LARKANA, February 18 2006: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed will inaugurate newly-established medium wave radio station in Larkana. This was stated by the controller home services of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation, Mohammed Sharif Shad, while talking to journalists here on Friday February 17. He said that Larkana was culturally and literally […]
PATTOKI, February 17 2006: A young girl was raped for many days Chak 20, Pattoki. Habibullah reported to the police that his wife died five years ago and his daughter Asifa stayed alone at home. He said accused Muhummad Hanif started coming to his house during his absence. He said Hanif raped his daughter many […]
LARKANA, February 17 2006: A man killed his wife on the pretext of Karo-Kari and surrendered himself before the police here on Thursday February 16. Report said one Ali Jan Magsi in village Ali Dost Magsi killed his wife after seeing her in objectionable condition with his relative Asghar Magsi, who managed to flee. Source: […]
ISLAMABAD, February 17 2006: Journalists walked out of the National Assembly and Senate on Thursday February 16, protesting over the abduction of their colleague from Balochistan by intelligence agencies. Abdul Aziz Lasi, bureau chief of Urdu daily Intikhab, was arrested from Hub while taking snaps of Chinese engineers killed in firing the other day. Newsmen […]
KARACHI, February 17 2006: Experian, the global information solutions company, has signed an exclusive agreement to supply CreditChex with its proprietary software to enable the company to establish a consumer credit reference database and bureau service in Pakistan. CreditChex is a joint venture between the JS Group, a leading financial services group in Pakistan, and […]
ISLAMABAD, February 17 2006: Pakistan would provide two television transmitters to Afghanistan in March this year, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said here on Thursday February 16. He was talking to Afghan Minister for Information and Culture Dr Sayyed Makhdoom Raheem who called on him. Sheikh Rashid said Pakistan and Afghanistan enjoyed […]
* EC secretary says 26,000 polling stations declared sensitive LAHORE: The Election Commission (EC) of Pakistan has said that it would not announce progressive election results on February 18 but private television channels were allowed to do so, Dawn News reported on Friday. The channel claimed that Election Commission Secretary Kunwar Dilshad had earlier told […]
OKARA, February 16 2006: A girl was gang-raped at Parmanind village. Nazir Ahmad’s daughter went to the fields where Maqbool Ahmad and Amir allegedly tore off her dress and raped her. Mandi Ahmadabad police have registered a case. Source: The News Date:2/16/2006
LAHORE, February 16 2006: Punjab Chief Minister Ch. Pervaiz Elahi Wednesday February 15 said the government firmly believed in the freedom of expression and it always welcomed positive and constructive criticism. He expressed these views while addressing a reception hosted in the honour of APNS and CPNE office-bearers at the Chief MinisterÂ’s Secretariat. He said […]
ISLAMABAD, February 16 2006: The Supreme Court was requested on Wednesday February 15 through a petition to direct the government to discharge their lawful duty by prohibiting the broadcast of blasphemous material through internet services, infringing religious rights of Muslims in Pakistan. Advocate Malik Qamar Afzal, additional secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) […]
ISLAMABAD, February 15 2006: A non-government organization has written to the Cabinet Division to make changes to what it called “Flawed and Restrictive Rules (2004) for the Freedom of Information (FOI) Ordinance 2002”. In a letter to the secretary Cabinet Division, Ejaz Rahim, the NGO, Centre for Peace and Development Initiative (CPDI), wrote: “We wish […]
ISLAMABAD, February 15 2006: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday asked Information and Broadcasting Ministry to take steps for complete restructuring and modernisation of Pakistan Television (PTV) and Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) to prepare them to meet the emerging challenges of globalisation and proliferation of media and to compete with the private TV channels effectively. […]
ISLAMABAD, February 14 2006: A two-member division bench of the Supreme Court on Monday said that girls over the age of eighteen have complete rights according to Shariah as well as law of the land to decide about marriages according to their will. The bench of the apex court comprising Justice Hamid Ali Mirza and […]
KARACHI, February 14 2006: A torched body of a 25-year-old girl was found lying at a garbage dump in Orangi town within the Pakistan Bazaar police limits. A passer-by informed the police, which shifted the body to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where the medico legal experts said that the deceased girl was subjected to sexual […]
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