LAHORE: The Punjab government informed the Lahore High Court on Thursday that there is no law in the country to stop the sale and purchase of girls for the purpose of marriage only. This was stated by Assistant Advocate General Rabiyya Bajwa in connection with the case of a young girl (S) who was sold […]
ISLAMABAD: Human rights violations increased manifold last year because the government was caught up in its own crises — the memo controversy, NRO and rumours of a coup — and fighting for survival, says a report released here on Thursday. The report on ‘State of human rights in 2011’, launched by the Human Rights Commission […]
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday ordered an investigating officer to record additional statement of an alleged gang rape victim when it came to know that deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of around 12 suspects didn`t match with that of an infant girl, born to the alleged victim. A two-member bench comprising Chief Justice Dost Mohammad […]
HYDERABAD: A group of journalists visited the areas of Badin district that were affected in the previous monsoon rains and flood, listening to community voices calling for an efficient contingency plan in order to avoid yet another disaster in the upcoming monsoon season. Journalists were taken to these areas by the Participatory Development Initiatives and […]
Karachi: Sindh Minister for Women’s Development, Tauqeer Fatima Bhutto said on Monday that her department paid more than 2 million rupees under the head of fine to get 53 women imprisoned in different jails across the province released, besides spending Rs3.2 million to buy air tickets so as to send 71 female foreign prisoners, including […]
The question as to what constitutional right an army chief has to become a party in allowing or disallowing any elected political party to form the government remained unanswered from him Being a journalist, what ethics need to be followed while conducting an interview? An internet debate ensued on this topic among the news media […]
HARIPUR:A young girl was raped when she was sent to buy groceries in Kotnajibullah village on Monday. Shabana*, five, had gone to buy groceries from a store in the neighbourhood, where she was assaulted by the shopkeeper’s son, police sources said. The girl returned home in tears and informed her parents, who reported the case […]
LAHORE: “All the judges who want to participate in politics should leave this profession and take part in the next elections,” said Asma Jehangir criticising partisanship in the judiciary at a seminar held on Sunday under the auspices of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. “We have a very pro-active judiciary,” Jehangir said addressing the […]
MINGORA: A journalist identified as Shah Hussain was found dead at a hotel here Saturday, sources said. Talking to The News, manager of Pamir Hotel, Said Ghani, said that Shah Hussain came to the hotel on Friday evening and asked for a room after showing his identity card. He said the journalist checked into room […]
OKARA, March 17: A woman was axed to death and her lover was shot dead allegedly by her five relatives in Dharmewala village on Friday. Bina allegedly had an affair with Khurshid. Her father-in-law Sharif and accomplices Fakhar, Mukhtar, Sarfraz and an unknown man called Khurshid to her home and shot him dead. Later, they […]
SUKKUR: Fifteen women, who have embraced Islam recently, staged a demonstration along with their husbands and children outside the press club here on Saturday to show solidarity with newly converted Rinkle Kumari/Faryal Shah and MNA Mian Abdul Haque alias Mian Mitho, the Pir of Bharchundi. Dawn
ISLAMABAD – Chairman Press Council of Pakistan, Raja M. Shafqat Khan Abbasi has said that media has played vital role in raising difficulties and miseries of the victims of the disaster. He was speaking at a seminar titled “Media Ethics in Disaster Reporting” organized by the Department of Media and Communication Studies, International Islamic University, […]
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Hundreds of tribesmen rallied in Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan Agency, to protest US drone attacks in tribal regions. Local administration officials told The Express Tribune that hundreds of the Ahmadzai Wazir tribesmen, including clerics and tribal elders, participated in the rally, carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans against the […]
Karachi: A woman whose body was found in three pieces over the course of three days from Soldier Bazaar police limits was identified on Friday afternoon. Nasreen, mother of five children, went missing on March 10th. Pieces of her body were recovered over the next three days, and on Friday the body was identified by […]
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