Three accused – Mushtaq, Amar and Hasnat – were caught by villagers in a robbery bid on Jan 18. Later, the villagers handed them over to Chunnian police, which took them to the district headquarters hospital for treatment. Later, the accused were shifted to the district jail hospital where police tortured them instead of providing […]
She said that the audit report of army’s budget should be presented in parliament for debate.She said that ties of people of Pakistan and India were old and should be strengthened.She said that because of establishment of ‘jihadi industries’, people had suffered.She accused the rulers of occupying gas resources of Balochistan, but such occupation would […]
Led by Syed Afzal Shah, district president of the Tehrik, and Syed Subhan Shah, district president the council, the protesters were carrying placards and raised slogans against the government.Later, Mr Afzal, Hassan Rizvi, brother of a missing doctor, and others told a press conference that hundreds of persons, including members of their sect, were ‘missing’ […]
Over 200 members representing over 20 TV channels participated in the meeting. An election committee was formed to conduct the election process of the executive council of the ATJ. Ali Akhtar Rizvi is the chairman of the committee, while Nihal Akhter, Munawwer Mirza and Fahim Siddiqui are its members. The election committee will scrutinize the […]
THE withdrawal of permission to Secretary General of the Pakistan Human Rights Commission Iqbal Haider to attend the trial of Balochistan’s former Chief Minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal is highly unbecoming of a government that never spares an occasion to assert that it has restored real democracy in the country. The permission was “withdrawn quite abruptly”, […]
Addressing a press conference Dr Zaidi’s wife Syeda Iram Zaidi, his mother, mother-in-law and sisters said they believed that he had been picked up at Karachi airport soon after he returned to Pakistan because the Pakistani consultate general in Dubai had confirmed in response to their queries that Dr.Zaidi had left for Karachi via Dubai […]
Since law and order is a provincial subject, let us take the province of the Punjab as a case study. Addressing a high profile meeting on law and order recently the Chief Minister Ch Pervaiz Elahi had to strike a note of warning to the police elite of the province that “a substantial increase was […]
Date 21, Jan , 07 While discussing an assurance by the Leader of the House in the Senate Wasim Sajjad on behalf of the religious affairs minister, the secretary said initial approval from the prime minister had been obtained. Discussing an assurance by Health Minister Muhammad Nasir Khan regarding illegal medical colleges, the health secretary […]
Reports said a large number of people turned up at the court and informed DPO Mirza Farah Baig about lawlessness, particularly street crime. People objected to picturisation of movies and stage play productions, calling them a source of promoting obscenity in the name of culture. The DPO issued on-the-spot directives and the B-division police registered […]
The workshop was attended by Chief Justice of Sindh High Court Justice Sabihuddin Ahmad, judges of the SHC, district courts, judicial magistrates, civil society activists and government officials. The inspector-general for prisons, Mohammad Yameen, speaking at the workshop said that the jails in Karachi had the authorised capacity for only 6,000 prisoners, but the existing […]
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Jan 20: A large number of activists of the Sindh People’s Youth (Shaheed Bhutto) took out a procession in Moro on Saturday to protest against sale of two Karachi islands, price hike, unemployment and lawlessness. The procession, led by SPY-SB president Ghulam Rasool Umrani and senior vice-president Comrade Saleem Rajput, after marching on […]
Date: January 20, 2007 Location: Vicky Zeitlin Media Library, Karachi The launching ceremony of the book titled “Balochistan Mein Ablagh-E-Aama — Aghaz wa Irteqa”, authored by Professor Seemi Naghmana Tahir, Chairperson of the Department of Mass Communication, Balochistan University, was organised by the Pakistan Press Foundation at its Vicky Zeitlin Media Library, Karachi on January […]
Computer geeks have found easier ways to make quick buck by hacking into portals and unauthorised systems, not to mention the fact that terrorists too are using Internet and laptop as their most potent tools. The country’s growing IT-enabled industry direly needs e-crime law, which the cabinet has just passed. The ministry officials claim that […]
The rally was organised by the Consumer Action Committee at the head office of the company. The speakers warned that products of the company would be boycotted if the objectionable advertisement was not removed. They criticized the company for spreading vulgarity and said the ads should be prepared keeping in mind the social values and […]
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