SUKKUR, April 06,2005:District Nazim Sukkur Syed Nasir Hussain Shah instructed the district administraÂtion on April 5 to shift Ms Manzooran, her daughter Sonia and her brother Ataullah, who had suffered acid injuries three days ago when Farid Shaikh, Manzooran’s husband, threw acid on them, to a hospital in Karachi. The district nazim also announced that […]
SAHIWAL, April 06,2005: Yousafwala police raided a gambling den in a roadside hotel late on Monday and arrested a man with his 14-year-daughter offered as stake during the gambling. Police also arrested five people including two women. The police raided Rehmani Hotel on GT Road near Chak 84/5-L where Muhammad Rafiq, a gambler, had offered […]
CHECHAWATNI, April 06,2005:Gang rape victim Parveen Bibi has said that if her rapists are not arrested then she will set ablaze her self. She expressed these views in a press conference along with her Uncle on Tuesday. In the press conference Parveen Bibi alias Pathani, resident of Chak R.107/7 told that she was brutally gang […]
KARACHI, April 6,2005: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (APNEC) have announced a countrywide protest campaign from April 8 to May 13 against non-implementation of the Seventh Wage Award and elimination of the contract system in newspaper establishments, says a PFUJ press release. During the campaign newspaper […]
JHANG, April 05,2005: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Monday criticised individuals who do not allow women to take part in games like the marathon race. Addressing a public gathering at Shafqat Shaheed ground, Mr Elahi slammed those against the participation of women in games and said such individuals exploited women when they needed […]
KARACHI, April 05 2005: CyberNet has launched high-speed broadband internet service. The company has acquired the largest internet bandwidth with an advanced and accelerator technology for the first time in the country. CyberNet chief operation officer Ansarul Haq told Business Recorder on Monday that the company has received a good response about the new product […]
Karachi, April 5, 2005 the non-government organization working for women rights have urged authorities to provide safety to the family of the film and television artist and producer, late Afreen baig who was murdered in October. In a statement issued here on Monday Aurat Foundation and the women Action Forum have expressed concern over the […]
Khairpur, April 05, 2005: Unidentified armed people attacked the house of Ibrahim Bux Solangi in the village of on Sunday night and abducted 20 year-old Shabana Solangi at gunpoint. The Thari Mirwala police have begun invvvestigations. Source: Daily Times Date:4/5/2005
ISLAMABAD, April 05,2005:Pakistan Electronic Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Iftikhar Rashid on Monday said Pemra was thrashing out criteria and broader framework for functioning of cable operators and to ensure provision of quality cable TV service to the public. Talking to representatives of cable operators here, Chairman Pemra said the cable operators and Pemra are partners and […]
LAHORE, April 05,2005: Veteran playwright Shoaib Hashmi will pen the script for a comedy series that will be his first piece for television in nearly 25 years, TV celebrity Samina Ahmed told Daily Times on Monday. “I will produce the series, and he (Shoaib) will write the script.” Ahmed said that she would also produce […]
KARACHI, April 04 2005 : Veteran journalist Safdar Barlas died here of prostate cancer on Sunday evening. He was 78. Barlas, who worked in Dawn on many senior positions for over four decades, graduated from Lucknow University in 1947. He subsequently obtained a Master’s degree from Karachi University. Earlier, he had worked with Dawn for […]
Karachi, April 03 PPI: A private TV channel misreported an incident related to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Dubai-bound flight PK-213 that left Karachi on April 1 early morning.The channel has reported smoke coming out of the aircraft and the clip showed a Boeing 747 whereas the aircraft in reference was A130.The Smoke Detection System of […]
QUETTA, April 24,2005: An Anti-Terrorism Court here has acquitted three persons, including journalist Khawar Mehdi Rizvi, who were arrested along with two French journalists allegedly involved in making fake Taliban training video film in the Pakistani territory near Afghanistan border. Judge Mohammad Shaukat Rakshani on April 23 acquitted the three persons when the prosecution failed […]
LANDI KOTAL, April 04,2005: Hundreds of Malikdinkhel tribesmen held a demonstration at Qambar Abad, near Bara Bazaar, on Sunday in protest against the Khyber Agency political administration’s campaign against FM radio stations in the area. The Bara political administration on March 27 issued a notice to the Malikdinkhel tribesmen to immediately stop transmissions from their […]
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