JACOBABAD, April 24,2005: A woman was gunned down by her brothers on the pretext of karo-kari in the jurisdiction of Garhi Khairo police station on April 22. Hameedan, 25, wife of Munir Hussain Langah, was at her house when her brothers, Yousuf and Pathan, opened fire on her and fled from the spot. She died […]
LAHORE, April 24,2005: Victim of an alleged gang-rape has rejected the chief minister’s complaint cell findings as baseless. Speaking at a press conference here at the Lahore Press Club, the girl (N) said that she was ready to undergo a medical examination to prove that she was not an addict, as claimed by the findings. […]
ISLAMABAD, April 24,2005: The Supreme Court will resume hearing of a review petition filed by the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) against the Seventh Wage Board Award for newspapers employees on April 28. A three-member bench – comprising Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Justice Rana Bhagwandas and Justice Falak Sher – will resume hearing the case, […]
KARACHI – An elderly man was tied to a column of building with a rope until he fainted after having been through the ordeal for about 10 hours by some people who suspected that he was trying to steal a tap of a mosque’s Sabeel in Mithadar. The people also resisted attempts by Abdul Sattar […]
PESHAWAR – Armed villagers killed an alleged blasphemer in Nowshera on April 20 after he reportedly desecrated the Quran. Police confirmed the incident and also took the body into its possession. Talking to Daily Times by phone, a local police official believed that Aasheq Nabi, 40, was killed in connection with his alleged desecration of […]
ISLAMABAD, April 21,2005: Proposing more amendments to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Bill, the National Assembly’s standing committee oil information and broadcasting favoured more power to the authority for checking objectionable programmes and advertisements. Through proposed amendments, the committee asked PEMRA to ensure that all programmes and advertisements broadcasted by cable network operators […]
KARACHI, April 20,2005: The Sindh IT Minister, Mustafa Kamal said on April 20 that up to 15 call centres of 200 to 900 seats would be set-up during the next few months. He was expressing his views at the inaugural ceremony of 200-seat call centre established at the Pakistan Institute of Management Technology (PIMSAT) on […]
ISLAMABAD, April 20,2005: The government has collected Rs 2.9 million in the form of fines from cable TV operators found guilty of relaying obscene and pornographic channels. According to sources in the Pakistan electronic media regulatory authority (Pemra), a well-coordinated enforcement campaign was launched in all provinces on the instructions of the chairman Pemra .The […]
ISLAMABAD, April 20,2005: The South Asian Free Media Association (Safma) has called upon the media community in all countries of South Asia to jointly observe the Press Freedom Day falling on May 3 as a day of solidarity with the media and the journalists under attack in Nepal. Supporting full press freedom in Nepal, Safma […]
ISLAMABAD, April 20,2005: Reporters boycotted the National Assembly proceedings for the second consecutive day on Tuesday to protest the manhandling of journalists by police at the Lahore airport on April 16. No federal minister or opposition member came to the lobby to talk to reporters.The reporters started their boycott of the proceedings on Monday against […]
Karachi, April 20,2005: Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) General Secretary Dr Jabbar Khattak in his statement issued on Tuesday expressed his deep grief over the killing of the mother of Daily Millat Chief Editor and ex-president CPNE and Member CPNE Standing Committee Inqilab Matri.He strongly condemned the brutal killing and demanded of the government […]
ISLAMABAD, April 19,2005: Journalists covering the National Assembly boycotted its Monday’s session to protest against alleged maltreatment of newsmen on the arrival of People’s Party Parliamentarians leader Asif Ali Zardari in Lahore from Dubai on April 16. They decided to continue the boycott on April 19 unless the National Assembly condemns the Punjab government for […]
KARACHI, April 19, 2005: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editor (CPNE) has strongly condemned unprecedented state sponsored violence against journalists and editors travelling along with Asif Ali Zardari. “Baton bash on journalists, snatching of cameras cell phones and other valuables from journalists and editors, who arrived at Lahore from Dubai along with Zardari, to prevent […]
BADIN, April 19, 2005: A married woman was gang-raped by two men in Badin on April 17. The police registered a case under section 338 and 444 and sent the victim to hospital where the doctors confirmed that she had been sexually assaulted. Source: Daily Times Date:4/19/2005
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