Farzana Ali Khan SWAT: A 14-year-old Swat girl was nominated for international peace prize for children in South Africa on Tuesday last by Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tuto, but a South African handicapped girl won the prize. Despite losing the dream prize Malala Yousafzai, student of grade 8 from Gulkada, Mingora, is determined to fight […]
MIRPURKHAS: Police have foiled an attempt to forcibly marry a 17- year-old girl to a 50-year-old man in Ismail Kumbhar village, Sindhri taluka, late on Tuesday night. On a complaint a police team, led by DSP Sindhri Ayub Dars, raided the village and took into custody Adeeba Kumbhar, 17, daughter of Abdul Majeed Kumbhar. However, […]
Peerzada Salman KARACHI: The second day of the four-day international Urdu conference was marked by some interesting critical presentations on Mir Taqi Mir and sharing of personal memories of Faiz Ahmed Faiz by his friends and colleagues at the Arts Council on Wednesday. The first session titled Sarey zamaney Mir kay, presided over by Dr […]
ISLAMABAD: South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) General Secretary Imtiaz Alam has said provincial governments under the scrutiny of the federal information ministry should support press clubs and media organizations across the country and ensure the security of journalists and media outlets. Speaking at a conference titled ‘Attacks on Journalists and Media Freedom’ held here […]
School was closed at the time of the attack; five civiliÂans injureÂd. PESHAWAR: A bomb attack on a girls’ school in Mardan on Tuesday killed a policeman and wounded eight others, police said. The remote-controlled bomb was planted at the outer wall of the government-run middle school. The bomb exploded after police arrived to investigate […]
The victim went with her step father after he told her that her mother was ill, police registÂered case. By Kashif Zafar BAHAWALPUR: A man allegedly raped his step daughter with two of his friends Tuesday evening. According to police officials, Chak No 118-P Khanpur resident Masooma Bibi said that she was living with her […]
SADIQABAD – Civil society members took out a protest rally against discharge of a case and release of the principal who allegedly molested a schoolgirl at his office in the Shahbaz Road area here. After passing through various parts of the city, the rally culminated at the GPO Chowk. Addressing the participants, speakers alleged that […]
ISLAMABAD: The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on Tuesday urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to take pro-active measures against any informal agreements among candidates and other local stakeholders to prevent women from voting in the by-election for PK-61, Kohistan-1, in violation of the Constitution, election laws, and international legal obligations. The ECP […]
Two shops selling music CDs in were destroyed in a bomb blast in Orakzai agency of Pakistan’s Federally Administrated Tribal Area (FATA). The bomb blast targeting the music shops also destroyed four other shops took place on November 22, 2011. Unknown militants planted explosive devices in the main market of Jalka Mela which houses two […]
PESHAWAR: Key stakeholders for tribal areas’ progress, including political parties, lawyers, media and civil society representatives, emphasized Tuesday the need for independent local media in FATA. In a roundtable conference titled, “Can political reforms happen in FATA without media reforms?” participants endorsed extension of fundamental rights, including freedom of expression as enshrined under the Article […]
Salis bin Perwaiz Karachi: The investigators probing the Sea View bombing believe that the terrorists belonged to the banned Lashker-e-Jhangvi and the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and they might have a plan to target a cinema in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA). The terrorist plot was foiled by two constables of the Darakhshan police station on […]
Dr Maqsood Jafri If we hand over political power to women worldwide, I assure you all that there would be no bloody wars in the world; we will have wars of words, not of swords and guns The room was brimming with the echo of laughter from my friends after a Christian friend gave me […]
IN a significant move the National Assembly has unanimously passed ‘The Prevention of Anti-Women Practices (Criminal Amendment) Bill 2010’. It is a landmark achievement for the democratic government where women are concerned. If we look at Pakistan’s history, it is only in a democratic context that women find their voice and make themselves heard. Now […]
HYDERABAD: Sindh Minister for Culture Sassui Palijo has urged the management of Sindhi Adabi Sangat, a literary organisation, to encourage women writers and allay their reservations over distribution of awards through dialogue. Speaking at the award distribution ceremony organised by the Sangat at the Sindhi Language Authority on Sunday, the minister announced Rs500,000 grant for […]
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