PESHAWAR, July 12 2006: An infuriated young boy with the help of his two uncles killed his mother, young sister and minor brother on the suspicion of illicit relations on July 10 night at village Khan Garhi on the suburbs of Takht Bhai, some 70 kilometres from here. Khani Zaman, son on Shah Zaman along […]
HYDERABAD, July 12 2006: The 17-year-old, Naila Rajput, who was allegedly gang-raped in Tando Adam and is struggling since June 6 to get the accused arrested demanded on July 11 a judicial probe into the incident, expressing no confidence in the investigation by the Sanghar police. “I have no confidence in the police of Sanghar… […]
ISLAMABAD, July 11 2006: National Solidarity for Equal Rights (NSER), a coalition of eleven human rights organisations has urged the government to complete repeal of Hudood Laws. Addressing a press conference on July 10 convenor and executive secretary National Commission for Justice and Peace, Peter Jacob has stated that NSER clearly demanded that complete repeal […]
HYDERABAD, July 11 2006: The residents of village Sadiq Leghari on July 10 blocked Miran Muhammed Shah road for three hours against the killing of a girl while the accused persons have charged them with blackmail for illegally occupying agricultural lands. Dozens of residents of village Sadiq Leghari in district Tando Allahyar blocked the road […]
LAHORE, July 10 2006: A presidential ordinance will be promulgated this month repealing the controversial articles of the Hudood Ordinance, sources told Daily Times on July 09. The Law Ministry is currently drafting the ordinance, which would seek to provide relief to women unjustly imprisoned under Hudood laws, the sources said. President Gen Pervez Musharraf […]
HYDERABAD, July 09 2006: Despite the Sindh High Court ban, about 53 jirgas were organised in Sindh from January to June 2006. The jirgas decided disputes related to karo-kari, kidnapping, rape, murder and land. This was stated in a report prepared by the Rights Watch of Indus Development Organisation. The report was released here on […]
Sukkur, July 07 2006: Two minor girls, Bashiran Solangi and Shakila Solangi, were shifted to Darul Amman on July 06, following the verdict of the jirga to give them in marriage to the elderly persons, to resolve a karo-kari dispute. Source said Deedar Solangi, resident of village Sono Solangi, in an application to DPO Khairpur, […]
ISLAMABAD, July 07 2006: Religious parties pledged to protect ‘Hudood-e-Islami’ during an ‘Ulema and Mashaikh Convention’ held here July 06. The convention, which was convened by Majlis Tahaffuz-e-Hadood-e-Islami, Pakistan (Rawalpindi-Islamabad wing), passed a declaration, saying, “We will give every sacrifice for protection of Islamic laws and ‘Hadood-e-Islami’.” Addressing a press conference after the convention, Ulema-e-Ittehad […]
KHAIRPUR, July 06 2006: Six armed persons attacked a house in Hussainabad village and kidnapped a 17 years old girl Nargis D/o Muhammad Qasim Pehnwar at gunpoint. Police has registered case against the accused under Zina Ordinance. Source: The Nation Date:7/6/2006
VEHARI, July 06 2006: DPO suspended an ASI and moharrir of Fateh Shah police for neglecting their duty, and ordered registration of case against the five accused who allegedly forced their entry into the house of a woman at Chak 47/kb of Burewala tehsil. Reports said a woman, Razia Bibi, filed an application with the […]
SHEIKHUPURA, July 06 2006: A girl was slaughtered allegedly by her brother and cousin over suspicion of bad character in Wandala Nasir on July 05. Reportedly, Salma Bibi had eloped with her alleged paramour, Sajjad, of the same locality about seven days back. About three days ago her parents found her and brought her back. […]
JAMSHORO, July 05 2006: Police on July 04 failed to find any clue to the two men who allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped 11-year-old Rukhsana of the Bharia village here on July 03. According to the girl’s father, Abdul Majid Channa, police and witnesses, two men abducted Rukhsana after making her unconscious through some sleeping drug […]
QUETTA, July 05 2006: The Balochistan High Court (BHC) here on July 04 ordered the respondent to produce an infant girl, Subha, before the court on July 31. The court also issued notices to Advocate-General Balochistan Salahuddin Mengal and respondent Muhammad Akram to appear before the court on July 31. The order came when the […]
ISLAMABAD, July 04 2006: The Council of Islamic Ideology’s decision to review the Hudood laws and recommend amendments to it was unanimous, though five of its 11 members oppose the total repeal of the ordinance. The five members – Pir Syed Daman Ali Shah, Syed Muhammad Zakir Hussain Sialvi, Haji Muhammad Hanif Tayyab, Maulana Abdullah […]
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