KARACHI, March 08,2005: A three-day Biennial Delegates Meeting (BDM) of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), which concluded here on Sunday , elected the union’s new leadership, and reiterated its pledge to continue the struggle for freedom of the Press and expression and for the cause of the journalist community. The new office bearers […]
LAHORE: March 08, 2005: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) will formally launch the short messaging services (SMS) soon as a part of its efforts to diversify its product line. This was stated by CEO, PTCL Junaid I Khan, while addressing the executive committee members of Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Monday. The […]
Waqar Gillani Condemn Dr Shazia, Mukhtar Mai cases, say long road ahead to justice Even though leading human rights activist are divided over whether women’s rights conditions in Pakistan have improved or not, they seem to share one view — provision of women’s rights by the Pakistan state is mere rhetoric. In reference to the […]
Gulmina Bilal One of the opening lines of the movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding is that the man may be the head of the household but the woman is the neck. Wherever the neck turns, the head turns too. “This may be true in some cases and aspects, but one is not too sure […]
LAHORE, March 8, 2005: As the world celebrates International Women’s Day on March 8, a French reporter is being held hostage in Iraq and four others are imprisoned elsewhere. Five women journalists have been killed since March 8, 2004, said Reporters Without Borders, an international organisation of journalists based in France. It paid tribute to […]
LAHORE, March 8, 2005:As the world celebrates International WomenÂ’s Day on March 8, a French reporter is being held hostage in Iraq and four others are imprisoned elsewhere. Five women journalists have been killed since March 8, 2004, said Reporters Without Borders, an international organisation of journalists based in France. It paid tribute to women […]
MULTAN,March 8, 2005 Mukhtaran Mai has demanded of the government not to release the five accused acquitted in the gang-rape case from jail till the filing of a writ petition in the Supreme Court, as she has been receiving threats from them. Mukhtaran Mai, wearing dark brown Shalwar Kamiz with a sheet of cloth on […]
BADIN, March 8,2005: Maqsood Ahmad Chandio, president of the Human Rights and Development Organization, Badin,has expressed disappointment over acquittal of the accused in the Mukhtar Mai case. Talking to journalists here on Sunday, he described this as a challenge to the society. He maintained that the state authority should be fully utilized to check crimes […]
Speaker stops MNAs from raising Mukhtar Mai issue ISLAMABAD,March 08,2005: Women National Assembly (NA) members of the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) on Monday demanded a no-trust motion against Chaudhry Amir Hussain, NA speaker, for his allegedly bad behaviour with them. The women MNAs boycotted NA proceedings after the speaker disallowed them to speak on […]
MULTAN, March 08,2005: Hundreds of women participated in a walk led by Meerwala gang-rape victim Mukhtar Mai here on Monday. The walk was jointly organized by the Pattan Development Organization, the Women Councillors Network and the South Punjab NGOs Forum in connection with the International Women Day. A record number of women came out on […]
MULTAN,March08,2005: Mukhtar Mai and Dr Farzana Bari led a rally from Allama Iqbal Park to Kalma Chowk on Monday. The rally was organised by the Pattan Development Organisation, Khawateen Councillors Network and South Punjab NGOs Forum as well as the Pakistan Democratic Party and the PML-N (Women’s wing). In an emotional speech to the rally […]
KARACHI, March 7: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has expressed concern over continuous increases in the price of newsprint in the international market and urged the government to help the newspaper industry in overcoming the adverse effects of the price rise. Mohammad Aslam Kazi, the secretary-general of the society, said in a statement on Monday […]
QUETTA, March 7,2005: Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti said on Sunday that comments made by President Gen Pervez Musharraf about innocence of an army captain in the Sui rape case had rendered the investigation report meaningless. In a statement issued here, Nawab Bugti said: “We reject the investigation report of the case […]
QUETTA, March 07,2005: Chief of Jamhoori Watan Party Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has said that they do not exÂpect any fair investigation into Dr Shazia case, as the president has already declared the prime suspect of the case “innocent” withogut in volving him (the accused) in the investigation process.In a statement issued here on Sunday, […]
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