACHI: As the Hindu community continues to pin the forced conversions of Hindu girls on MNA and Pir of Bharchondi Sharif, Abdul Haq alias Mian Mitho, a Muslim man has also stepped forward with allegations that Haq abducted his wife and sold her off to another man. Pervez Naich married Anila, previously known […]


Women’s rights: Sukkur’s human rights cell tries to save lives with police’s help

The cell has rescued 18 people since October. SUKKUR: The Human Rights Cell in Sukkur has saved the lives of 18 women since it was set up in October 2011, according to the Sukkur police DIG, Dr Ameer Ahmed Shaikh. He was speaking at a seminar on violence against women organised by the Project for […]


State of education: Fafen reveals unkempt state of schools

ISLAMABAD: At least 92% of the 154 monitored government girls’ primary schools in 84 districts in February were without janitorial staff and about 60% did not have peons and security guards, a Free and Fair Election Network (Fafen) report said. The report released on Sunday revealed that the administration of 57 schools withheld information about […]


NGOs call for stronger laws to control child labour, trafficking

So far this year, 90 children have been killed, 68 kidnapped and 200 molested across the country. HYDERABAD: A group of non-governmental organisations has launched a week-long campaign to press for the passage of new laws and implementation of existing ones to control violence against children. The advocacy groups organised a press conference on Monday […]


Govt seeks SC gag order on media again

Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: The Zardari-Gilani-led government on Monday sought a gag order against the media from the Supreme Court in the NRO implementation case. The PPP government sought this through none other than the Principal Law Officer of the country, who has been recently appointed by Prime Minister Gilani, primarily because of having a history […]


Girl killed for refusing marriage offer

NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: A 12-year-old girl was reportedly killed by her uncle and cousins in the kutcha area of Kot Mitha on Saturday night. According to an FIR registered on behalf of the state under section 302, 201 and 34 PPC at Kot Mitha police station on Sunday, Hajani, 12, daughter of Abdul Sattar Mugheri, a […]