KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan was freed on bail after a brief detention over a complaint that he beat up his wife at home, police said Wednesday. Moin, who lives in Karachi’s Clifton seaside area, was arrested early Tuesday after his wife, Tasneem Khan, complained, and was released in the evening after submitting a […]
KARACHI: Additional Session Judge, South, Sher Bano Karim sentenced three people to death in a gang-rape case on Wednesday. Haider, Fazal Karim and Ali had gang-raped a daughter of Akbari Begum in 2004. The court also penalized them Rs50,000 each to be paid to the victim. The incident occurred in Darkhshan police limits. Source: Dawn […]
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has directed the provincial government to pay a prisoner Rs150,000 as compensation for keeping him behind bars for 30days after the expiry of his jail term. Issuing the order on Wednesday, the SHC ordered the compensation amount to be calculated at the rate of Rs5,000 for every day of illegal […]
LAHORE: Only one accused has so far been convicted since the establishment of FIA’s anti-cyber crime cell (Lahore region) in September 2005. The cell has so far arrested some 29 people from Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad and Gujranwala for committing frauds of millions of rupees through counterfeit credit cards. Officials say compoundable nature of the offence […]
VEHARI: Mailsi Saddar police on Wednesday registered a case against 12 people under women protection law for allegedly raping three dancers at Mauza Ghulam Sindhi. Reports said on Jan 12, `S’, `B’ and `N’ had performed dance at the wedding ceremony of landlord Nasim Daha. After the function, about eight people, including the groom’s friends, […]
ISLAMABAD: The family members of the victims of enforced disappearances again staged a hunger strike in front of the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking an early recovery of their loved ones. As the affected families joined together for another wave of protest, they demanded that Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry should take action against the […]
DIR: As the hunger strike of victims of the 2005 devastating snowfall continued for the sixth consecutive day on Wednesday, the protesting families have announced to include their children in the strike to press the government for giving them compensation. No official including those of the district government visited the camp during the six days. […]
KARACHI: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Wednesday reported alleged abductions of three more citizens by the law enforcement agencies in Sindh from July to Sept 2006. According to the details provided by the HRCP, these abductions that were allegedly carried out by clandestine units within the government, have systematically been using the […]
In a move reminiscent of the autocratic era of General Ershad, Bangabhaban issued a verbal instruction through an unidentified official of the press information department to TV news channels and the press not to print any news, pictures and cartoons and editorials critical of the present government. We want to categorically state that gagging the […]
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 […]
KARACHI: Speakers at a protest demonstration on Monday warned that if the three Shia youths who had been ‘picked up’ by the secret agencies over six months back were not released by Muharram, a countrywide protest would be launched. Addressing at the protesters, the speakers said if they were required for any investigations they should […]
HYDERABAD: The Bhitai Nagar police on Monday refused to register an FIR about ‘enforced disappearance’ of Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz activist Sikandar alias Akash Mallah on the complaint of party chief Bashir Qureshi. Mr Mallah is missing since May 16 after being allegedly picked up by the personnel of intelligence agencies with another activist Manjhi […]
NAWABSHAH: The B-section police raided a house in the red light area in old Nawabshah on Monday and re-covered a 19 year old girl. The girl, Nagina, told newsmen that she had been married to one Zardar by her parents in Swat, who took her to Karachi and sold her for Rs 30,000. She said […]
NAWABSHAH: The B-section police raided a house in the red light area in old Nawabshah on Monday and re-covered a 19 year old girl. The girl, Nagina, told newsmen that she had been married to one Zardar by her parents in Swat, who took her to Karachi and sold her for Rs 30,000. She said […]
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