FAISALABAD: Police on Sunday took control of the Faisalabad Press Club (FPC) after a clash between two groups of journalists, which left 14 of them injured. The two rival journalists groups, in their bid to take possession of the FPC, first started fighting and then opened fire at each other. The injured included Mohsan Farooq, […]
Sir: Sexual harassment is a taboo topic in a conservative society like ours where most of the people don’t prefer to talk on such issues openly. But one should realize the seriousness and gravity of the issue that is on the rise in our country. Most universities in Pakistan have co-education, therefore, instances of sexual […]
LARKANA: Two women were killed over Karo-Kari in different incidents here on Sunday. In village Dost Muhammad Bullo of Ghotki jurisdiction, a man killed his 20-year-old sister Jamait Khatoon by firing at her with a pistol and fled. In other incident husband Pervez Ali rind killed Lateefan d/o Inayatullah Jagirani in Civil Hospital in the […]
LARKANA: A couple was killed under the pretext of karo-kari near Dera Murad Jamali on Sunday. Police said accused Ali Khan Qambrani opened fire on his sister Mah Bano and Allahdad Qambrani and killed them on the spot under the pretext of honour killing and fled. The bodies were handed over to their heirs after […]
Saeed Iqbal KARACHI: “My name is Syeda Faryal Bibi, I have embraced Islam without any force and have married Syed Naveed Shah of my own free will,” said a visibly shaken teenage girl during a hurriedly called press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Sunday. “Earlier my name was Rinkle Kumari,” she added. A […]
FAISALABAD: In a rare departure from the usual inhuman practice in which women suffer acid assaults at the hands of men, a young man got his face badly burned when a girl allegedly threw the burning chemical at him in a village near here on Sunday. Hailing from Marzipura, 21-year-old Mohsin told police that he […]
KARACHI: The INSEAD Alumni Association of Pakistan and the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, jointly arranged a roundtable discussion on ‘Access to Finance for Women Entrepreneurs’. The moot was hosted by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) at a local hotel, an IBA official said on Saturday. Uloma lke, IFC’s specialist on Women in Business […]
LAHORE: Emotions ran high as the families of Rinkle, now Faryal, and Lata Kumari attended a press conference by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Saturday. The press conference was organised over the rising trend of abducting Hindu women and then forcing them to convert, a situation which has rung alarm bells among the […]
Jawwad Rizvi LAHORE: Women worldwide, on an average, are paid 18 percent less than their male counterparts at work, according to a new report from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The fourth Gender Pay Gap (GPG) report also reveals that women workers in manufacturing have a rather low relative wage level. The report, “Frozen […]
Inamullah Khattak RAWALPINDI: A mother seeking police help in arresting the killers of her two daughters fell victim to the brutality of police here on Saturday. Talking to reporters, Shahjehan Begum alleged that her daughters Saima Naz and Saira Naz were killed and another was injured by one Asad in a hostel in the limits […]
For the first time in the history of the Oscars, there were five Pakistanis in attendance. All five of them were dressed in traditional Pakistani attire, and as they walked down the red carpet, the audience at the event wondered to themselves which country these exotic people belonged to. At a press conference held at […]
Gulzar Baig VEHARI: A man threw acid on his wife over a money dispute here on Saturday, burning the left side of her face and shoulder, police and doctors said. The sources said that Intizar Husain, the second husband of 30-year-old Firdos Bibi, went to her house in Union Council-1, along with his brother Sarwer […]
PESHAWAR – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Chief Minister, Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has said that success of Awami National Party candidates in the Senate elections in Mardan has proved that ANP was the major political force in the province. He said success of Muhammad Azam Khan Hoti in Senate election would cast a longlasting impact on the […]
President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday reiterated the government’s commitment to continue working for the development of media in the country and upholding freedom of information. He said that the democratically elected government considers media as an important instrument for the strengthening of democracy and would continue to facilitate media in its professional pursuits. The […]
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