LAHORE, August 21 2006: The Punjab University College of Information Technology’s student was raped before being strangulated, confirms an initial autopsy report here on Sunday (Aug 20). Her body was found in Defense last week. Sources told Dawn that a significant development had taken place, as the deceased’s neighbor appeared to be the prime suspect. […]
PESHAWAR, August 21 2006: A woman, who has accused her former husband of raping her, has told the Peshawar High Court that she will not accept any compromise and never accept him as her husband. Khalida Nazia was allegedly kidnapped by her former husband, Abdul Hameed, in Takhte Nusrathi (Karak) in 2002 and he molested […]
TOBA TEK SINGH. August 21 2006:Police on Sunday (Aug 20) recovered two girls from a Jhang village who were kidnapped nine days ago and were allegedly subjected to gang rape and severe physical torture by five men. The girls, A (13) and S (16), were reportedly kidnapped from Chak 515-GB, and were taken to Jhang […]
VEHARI, August 21 2006: her brother hanged A 20-year-old girl till death over suspicion of her loose morals at Chak 14-WB in the wee hours of Sunday (Aug 20). According to the family, Manzoor suspected that his sister had developed illicit relations with a neighbor. He chased the girl to her lover’s house about 3am […]
LAHORE, Aug 08 2006: The Lahore High Court on Aug 07 dismissed a habeas corpus petition and allowed police to keep in their custody a 75-year-old man, Akhter Mohammad Khan, of Ferozewala who is accused of murdering his niece in the name of honour. Muhammad Asghar Khan had filed the petition for the recovery of […]
AHMED UZAIR Human rights are dependent on the socio-economic and political environment prevalent in a country. Historically speaking, the response to human rights has been reactive rather than proactive. All human rights instruments to date have come about as a result of human rights violations, be it the Magna Carta or the more contemporary “Universal […]
SUKKUR, Aug 04 2006: A woman was shot dead by her husband on the pretext of Karo-Kari, in village Mulla Bakhshan Kandrani, in Sarhad police station jurisdiction, district Ghotki, on Aug 03. Accused Mir Kandrani suspected that his wife was having illicit relations with some one else. Police are looking for him. Meanwhile, police have […]
ISLAMABAD, Aug 04 2006: Federal Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani has said that the cabinet committee on Hadood Laws would highlight the positive aspects of the law to develop consensus. The meeting was chaired by Law Minister Wasi Zafar and attended by Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani, Women Development Minister Sumaira Mali and Tourism Minister […]
ISLAMABAD, Aug 04 2006: The ministerial committee formed to table amendments to Hudood laws in parliament was undecided on a timeframe to do it. Information Minister Mohammad Ali Durrani told reporters after a brief meeting of the committee here on Aug 03: “We met to develop a strategy for developing a consensus for the smooth […]
PESHAWAR, August 22 2006: Speakers at a seminar called for an end to military intervention in politics. Speaking at the seminar entitled ‘Current political situation and the status of Human Rights in Pakistan’, organized by the Alliance for Protection of Human Rights (APHR), resident director of the Aurat Foundation Rakhshanda Naz said military and fundamentalist […]
PESHAWAR, July 31 2006: The Zina Ordinance has placed the offences of rape and adultery in one category and similar evidences are required for proving both the offences, says a report prepared by former chief justice of the Lahore High Court Dr Javaid Iqbal. He says that the main flaw in the Offence of Zina […]
ISLAMABAD, July 30 2006: The Hudood Ordinance is not a debated law rather it was an attempt by Gen Ziaul Haq for prolonging his rule in the name of Islamisation and should be repealed forthwith. This was the crux of a national conference on “The Hudood Ordinance: time for repeal” organised by Joint Action Committee […]
HYDERABAD, July 29 2006: The Asian Human Rights Commission expressed grave concern on July 28 of what it called the apathy of government authorities in addressing the rising incidents of disappearances of political activists and writers in the country particularly in Sindh and Balochistan. In a statement issued on July 28, the Hong Kong-based regional […]
SUKKUR, July 28 2006: Amed men shot dead two persons, including a woman, in the name of Karo-Kari in the village of Rind Ali Mazari in the Kashmore police jurisdiction on July 27 afternoon. Makhan Mazari suspected that his wife, Bashiran, was having illicit relations with Mir Hasan Mazari. He gunned down his wife and […]
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