KARACHI, June 14 2006: A man killed his 10-year-old niece after allegedly subjecting her to abuse, and wounded her sisters before fleeing from their house in Orangi Town on June 13. Police said that Shamsuddin along with his wife and father-in-law went to the registration office in connection with preparation of a national identity card, […]
KARACHI, June 14 2006: At least six people were killed in different incidents in the metropolis on June 13. A ten-year-old girl was murdered when one of her relatives sexually harassed her and then stabbed her in Orangi Town. According to police, Abdul Rehman, 14, who was a step-uncle of the deceased girl, came to […]
GUJRANWALA, June 12: The bail application of two sisters, who were allegedly raped by policemen at a police station during a dacoity case interrogation, was rejected by a local court here on May 12. District bar association president Ilyas Rehan pursued the case on behalf of the sisters while police opposed their bail for want […]
PESHAWAR, June 13 2006: The handing over of an 11-year-old girl to a rival family in swara was challenged in Peshawar High Court on May 12. A writ petition was filed by two sisters, Sanad Bibi (11) and Shah Izzat Bibi (9), praying the court that a jirga decision in Barawal Banda in Upper Dir […]
ISLAMABAD, June 13 2006: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on May 12 said the government has taken measures in an effect to eradicate child labour from the country by providing children with free education and other basic necessities. He stated this while addressing children from different schools at Parliament House on the International Day against Child […]
SIALKOT, June 13 2006: Two alleged rapists chopped off two fingers of right hand of a married woman after raping her on May 12 at her house for raising an alarm at Kotli Chumbwali, Daska. Police said Tanveer and Naveed stormed into the house of labourer Naseer Ahmad and held his wife ‘S’ hostage. Tanveer […]
SAHIWAL, June 13 2006: Harappa police have recovered a 13-year-old girl who has been abducted five months ago and arrested an alleged kidnapper. ‘B’, daughter of Lal Din of Chak 103/7-R, told judicial magistrate Javedul Hassan Chichti that On Jan 1, 2006, she had gone to a village shop for purchasing some essential commodities. A […]
KHAIRPUR, June 12 2006: Two sisters were killed after their father rejected a marriage proposal for one of them in Ali Nawaz Hisbani village of the Faiz Ganj taluka on May 11. Accused Ghulam Rasool Hisbani, Faiz Mohammad Hisbani, Asif Ali Hisbani and Arshad Ali Hisbani, residents of Dost Mohammad Hisbani village, had been living […]
LARKANA, June 11 2006: A man killed his sister and her alleged paramour in the name of Karo-Kari in the Ibrahim-Ji-Wand village of the Kambar-Shahdadkot district on June 10, police said. Abdul Razzak Mastoi along with his relative Imdad Mastoi shot and killed Jahlan Mastoi, the 32-year-old alleged paramour of his sister, and escaped. Jahlan […]
KHAR, June 11 2006: A middle school for girls at Pashat village in the Salarzai subdivision has received anonymous letters, threatening students of dire consequences if they attend school. Officials and people of the area said that attendance in the school dropped after receipt of the letters three days ago. A similar letter was sent […]
KARACHI, June 10 2006: The British Council has launched an awareness campaign regarding Karo kari — a menace under which people, majority of them women, are killed by their close relatives, according to them, in the name of family honour. The killings are carried out under the garb of socio-cultural traditions usually in the rural […]
TIMERGARA, June 10 2006: A woman and a man were killed over the suspicion of having illicit relations in Tormang village in Lower Dir on June 09. Victim Awal Zeb in his statement before death told the Khal police that he had been shot at and injured by Muhtaj, son of Mian Gul, over suspicion […]
GILGIT, June 9 2006: The Grand Peace Jirga, headed by Northern Areas Legislative Council Speaker Malik Mohammad Miskeen, will set up a women’s wing to accelerate efforts to maintain sectarian peace in the area. The decision was taken by the NALC speaker during a meeting with a women’s delegation, led by the Pakistan Muslim League’s […]
PESHAWAR, June 9 2006: Educationists have called upon the parents to provide equal opportunities of education to their daughters. “We should focus on educating our sisters and daughters, because educated mothers can bring up children in a better way,” said Professor Dr Ahmad Ali, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Peshawar. He was speaking […]
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