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Journalist injured in attack

KARACHI, February 28, 2006: A journalist was wounded seriously after a group of land-grabbers attacked him in Sohrab Goth police jurisdiction on Sunday February 26 night. Khalid Panhwar, a newsman associated with a Sindhi-language newspaper, was on his way back after visiting his plot in the locality when the land-grabbers attacked him. He suffered injuries […]


Pakistani Zara e Ablagh Ka Haftroza Jaiza Vol 4 no 8

Title Pakistani Zara e Ablagh Ka Haftroza Jaiza Vol 4 no 8 Date 2/27/2006 Download ppf newsletters vol 4 no 8.pdf


Man kills sister

LARKANA, February 25 2006: A man killed his married sister on the pretext of Karo-Kari in Brohi Mohalla, Kambar town. Ibrahim Brohi killed his sister Jannat Khatoon and escaped. A case has been registered at the Kambar police station. Nadir Brohi who was accused of involvement with Jannat was also attacked when he was going […]


Police told to protect women from vani, sawara

Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, February 24 2006: The Supreme Court on Friday February 23 again ordered inspectors-general of police of the four provinces and the Northern Areas to protect women from the un-Islamic customs of “vani” and “sawara” and urged prompt and effective action to stop these practices. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan […]


Man kills two sisters over ‘honour’

VEHARI, February 24 2006: Two sisters were shot dead by their brother over honour in Muslim Town here on Thursday February 23. Reports said that Naveed Akhter had filed a divorce suit against her husband Zulfiqar. On Thursday, Naveed along with her sister Kaneez was going to appear in a court when their brother Ashraf […]


$8 billion BPO business awaits Pakistan

KARACHI, February 24 2006: $8 billion business is awaiting Pakistan if the local call centres actively market themselves for capturing information technology-enabled services (ITeS) that India is unlikely to go on with any more. The Indian business process outsourcing (BPO) could be eroded by 45 percent of the country’s market share by 2007, due to […]


NetSol signs agreement with McCue

LAHORE, February 24 2006: NetSol Technologies, a developer of proprietary software applications and provider of Information Technology (IT) services, has signed a software development and IT services agreement with Burlingame, California-based McCue Systems Inc, a leading provider of lease and loan portfolio management software for banks, leasing companies and manufacturers. Under the terms of the […]


Youth killed over Karo-Kari

THATTA, February 23 2006: A young man was killed near Jati town, 50 km away from here, on the pretext of Karo-Kari on Tuesday February 21 night. Police said Dinoo was allegedly murdered on having illicit relations with a woman. Source: The News Date:2/23/2006


Police torture three women of a family

GUJRAT, February 23 2006: Three women of a family were subjected to severe torture by some officials of the A-Division police in Azizabad locality on Tuesday February 21 night. Reports said a police team led by ASI Mustansar Husain Shah raided the house of Abdul Hakim to arrest his son, Qaiser. The police started beating […]


‘Police let rapists off the hook’

SIALKOT, February 23 2006: Family of a gang-rape victim has alleged that Daska Saddar police have declared all the four nominated accused innocent after receiving bribe from them. Muhammad Din, father of girl ‘A’, told the press that investigation officer SI Rehmat Ali had received bribe from the accused party and rapists were continuously threatening […]


Editor detained

GILGIT, February 23 2006: Police detained the chief editor of weekly Sada-i-Gilgit Mr Abdul Lateef, on Tuesday February 21 night and freed him on Wednesday February 22 after 17 hours. Mr Lateef was arrested for printing in the latest issue of his weekly an unconfirmed report about the sacking of artistes by the Northern Areas […]


Five illegal FM stations in Bajaur closed

KHAR (Bajaur Agency), February 23 2006: The political authorities have closed five illegal FM radio channels in different parts of the Bajaur Agency, sources told Dawn here on Wednesday February 22. The operation against the illegal radio channels has been started on the directives of provincial Governor Khalilur Rehman. The sources said that the local […]


KARACHI: Rashid Niaz passes away

KARACHI, February 23 2006: Senior journalist Abdul Rashid Khan alias Rashid Niaz passed away on Wednesday February 22 morning at the Liaquat National Hospital. He was 64. He has left behind his mother, besides widow, a daughter and a son. His funeral was attended by a large number of his relatives, friends, senior journalists, besides […]


Pakistani software company wins ‘Apicta 2005’ award

KARACHI, February 22 2006: The Media Innovations (Private) Limited, a local digital TV application developer, has won the first prize in ‘Media and Entertainment Category’ of Asia Pacific Information and Communications Technology Award (Apicta) 2005′ in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Jehan Ara, President of Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA), told Business Recorder on phone from Chiang […]