The piecemeal “tracing” of 25 out of 41 missing persons whose case a two-member bench of the Supreme Court is hearing provides a measure of the government’s reluctance to share information even with the apex court on the whereabouts of those who have gone “missing” over the years. This indeed is mind-boggling. It also negates […]
KARACHI: A newly-married woman was allegedly set on fire by her husband’s brothers in Gadap. She is under treatment at the Civil Hospital in Karachi. Eighteen-year-old Noori is reported to be receiving threats from her in-laws to withdraw a case filed on her behalf. An FIR 6/2007 was registered at the Shah Latif Police Station […]
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Women’s Development has so far trained 21,665 women councillors across the country under its Women’s Political School to effectively perform their duties as public representatives. The $4.5 million project has been funded by Norway and is being implemented by the Ministry of Women’s Development in collaboration with the UN Development Programme. […]
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Women’s Development has so far trained 21,665 women councillors across the country under its Women’s Political School to effectively perform their duties as public representatives. The $4.5 million project has been funded by Norway and is being implemented by the Ministry of Women’s Development in collaboration with the UN Development Programme. […]
KARACHI: A newly-married woman was allegedly set on fire by her husband’s brothers in Gadap. She is under treatment at the Civil Hospital in Karachi. Eighteen-year-old Noori is reported to be receiving threats from her in-laws to withdraw a case filed on her behalf. An FIR 6/2007 was registered at the Shah Latif Police Station […]
MULTAN: The Makhdoom Rashid police have registered another case against a groom, his brother and nephew for not dissolving the marriage he has contracted with a woman of her own choice. Talking to this correspondent on Monday, the groom, Muhammad Amin, said the police had registered another case under sections 337/A-2 and 337/L-2 against him, […]
SUKKUR: Taking suo motu notice of a jirga held in Daharki during which a minor girl was given in marriage to resolve a dispute regarding karo-kari, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has summoned DPO Ghotki, TPO Ubauro and SHO Daharki to appear before the court on Jan 10. According to sources, a jirga was held […]
KARACHI: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed concern over the manner in which the trial of Akhtar Mengal is being conducted inside the Karachi Central Prison.The Secretary General of HRCP, Mr Iqbal Haider, told Dawn on Monday that Mr Mengal had been forced to sit in an iron cage away from his counsel. […]
KARACHI: Aisha Munir got married to Shakoor at the tender age of 12 on the basis of “Watta Satta” (exchange). Her sister-in-law got married to her uncle Shabbir Ahmed in exchange of her marriage. Aisha is now 15 and wants a divorce because she says the Rs 2,500 she earned every month for working as […]
PESHAWAR: Lawyers dealing with different cases have requested the Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) to expedite hearing of cases against women and children pending in the court for last many years. The move follows the recent appointment of two more judges to the Federal Shariat Court by President Gen Pervez Musharraf. Before […]
LAHORE: Azizgul is 10 years old, from the village of Houscha in western Afghanistan. This year the wheat crop failed again following a devastating drought. Her family was hungry. So, a little before Christmas, Azizgul’s mother ‘sold’ her to be married to a 13-year-old boy, said a report in The Observer on Sunday. “I need […]
LAHORE: Azizgul is 10 years old, from the village of Houscha in western Afghanistan. This year the wheat crop failed again following a devastating drought. Her family was hungry. So, a little before Christmas, Azizgul’s mother ‘sold’ her to be married to a 13-year-old boy, said a report in The Observer on Sunday. “I need […]
The protesters blocked traffic outside the press club here and torched copies of the said daily. Some policemen were wearing uniforms while the rest of them were in planclothes who reportedly misbehaved with Mr Hashmi and his subordinates, said a political activist who was in Jammu Kashmir’s office at that time.The Islamabad police had immediately […]
HYDERABAD: A dejected father appealed to Sindh governor, chief minister and senior police officers on Saturday to order an impartial inquiry into the double-murder of his daughter and her husband and direct police to waste no more time to arrest the killers. Syed Ashiq Ali Shah, a resident of Hussainabad, strongly criticised police at a […]
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