Ibrahim Shinwari LANDI KOTAL: The Khyber Agency coordinator of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan was gunned down in Jamrud on Thursday. Sources said two gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire on Zarteef Khan Afridi while he was on his way to a government school where he worked as headmaster. He was taken to the […]
ISLAMABAD The Islamabad High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking cancellation of model and TV artist Veena Malik`s passport and initiation of criminal proceedings against her for appearing nude in an Indian magazine. The petition was filed by Saleemullah Khan Advocate. The court observed that the present addresses of Ms Malik and three other […]
Women rights activists come together to promote awareness against gender violence. ISLAMABAD: The message of peace can only be spread through peaceful means. Instead of chanting hateful slogans, a group of artists came together to promote this agenda through poetry, music and art in an inspiring showcase. Keeping up with the trend elsewhere in the […]
ISLAMABAD: The Nomad Art Gallery here Wednesday screened a documentary on “Working Women; Culture and Taboos” and launched a calendar for year 2012 to mark 16 days of Activism on Violence Against Women. Nageen Hyat directed the 50-minute documentary with a prime focus on professional life of women, hurdles in their way and their achievements […]
LAHORE: If Veena Malik saw her controversial ‘morphed’ photo shoot worth of Rs100 million notice, the Indian FHM magazine sees her allegations worth INR250 million. On Dec 5, Malik had sent a Rs100 million legal notice to the Indian magazine for ‘morphing’ her pictures for a nude shoot. In reply, FHM Chief Editor Kabir Sharma […]
I.A Rehman PAKISTAN’S women will have a great deal to celebrate if parliament can adopt the three bills concerning them that are on its agenda. A bill to turn the National Commission on the Status of Women into an autonomous body for the empowerment of women and elimination of all forms of discrimination against them […]
The blocking of British Broadcasting Corporation is outrageous, beyond comprehension and a blatant attack on the freedom of speech and expression. The allegations that BBC has been involved in ‘maligning’ and defaming Pakistan by distorting facts about the actual ground situation are entirely baseless, groundless and unfounded. No systematic propaganda campaign by BBC against Pakistan […]
Afnan Khan, chief reporter for the “Daily Times” newspaper, has left the country after assailants, thought to be members of the Jamaatud Dawa, attempted to abduct him on December 3, 2011 in Lahore, the capital city of Punjab province of Pakistan. According to press reports, Khan was returning home from the office at around 2:00 […]
Copies of “Mashriq”, a local daily, were snatched and set on fire by a group of armed men on December 3, 2011. The incident occurred in Bannu district, Khyber-Pakhtunkhuwa province of Pakistan. According to news reports, six armed men intercepted news agent Muhammad Khalil and driver Akhtar Nawaz at 5:45 am when they were on […]
By Shamsul Islam FAISALABAD: Samundri Sadar police have arrested a man from an influential family for the murder of a Christian girl found shot and killed on November 27. The family of deceased Amariah Masih, 18, had accused Arif Gujjar, 28, who belongs to an influential landowning family of the village, and his accomplices of […]
By Umer Nangiana ISLAMABAD: She passed an O-level chemistry paper when she was nine; two years later she passed the O-level exams in biology, mathematics, physics and English. She was the youngest to appear for biology and the youngest to have successfully completed her O-levels. Now, she prepares for the A-level exams. Born and brought […]
Domestic violence is a massive impediment curbing the development of women not only in Pakistan but in whole of the south Asian Region where after every two minutes a woman has to face violent situation in her routine life. The states in the region have so far not been successful in eliminating the social menace […]
TAXILA, Dec 5: Fate of scores of female students seeking knowledge in three different Govt Primary Schools located in various rural areas of Hassanabdal tehsil hangs in balance as schools in which they are studying are on the verge of closure due to non-availability of teachers in these schools since long. During a survey conducted […]
THE regression in PTV affairs has now echoed through the parliament. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan told the National Assembly that the state-run corporation was facing severe financial constraints and that it was finding it difficult to compete with private sector channels (Nov 26). To questions by lawmakers on the state of […]
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