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Leaking information to press: FIA warns officials of prosecution under Official Secrets Act

KARACHI, August 21 2005: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has warned its officials not to pass on official information to the press or any unauthorised persons, otherwise they will be proceeded against under the Official Secrets Act. In an official letter sent to deputy directors of all the circles of Karachi Zone, deputy director of […]


Doctor’s negligence claims patient’s life

PESHAWAR, August 20 2005: Negligence and carelessness of a doctor claimed the life of a patient here the otherday. According to details one Amir Khan informed that one of his aunt who was suffering from an illness was practically killed by a doctor who was using the name and clinic of another famous doctor who […]


Man burns wife

LAHORE, August 20 2005: A man burned his wife to death over a domestic dispute in Mughalpura police jurisdiction on Friday August 19. Abbas and his wife Sumera often scuffled on domestic issues. On Friday, Abbas threw kerosene oil on Sumera and set her ablaze. Her body was sent for an autopsy and a case […]


Banned magazines to be seized

BY AZAR ABBAS KARACHI, August 20 2005: The federal interior ministry has issued strict directives to Sindh government to seize and forfeit the monthly magazines “Hatif-e-Mehdi” and “The voice of Mehdi,” authored by banned Gohar Shahi, under section of 99-A of criminal procedure code 1898, sources told The Nation on Friday August 19. It was […]


IFJ condemns

KARACHI, August 20 2005: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the cancellation of declarations of four newspapers and magazines in Pakistan under the Press and Publication Ordinance. “The IFJ joins its affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, in strongly condemning this action of the government, terming it a direct attack on the […]


Journalist manhandled at polling station

KARACHI, August 19 2005: A senior journalist and staff reporter of an Urdu daily, Tajammul Hussain was beaten up by the workers of a political group in presence of police and rangers, when he reached at one of polling stations established here at Women’s College, Burns Road, on Thursday August 18. Tajammul Hussain was on […]


TUJ demands removal of director media cell Fata

Peshawar, August 18 2006 (PPI): Protesting against ban on entrance of media men in Fata the Tribal Union of Journalists on Friday organized a protest demonstration and demanded removal of director FATA media cell, who they alleged was creating rifts in TUJ members. Led by TUJ President Silab Mehsud the protesting tribal journalists gathered in […]


Woman admits to killing intruder

PESHAWAR, Aug 18 2005: A woman, who shot dead a prayer leader, has pleaded that she killed the man to defend her honour. Ms Siraja, a resident of Tawoda Khazana village along the Charsadda road, has shifted to her maternal village Isakhel, after she was released on bail. Talking to a fact-finding team of the […]


Fomer editor Gool Rustomji dies

QUETTA, Aug 17 2005: Ex-MNA and former editor of the Quetta Times weekly, Gool Rustomji, who died here on Monday August 15, was laid to rest in the Parsi graveyard. She was 92. Mrs Rustomji belonged to a respected philanthropist family of the provincial capital. She was daughter of late Peston Galwala. Her family set […]


Neighbour rapes 14-year-old girl

LAHORE, August 17 2005: A man raped a 14-year-old girl in Shalimar police station precinct on August 12. Police have registered a case on the girl’s mother’s complaint after a medical report confirmed the rape. Safia Batool lived in Basti Madhu Lal Hussain with her mother, Azra, who works as a housemaid in the locality […]


Pervaiz seeks report on student’s gang-rape

SIALKOT, Aug 17 (PPI): Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has taken a serious notice of alleged gang-rape of a student by six dacoits at her house in Jandiyala-Zafarwal village and sought a report from the Narowal DCO and DPO within three days. The chief minister has also ordered a probe against negligence of the Zafarwal […]


KPC to hold literary workshop on August 20

KARACHI, August 17 2005: Literary Committee of Karachi Press Club is going to organise workshop on a new book of criticism written by Rauf Nizamani, an analyst and critic of Sindhi literature, on August 20, at 5-00 pm. Renowned drama and short story writer Abdul Qadir Junejo, Dr Asif Farrukhi, Manoj Kumar, Amar Leghari and […]


Writers, journalists given awards

By Munawer Azeem ISLAMABAD, Aug 17 2005: A large number of writers and journalists have received civilian awards this year in recognition of their services rendered in the fields of letters and journalism. Those who have received the awards in the category of literature are: the late Ashfaq Ahmed, Punjab, (Urdu – Punjabi); the late […]


Police website launched

KARACHI, Aug 16 2005: Clifton town police launched a website here on Sunday August 14 to mark Independence Day. Speaking at the launch, IG Asad Jehangir Khan asked the TPO of Clifton to upgrade the website by introducing road safety measures and other relevant details for public information. He observed that the website was a […]