ISLAMABAD:Human trafficking cases fell by over 85 percent at Islamabad internationalAirport in 2006, according to a report of the Federal Investigation Agenc (FIA). The FIA immigration cell arrested 231 passengers for carying illegal documents, stoped 1,270 people from going aborad on incomplete documents and detected 161 balcklisted passports in 2006. Nine immigration officials were reprimanded […]
LAHORE: An army man and his friend allegedly raped and strangled a young athlete in the Lower Mall area in early hours of Saturday. City SP Rana Ahmed Hassan said that the accused had promised the woman, 22, a resident of Faisalabad, a job in the Pakistan Army on a sports quota basis and brought […]
MULTAN: A man has sought protection from Baloch tribesmen and Sardars who have ordered him to give his one and a half years old daughter as Vani to a tribal chief’s son. Addressing a press conference at the Multan Press Club on Saturday, Shah Muhammad, a resident of Miranpur, Rojhan tehsil said that Tribal chief […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Saturday convicted three policemen and four others on the charges of contempt of court for misbehaving with a bailiff who had been assigne to recover a girl. Justice Hasnaat Ahmad Khan awarded 15-day imprisonment to sub-inspector Mumtaz Ahmad of Sadr Gujrat with a fine of Rs 1,000, while constables […]
PESHAWAR: A business outlet exclusively selling women’s items in the middle of a male-dominated market on the Bara Road is drawing a large number of customers. “Most of our women customers come from the tribal area as they are not allowed to shop at the outlets run by men,” said the owner, Nargis – a […]
LAHORE: Three women were burnt to death while as many people, including two children, sustained minor injuries in two incidents of fire in Yakki Gate and Factory area on Saturday. Reports said the fire broke out at the fourth storey of a house at Havalian Ali Shah inside Delhi Gate owing to a gas heater, […]
LAHORE: Three women were burnt to death while as many people, including two children, sustained minor injuries in two incidents of fire in Yakki Gate and Factory area on Saturday. Reports said the fire broke out at the fourth storey of a house at Havalian Ali Shah inside Delhi Gate owing to a gas heater, […]
PESHAWAR: A business outlet exclusively selling women’s items in the middle of a male-dominated market on the Bara Road is drawing a large number of customers. “Most of our women customers come from the tribal area as they are not allowed to shop at the outlets run by men,” said the owner, Nargis – a […]
Date: January 6 to 8, 2007 Location: Naushehro Feroze Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), with support from the European Union (EU), organized a three-day training workshop on “Media and Local Governance” for journalists in Naushehro Feroze from January 6 to January 8, 2007. The objectives of the workshop were: 1.To develop the capacity of journalists in […]
KHAIRPUR: On the directives of a district and sessions judge, raid commissioner Shafiullah Siddiqui freed three people from the illegal detention of police here on Friday. Reports said Salim Akhtar recently filed a petition with the court, stating that the area police illegally arrested his relatives Sher Muhammad, Ghulam Hussain and Mazhar Ali and took […]
RAWALPINDI: Provincial Government has decided to build seven model Rescue 1122 Centres in Rawalpindi district at a cost of Rs 840 million to ensure quick help in case of mishaps, besides eradication of crimes in the district. These centres equipped with all modern facilities, would bring the crime under control and provide immediate help and […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League Secretary-General Mushahid Hussain Syed has said a new bill on women’s rights will be tabled in the upcoming session of the National Assembly. He said the government would welcome criticism and objections to the bill, a private news channel reported on Friday. Mushahid said that the new bill is ready and […]
ISLAMABAD: Family members of the missing persons staged demonstration on Thursday outside the UN office in Saudi Pak Tower demanding the release of their fathers, husbands and sons and condemned President Pervez Musharraf’s “cruel regime”. The demonstration was organized by Islamic Centre for Research and Defence of Human Rights. An estimated 60 to 70 women […]
MULTAN: Plainclothesmen reportedly took three people into custody in Kabirwala in Khanewal district on Wednesday and Thursday. According to eyewitnesses, Naseem Rajput, 40, was at his shop around 10am on Thursday when 10 to 12 plainclothesmen along with DSP Dawood Hasnain came to his shop and asked for his cell phone number. Later, they took […]
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