ISLAMABAD: Sindh police told the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Human Rights on Thursday that they could not take action against Malik Bilal Mustafa Khar for throwing acid on his deceased wife Fakhra Yunus after the complainant witnesses to the incident changed their testimonies in the court. Additional Inspector General (AIG) Police Sindh Falak Khurshid […]
ISLAMABAD: Medical examination on Thursday confirmed that two students who were abducted on Wednesday were gang raped and tortured, sources told Dawn. They also said one of the accused had been arrested and police were hunting for the other five men. Police sources on Wednesday had said K.B. S.B., and A.B., students of a local […]
FAISALABAD: Anti-Terrorism Court judge Ishtiaq Ahmed sentenced on Thursday a girl to 34-year imprisonment and Rs115,000 fine for throwing acid on the father of her former fiancé. The girl had thrown acid on Razzaq Ahmed, father of Shehzad, in Asif Sitara colony area of the city on Nov 20, 2010. She believed that Razzaq was […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious alarm at the continuing loss of life in sectarian strife in Gilgit-Baltistan and demanded that the government, political parties and civil society organisations join hands to bring peace to the area at the earliest. In a statement issued on Thursday, the commission said: “HRCP […]
KARACHI – A delegation of US journalists, led by Shabbir Cheema, director of the Asia-Pacific Governance and Democracy Initiative (AGDIA) of the East-West Centre Honolulu, visited Nine-Zero, the MQM’s head office, on Wednesday. The delegates – Tara Bahrampour of the Washington Post, John Diaz of the San Francisco Chronicle, Jenna Fisher of the Christian Science […]
Education Executive District Officer (EDO) Hasanat Khan said all state-run schools in the district are closed for examinations until April 7. NOWSHERA: A girls’ school was blown up in Taru Jaba area of Nowshera district on Wednesday evening. Waqar Khan from the Pabbi police station told The Express Tribune that suspected militants scaled the boundary […]
By Mohammad Zafar QUETTA: A majority of Afghan refugees have not got themselves registered out of fear that they would be forcefully repatriated from Balochistan, Major Farzand Ali, the Afghan Refugees Organisation Balochistan director operations, said on Wednesday. Addressing a workshop, he said there was no legislation to deal with refugees who had been residing […]
LAHORE: PPP MNA Fauzia Wahab on Wednesday visited the residence of the late reporter of Jang Lahore, Hamid Javed, and condoled with his family over his death. The PPP leader also handed over a Rs1 million cheque as financial assistance to the family and an appointment letter to his widow on behalf of President Asif […]
Salis bin Perwaiz Karachi: A man received serious burn injuries when the former husband of his wife threw acid on his face at his house in the Surjani Town police limits on Wednesday. According to Investigation Officer Jamal, the face of Noman Sheikh alias Nomi (32) son of Mohammed Akhtar, was completely burnt after the […]
Karachi: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said that the latest cycle of violence and the utter breakdown of law and order in Karachi, which has claimed scores of lives already, is a result of an ongoing turf war in the city. “There is a consensus that much of the violence in Karachi […]
Munawer Azeem ISLAMABAD: Three girl students of ninth grade were allegedly subjected to gang-rape on Wednesday, sources in police said. K.B., S.B. and A.B., students of a local school, were abducted by some people when they were returning home. They were taken to a rent-a-car showroom in Jhang Syedan, located in the limits of Kural […]
KARACHI: Dawn newspaper and DawnNews channel won five National Environmental Reporting Awards (Nera) at a ceremony held at the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) auditorium on Tuesday. The News of the Year Award in Print Media was presented to Dawn in recognition of the news item on electronic waste by Bhagwandas, […]
“Marriages are making girls vulnerable,” remarked Khalida Ghaus of the Social Policy and Development Centre. KARACHI: Young women are safer in their parents’ homes, a study on the socioeconomic violence against women in Karachi has found. “Marriages are making girls vulnerable,” remarked Khalida Ghaus of the Social Policy and Development Centre as she presented the […]
ISLAMABAD: Unhealthy diets and physical inactivity are key risk factors for the major non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, hypertension and diabetes in media persons. Consultant Cardiologist, Shifa International Hospital, Dr Saeedullah Shah told APP on Tuesday that due to work load, media persons are more vulnerable to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and advised them to […]
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