The education and literacy department, government of Sindh, has taken serious notice of brutal/corporal punishment of students recently reported in the international press and the media tarnishing the image of our country, said a handout on Thursday. The secretary education issued instructions and warned all the educational institutions to stop corporal punishment and make sure […]
SWABI, Jan 17: The year 2007 was the worst ever year for businessmen dealing in music and video CDs, non-governmental organisations and internet cafe runners in the district as they came under regular attacks by militants. The first bomb blast last year in the district took place on April 21 in a CD shop at […]
A minor girl died of suffocation allegedly due to negligence of the police during a search operation carried out by the investigation police in which seven persons were arrested in Shah Nawaz Shar Goth, UC-12 within Sachal police station limits. The police said that one suspect was held with stolen arms and the accused was […]
KARACHI, Jan 16: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors has condemned the federal government move of stopping government advertisements to ‘Dawn’ and rejected pressure tactics to seek changes in newspapers’ editorial policies. In an emergency session on Tuesday, a standing committee of the CPNE said it was against the use of advertisement as a lever […]
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the maltreatment of female demonstrators [outside Justice (Retd) Rana Bhagwandas’ house on Sunday] by male policemen. The demonstrators had gathered outside Justice (Retd) Bhagwandas on Sunday evening to hold a candlelight vigil and protest against his undeclared house-arrest. While they were leaving, policemen (uniformed and […]
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the maltreatment of female demonstrators [outside Justice (Retd) Rana Bhagwandas’ house on Sunday] by male policemen. The demonstrators had gathered outside Justice (Retd) Bhagwandas on Sunday evening to hold a candlelight vigil and protest against his undeclared house-arrest. While they were leaving, policemen (uniformed and […]
KARACHI, Jan 14: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has criticised the police action against members of civil society who were expressing solidarity on Sunday with the deposed judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Rana Bhagwandas, who is under house arrest. The HRCP demanded that all the fabricated cases against the civil society members be […]
PESHAWAR, Jan 12: The federal government has planned to set up an ‘autonomous’ commission on human rights which will have an equal representation from the four provinces. The proposed commission will take notice of human rights violations in the country and recommend punishments. Speaking at a gathering at the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry […]
TANK: Militants blasted a music centre inside Durant Gate by detonating an explosive device near the shop on Thursday night, police sources said. The blast occurred during load shedding hours. Residents have requested the Peshawar Electric Supply Company to avoid unnecessary power cuts, which they believe help miscreants carry out offensive acts. Source: Daily Times […]
Nineteen-year-old victim of intra-country trafficking, Sajida, and her 18-monh-old daughter Rida will be returning home to Gujranwala along with her neighbour Rana Saleem’s sister-in-law, Aswad Tabassum. Sajida had been sold into an arranged marriage by her family when she was 15 years old. A couple of weeks ago, her husband Tariq and his friend Aslam, […]
HYDERABAD, Jan 10: A 14-year-old boy, the victim of corporal punishment, died here at the Civil Hospital on Thursday. Mudassar Aslam’s health didn’t improve after two successive intestinal surgeries. The boy was severely punished by his schoolteacher at a government school in November past year. He was laid to rest amid tears in a local […]
KARACHI: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has decided to collect data on the people implicated in cases of arson throughout the province. The HRCP has expressed grave concern over reports of the misuse of state machinery against political workers, following the assassination of PPP Chairwoman Benazir Bhutto. In a statement issued Thursday, HRCP […]
KARACHI, Jan 10: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Thursday announced that it will collect information about workers of political parties and citizens arrested or wanted on allegations about their involvement in the Dec 27-related violence. In a statement issued on Thursday, HRCP’s secretary-general Iqbal Haider and vice-chairperson Zohra Yusuf expressed grave concern […]
PESHAWAR, Jan 9: Owners of various video centres in the city on Wednesday received threatening letters, asking them to close their businesses. The owner of a video centre in the Sufaid Dheri area said that militants identifying themselves as local Taliban had asked him to stop dealing in CDs and video cassettes business. They threatened […]
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