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Law to curb violence against women in the offing: Nilofar

ISLAMABAD, April 13 ,2005: Adviser to Prime Minister on Women Development Nilofar Bakhtiar has said her ministry is bringing a new legislation on violence against women in the National Assembly. Addressing participants of a seminar here on Tuesday, she said there was also a dire need to have a new legislation to protect working women […]


Husband kills wife

DERA ALLAH YAR,April 13,2005: Husband has killed his wife on pity domestic matters here on April12. According to the information the mother of the deceased reported to the police that her son in law has killed his wife by choking her throat. Before reaching of the police the killer escaped from the scene. After registering […]


Christian woman allegedly stripped

KARACHI, April 13,2005: Ghazala Shafiq, 39, a Christian woman who is administrator of Brenton Carey Hostel, an institution of the Diocese of the Karachi-Church of Pakistan, was stripped and sexually harassed by a Christian group on April 11 night. The ghastly incident is believed to be part of a dispute over a church property worth […]


Mukhtar’s notice to daily

MULTAN, April 12,2005: Mukhtar Mai, the victim of Meerwala gang-rape case, has served a legal notice through her lawyer on a local Urdu daily seeking apology for “publishing malicious material against her.” Speaking at a news conference here on April 12, she said that some unscrupulous elements were misguiding people about the facts of her […]


People urged to respect media copyrights

ISLAMABAD, April 13,2005: Former information minister Javed Jabbar here on Tuesday said people should realize the importance of copyrights of media contents and reject purchase or use of pirated material. He was delivering a lecture on “Citizens’ Media Rights and Responsibilities” at a roundtable discussion organized by the Citizens’ Media Commission with the collaboration of […]


Acquittal plea in Mukhtaran case transferred

MULTAN, April 12,2005: A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on April 4 transferred a petition for release of 12 accused in the Mukhtaran Mai gang rape case to other division bench following some reservations by a judge of the bench. Justice Sheikh Javed Sarfraz told the counsel for the petitioners that Justice Fazal Miran […]


Domestic violence victims at KTH Burn Unit

PESHAWAR, April 12,2005: A twenty-four year old fresh victim of domestic violence, Shakila, lost her battle against death due to severe burn injuries at Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) on April 11 afternoon. She was allegedly burnt by her spouse with the help of his sister-in-law for fear that she might disclose the illicit affair the […]


Rape case – SHO asked to protect family

SHEIKHUPURA, April 12,2005: The district and sessions judge on Monday ordered the War burton SHO to provide security to the family of the nine-year-old girl raped allegedly by the district Nazim’s son. The judge issued the order on a writ petition filed by Mazhar Yaseen, the brother of the girl. The petitioner submitted that accused […]


Pakistani Zara e Ablagh Ka Haftroza Jaiza Vol 3 No 15

Title Pakistani Zara e Ablagh Ka Haftroza Jaiza Vol 3 No 15 Date 4/11/2005 Download ppf newsletter no 15.pdf


PPF Journalism Training Workshop, Hyderabad

Date: April 10, 2005 Location: Latifabad Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) organized a Journalism Training Workshop at Latifabad; district Hyderabad, for local journalists and educated women Sindh from 10-12 April 2005. The workshop was held at the auditorium of a local women college. It was attended by 26 participants in which there were 16 women and […]


Need for Islamic media urged

PESHAWAR, April 10, 2005: Speakers at the launching ceremony of monthly magazine “Nida-ul-Islam” stressed the need of a powerful Islamic media not only to counter the negative propaganda of western media but also to portray a ‘positive’ image of Islam. “The Western media has not only been misleading the world community regarding Muslims and Islam […]


Woman burnt by in-laws

PESHAWAR, April 10, 2005: A woman is fighting for her life in the Khyber Teaching Hospital’s burns ward after her in-laws allegedly set her on fire over a domestic dispute, it is learnt. Family sources said that Shakila was married to Zafar Iqbal, a resident of Kalari in the Rawalpindi district, almost a year ago. […]


Karo-kari claims two lives

JACOBABAD, April 10, 2005 Two people, including a young girl, were kille7d on the pretext of karo-kari in the wee hours of Saturday in Soomra Mohalla, Garhi Khairoo. One Mehmood entered the house of Shazia. While he was talking with her when all of a sudden her brother, Johar Shaikh, woke up and saw Mehmood […]


HRCP supports mix marathons

KARACHI , April 10, 2005: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said on April 8 that the government decision to hold marathons for men and women separately was in violation of the constitution. It said that Article 4 guarantees equal opportunities, equal rights to all citizens in every field, while Article 25 stressed that no […]