Ikram Junaidi ISLAMABAD: Although over one year passed since Higher Education Commission (HEC) issued instructions to establish sexual harassment committees in educational institutions, 98 out of 138 universities and degree awarding institutes (DAI) in the country were yet to comply. National Defence University (NDU), Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), Pakistan Naval Academy, King Edward Medical University, […]
A massive teaching programme on media literacy is highly needed at the moment By Muhammad Aftab Alam Citizens for Free and Responsible Media, Pakistan (CFRM-Pakistan), an online group of not more than 164 assertive citizens, has developed a “guide to anchoring and reporting on news channels”. The guide provides a basic checklist of what a […]
Saher Baloch Karachi: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) fears that investigations into the killing of MPA Bakhtiar Domki’s wife and daughter will prove inconclusive, just like previous attempts by such commissions. Zohra Yusuf of the HRCP said that in the past, forming a commission to probe such killings had been “futile attempts,” as […]
By Karamat Bhatty None of 140 female traffic wardens serve on the roads any longer. PHOTO: EXPRESS/ FILE LAHORE: On April 3, 2008, eight female traffic wardens on heavy bikes patrolled the city’s major roads as they became the first women to work as traffic cops. Today, the traffic police has a total of 140 […]
OKARA: A man threw acid on a woman he was allegedly having an affair with sometime ago in Mansoorabad Colony on Saturday, say police officials. Tasawar had an affair with his neighbour Shahida, a mother of six, and their affair came to an end sometime ago. On Saturday, Tasawar threw acid on Shahida with the […]
By Asad Farooq KARACHI: The community radio could provide great help in ending gender discrimination and empowering women. Sindh Women Development Minister Tauqeer Fatima Bhutto stated this while speaking as chief guest at a three-day training work-shop for journalists and civil society organisations’ workers, organised by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) here on Friday. Bhutto […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday hand over an 11-year-old girl to her French mother after recovering her from the Pakistani father’s illegal custody. The girl was recovered from a hospital at the time she was visiting her father who had recently suffered a heart attack. The matter had been before the court since […]
ISLAMABAD: The CDA has approved 100 kanal land in the Diplomatic Enclave for the Media City where plots will be allotted to print and electronic media to construct their offices. Moreover a plot will also be allocated for the Institute of Media in the city. The approval of the Media City was granted in a […]
KARACHI: The body of a newborn baby girl was found on an empty plot in the Korangi area on Friday, according to the Chhipa Welfare Association. The charity said passers-by spotted a suspicious-looking bag in Korangi 2½ and contacted the area police who then passed on the information to their volunteers. “The body was moved […]
Islamabad – A foreign journalist and his guide, an Islamabad-based journalist, were detained by police for visiting slain Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad without getting formal permission from authorities concerned. According to sources, British journalist Andrew had a visa for Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi only but he visited the prohibited area near […]
Hina Hafeezullah Ishaq There are already penal laws in place for giving a female in marriage as compensation and for exploitation and the like. In order to make the child marriage restraint law effective, the amount of fines for violation needs to be increased and so does the length of imprisonment I just got off […]
ISLAMABAD: Ahmer Bilal Soofi, advocate Supreme Court is proceeding to Geneva to attend the session of Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, says a press release issued here on Thursday. Soofi has been elected member of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee for a period of 3 years. He is also made the Chairman of the […]
Ikram Sehgal The new way of making war, the projection of “soft power,” is cynical in that it involves millions of people in the persuasion effort. The lords of this new media war are the communication and image experts closely tied to political power, producing a sophisticated kind of communication in comparison with classic state […]
Nilofar Ahmed IT is said that Hazrat Aisha was six years old when her nikah was performed with Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Makkah, and nine years old when she moved in to live with her husband in Madina after Hijra. This piece of misinformation has led to the wrong view that child marriage has the […]
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