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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
MULTAN, April 7,2005: A horrific incident of sexual abuse allegedly committed by a professor at the Nishter Medical College and Hospital has been reported to the authorities concerned. The incident is reported by the victim’s husband, who teaches English language and literature at a state-run postgraduate college. When contacted, NMC&H Principal Executive Officer Prof Dr […]
KARACHIApril 06,2005: Computer Associates (CA), an international management software company on Tuesday announced its plan to set up business in Pakistan as part of its regional expansion strategy. Country manager of CA for Pakistan Saeid Marashi, addressing a press conference at local hotel said that the CA would establish a liaison office for its operations […]
Jacobabad, April 05, 2005: More than 100 women had migrated from Jacobabad villages to save themselves from being murdered over Karo-kari, disclosed Dr A G Ansari, addressing on the second day of three-day workshop on ” Media and Domestic Violence”, here on Tuesday. The workshop was arranged by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in collaboration […]
Jacobabad, April 05, 2005: More than 100 women had migrated from Jacobabad villages to save themselves from being murdered over Karo-kari, disclosed Dr A G Ansari, addressing on the second day of three-day workshop on ” Media and Domestic Violence”, here on Tuesday. The workshop was arranged by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in collaboration […]
DERA GHAZI KHAN, April 06,2005: The Vehoa police have arrested four accused for allegedly raping two sisters after two weeks of incident. The fifth accused is still at large. Reportedly, Ameer Khan, the father of the victims, lodged a complaint at Vehoa Police Station on March 23 that Ameer Muhammad, Jehangir, Nazeer, Sohnra Khan and […]
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