KARACHI: The High Court of Sindh (SHC), on Monday adjourned hearing of appeals filed by Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh and three others convicts against their conviction in US journalist Daniel Pearl kidnapping and killing case due to non-appearance of appellants’ counsels. The adjournment came as Khawaja Sultan, Sher Afghan, Khawaja Naveed Ahmed advocates, appearing for […]
PESHAWAR (February 14 2007): The broader Action Committee of Khyber Union of Journalists, Peshawar Press Club, political parties, religious groups, trader bodies and civil society organisations unveiled the protest plans to secure a safe release of senior journalist Sohail Qalandar and his friend Niaz Mohammad. Making the decisions public at the Press club, the committee […]
PESHAWAR (February 14 2007): The broader Action Committee of Khyber Union of Journalists, Peshawar Press Club, political parties, religious groups, trader bodies and civil society organisations unveiled the protest plans to secure a safe release of senior journalist Sohail Qalandar and his friend Niaz Mohammad. Making the decisions public at the Press club, the committee […]
KARACHI: Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) President Syed Faseih Iqbal and Secretary General Wamiq Zuberi condemned failure of the government and law-enforcement agencies to recover kidnapped Sohail Qalander, resident editor, daily Express, Peshawar. Despite a lapse of over six weeks and identification of the area where Qalander is held in captivity the government has […]
The NGO staged a demonstration outside the press club in Sanghar. Activists Aslam Memon, Tahir Ahmed and Ms Tahira demanded exemplary punishment to the people who raped Ms Naseeban Labano and forced her to parade naked. They said that the government was paying only lip service to the rights of women. DADU: A large number […]
ISLAMABAD (February 07 2007): Members of missing persons’ families on Tuesday staged a peaceful sit-in in front of Parliament House here. They were carrying placards inscribed with slogans ‘Aik Pakistani ki keemat 5000 dollars’, ‘How cheap our blood is’, ‘Gharib awam ke amir hukmrano! hum Niswan ke haqooq ka pursaane hall kon hai?’, ‘Hamaray chief […]
AN exhaustive research study by a Pakistani scholar, human rights and peace activist and lawyer, Dr Niaz A. Shah, titled Women, the Koran and International Human Rights Law, published recently, establishes that the statutory Islamic laws of Pakistan are based on an out-of-context interpretation of the Quran as well as international human rights standards. It […]
RAWALPINDI: The human rights cell of the Ministry of Law and Justice received 639 complaints relating to human rights (HRs) violations from across the country in 2006 with the highest number of 274 from Sindh and lowest number of 10 from the federal capital. The ministry has received 251 complaints from Punjab, 53 from NWFP […]
PESHAWAR (February 03 2007): The civil society organisations staged a protest here on Friday to resent the government’s failure to recover Daily Express Resident Editor Sohail Qalander and his friend Niaz Mohammad who were kidnapped from Peshawar on January 2, 2007. The demonstration was organised by the Alliance for Protection of Human Rights (APHR), a […]
KHAIRPUR, Feb 2: Seven people were arrested in Gul Mohanunad Shaikh village and adjoining areas on Friday for their alleged involvement in holding a jirga which had declared two women as karis. Gambat police SHO Iqbal Jumani registered an FIR under section 310A, 201, 149 PPC on Thursday night against Gulzar, Qalandar Bux, Atta Mohammad, […]
PESHAWAR, Jan 31: Feeling a mix of anger and helplessness, the Khyber Union of Journalists held a demonstration in front of the Governor’s House on Wednesday in protest against the government’s failure to recover a journalist kidnapped about a month ago. The protesting journalists were joined by the Alliance of Human Rights Organisations and the […]
Can anyone explain why these journalists, who are putting their lives at risk and covering the incident, are brutally beaten up by police officials? As a journalism student it is depressing to learn about what happens to people who try telling the truth under this government that claims unprecedented media freedom. Source: Daily Times Date:1/29/2007
After passing the Women Protection Ordinance, the National Assembly and Provincial Assembly should have taken some serious measure to stop this brutal act too. There must be a death penalty for the person who commits this cruelty for his so-called ‘honour’. It is a positive sign for the poor girls of rural Sindh that the […]
Shaikh Fazal Ahmed was laid to rest in the Islamabad Graveyard. His Namaz-e-Janaza was held on Sunday night, which was attended by a large number of relatives, friends and senior military and civil officials. He left behind four sons Shakil Shaikh, Zubair Shaikh, Sarmad Shaikh and Sarfraz Shaikh.The Qul of Shaikh Fazal Ahmed would be […]
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