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Journalist among eight killed in accident

ISLAMABAD, April 10,2005: Eight persons, including a journalist of a national daily and a minor, were killed and 12 others wounded when a trailer smashed into a Bannu-bound passenger coach near Tarnol in the wee hours of Saturday, police said. According to the hospital sources, three of the wounded persons were in critical condition. Ainuddin, […]


Sale of organs by bonded labors on the increase

LAHORE ,April 09,205 ,Hundreds of bonded workers across the country are believed to have sold kidneys to pay off debts, reports IRIN, a UN information unit. The problem of impoverished workers selling organs is a growing in the country. Legislation to ban sales has still to come in, and unscrupulous private clinics, using `middlemen’ to […]


LHC increases dower in love marriage case

LAHORE, April 09, 2005 The Lahore High Court before recognising the marriage of a couple, Shabana and Sarfaraz, from Sargodha, told the husband to increase the dower from Rs 5,000 to Rs 150,000. The judge said that it was the court’s responsibility to protect the woman’s interests. Shabana had married Sarfraz secretly without the consent […]


Radio starts airing programs in South Waziristan Agency

PESHAWAR, April 9, 2005, The first ever Radio Stations one each in North and South Waziristan agencies have begun airing a variety of useful programs in local dialect during their daily six -hour transmission covering large areas of both the tribal agencies. There are plans to establish the third radio station at Razmak in North […]


PEMRA checks illegal cable telecasting

QUETTA, April 09,2005 ,PEMRA Balochistan conducted inspections on Illegal Cable TV Operators who were telecasting/relaying cable with out license for several years. On April 8 PEMRA Balochistan Enforcement Team headed by Abdul Jalal, Assistant General manger with the cooperation of local police conducted inspections in several districts of Balochistan and on various Cable TV Operators […]


Marathon without women tomorrow

AHAWALPUR, April 8,2005: A mini-marathon without women’s participation will be organized here on Saturday (tomorrow). The mini-marathon will be held in four phases which have been categorized in four sections – for professionals and amateurs, general public, special children and children up to 13 years of age. The first race of professionals will be held […]


Honour for human rights Pak activist

KARACHI, April 08,2005: Zia Ahmed Awan, the President of Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid (LHRLA) has become the first Pakistani, elected as the board member for Asia-Pacific Region of Child Helpline International (CHI), a 57 countries global body of child helplines. He was elected for this coveted 11-member board membership recently during annual […]


Rape victim, accused and doctors summoned

SHEIKHUPURA, April 8,2005: The inquiry officer has summoned for Friday (today) the victim, her mother, father and the accused, the son of District Nazim Chaudhry Tawakkalullah Virk, his driver and three doctors to record their statements in an alleged rape case. City Circle ASP Ijaz Ahmad Khan has been deputed the inquiry officer. MS Dr […]


Young girl abducted

SANGLA HILL, April 08,2005: A father and son abducted a 15 year old girl in a nearby village here on April 7. According to detials, Sarfraz Ahmed and his son Muhammad Riaz enterd the house of one Muhammad Bashir by scaling the wall, locked up the inmates in a room and abducted Shazia Bibi on […]


Geo documentary on marine sciences

KARACHI, April -8,2005: The Department of Marine Sciences, Karachi University, is being contacted by Geo TV for research into its exclusive documentary “Jo Gehrai Main Gaye”. This is the first documentary of its kind produced by any Pakistan TV channel. In this documentary viewers will see marine life forms never seen before on any South […]


Pemra launches action against illegal cable operators

KARACHI, April 08 2005: On directives of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), province-wide campaign has been launched by Pemra Sindh Region against illegal cable operators and those CTV operators relying obscene/banned channels (MM, MM2, M-Net and Series etc) in districts Sukkur, Naushehro Feroz, Nawabshah and Khairpur. According to Pemra press statement issued here on […]


PPF seminar “Giving Basic Priority To Women’s And Children’s Health”

Date: April 7, 2005 Location: Karachi The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) organised a seminar for journalists on “Giving basic priority to women’s and children’s health” on Thursday, April 07, 2005 at its Vicky Zeitlin Media Library, Karachi. The seminar was held to mark the World Health Day. The theme of 2005 was “healthy mothers and […]


Force will be used to stop marathon: Fazl

LAHORE, April 7,2005: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has urged the government to abandon its plan to hold women’s marathons in various cities and issued a warning that supporters of the religious alliance will use force to stop any such race if the plan is not dropped. MMA’s Secretary General Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday directed […]


Man axes daughter to death in Okara

OKARA, April 7,2005: A man axed his daughter to death for not reconciling with her husband, while a desperate youth killed the mother of the girl who had refused his marriage proposal in the district in the last 24 hours. One Ismail of Chah Phatty Wala village near Basir Pur axed his daughter Razia Bibi […]