ISLAMABAD,March 06 ,2005: Mukhtaran Mai, the 30-year old victim of the gang-rape on orders of a tribal chief in remote Meerwala village of Punjab, Saturday said she would move Supreme Court against the acquittal of five of the six accused by a Lahore High Court bench. The LHC bench Thursday commuted death sentence to the […]
ISLAMABAD, March 05,2005: On average three children were sexually abused daily during the year 2004, a report launched by an NGO said. The report titled “Cruel Numbers” presents statistics based on cases reported in 27 newspapers last year. It said as many as 1,549 cases of child sexual abuse were reported in national dailies. However, […]
ISLAMABAD, March 6,2005: Information and Broadcasting Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Saturday said that the government would file an appeal in the Supreme Court in the Mukhtaran Mai case. Talking to reporters at the PML House, the minister said the decision to file the appeal against the Lahore High Court’s verdict had been taken at […]
KARACHI, March 05,2005: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that the government fully believes in the freedom of press and print and electronic media enjoys full independence. He, however, stressed that it was responsibility of media people to do correct and impartial reporting and perform their duties with honesty. The chief minister […]
PESHAWAR, March 4, 2005: Radio Pakistan Peshawar Centre has arranged a number of programmes to celebrate its 70th anniversary on Sunday. This was stated by Station Director Ghulam Abbasi while talking to journalists here on Friday. Source: Dawn Date:3/5/2005
GILGIT, March 5,2005: A home-made bomb was lobbed on Thursday night into the house of Gilgit Press Club president Khurshid Ahmed. Mr Ahmed, who is working as bureau chief of an Islamabad-based Urdu daily, said the bomb had been hurled into his house located only about 20 meters from the City Police station to harass […]
ISLAMABAD, March 05, 2005: The Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) have already been amended to deal with honour killing cases and there is no need to amend the existing law further, said Law and Justice Minister Wasi Zafar. In a statement on Friday, the minister clarified the position with regard to […]
MULTAN, March 5,2005: Rights activists staged protest demonstrations here on Friday against the acquittal of five of the six convicts in the ‘Mukhtar Mai gang-rape case.’ Awaz Foundation and South Punjab NGOs Forum organized demonstrations outside the press club. Talking to newsmen, Awaz Foundation’s Ziaur Rehman said the nexus between state and the feudal class […]
MULTAN, March 4, 2005: A division bench of the Lahore High Court here acquitted five convicts who had been sentenced to death for allegedly ordering a woman gang-raped as punishment for her brother’s alleged illicit sex with a woman besides reducing the death sentence of the prime accused to life in prison after the proceedings […]
QUETTA, March 3, 2005: A judicial tribunal investigating the Sui sexual assault on a lady doctor recorded on Thursday the statement of the district Nazim of Dera Bugti, Mr Kazim Bugti. The tribunal of justice Ahmed Khan Lashari has now completed the process of recording the statements of all people relevant to the case.The tribunal […]
ISLAMABAD, March 3, 2005: People paid Rs738.8 million in the last six months of 2004 as television licence fee along with their electricity bills, record put before the National Assembly on Thursday revealed. Comparative revenue figures of the Shalimar Television Network (STN) and PTV showed that without getting any subsidy from the government or having […]
ISLAMABAD, March 03,2005: The government on Wednesday offered to consider a new private bill against honour killing during a fiery but confused debate in the National Assembly that saw conservatives and liberals crossing swords across party lines for the second day running. A prolonged discussion through several points of orders revived a controversy over the […]
ISLAMABAD, March 03,2005: The Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a US company to help the country’s software sector compete in the global IT market, says an official statement. “The MoU is an effort to establish a strategic collaboration and roadmap on advancing application development and business in […]
KARACHI, March 02,2005:The executive committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society has decided to hold its extraordinary general council and annual general council meetings in Karachi on March 17. The decision was taken at a meeting of the executive committee held in Islamabad under the chairmanship of APNS president Arif Nizami. A press release says […]
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