ISLAMABAD, February 19, 2005:The Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) on Friday informed the National Assembly Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources that suspects in the Sui lady doctor assault case had been arrested and would be sent to Karachi for identification by the victim. The committee was told that the tribunal inquiring into the incident […]
KARACHI, February 21,2005:The joint fact-finding team of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and Aurat Foundation has disputed the claims by the Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) with regard to alleged rape of Dr Shazia at the PPL’s compound at Sui gas plant in Balochistan. In a statement issued here on Friday, Ms Asma Jehangir […]
KARACHI, February 19,2005: A 15-member delegation of IT and IT-Enabled Services companies signed a couple of agreements with Indian companies during their recent nine-day visit to Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore. This was announced by the president of the Pakistan Software Houses Association, Jehan Ara, at a press conference on February 18. She said that during […]
MULTAN,February 18,2005: Four rapists would be hanged on Tuesday (March 1) in the District Jail Faisalabad, who had outraged the modesty of a Christian girl in Chak Jhumra near Multan. The court has issued their death warrants for March 1. Their relatives would meet them on February 28 in the prison. The Jail authorities said […]
RAWALPINDI, February 17, 2005:A girl was abducted by her lover in the jurisdiction of Police Station Civil Line other day. Menual Sardar, father of kidnapped girl, while lodging FIR told the police that alleged accused, Afzal Massieh, had illegal relations with her daughter. On the other day when he was not present at home, the […]
KARACHI, February 15,2005: Gen Pervez Musharraf has been asked to withdraw the decision to reduce the number of councillors at union council level and the reserved seats for women and workers. This has been stressed in an open letter endorsed by participants of a seminar and protest rally organized by the Pakistan Institute for Labour […]
ISLAMABAD, February 17,2005 A delegation of European Commission to Pakistan on February 16 allocated 461,648 Euro to 5 local NGOs of Pakistan under its European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) micro-projects programme. The Head of the delegation of the European Commission, Ambassador Ilkka Uusitalo, announcing the award said, “ European Union strongly believes […]
KARACHI, February 17 2005: The SINDH governMent has approved WoMen CoMplaint Cells for aid to woMen in distress project worth rs 9 Million. These cells would be established in four districts, Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Larkana in the first phase, while in the second phase, the network of these cells would be expanded to all […]
ISLAMABAD,February 14,2005:Tumhi qatal karo, tum hi muddai tthehro (you are the one who does the killing, you are the one with the complaint), recited Kishwar Naheed, on Saturday, in a meeting held in Islamabad to commemorate the protest march against the Hudood ordinance by women activists in Lahore, 22 years ago on February 12, 1983. […]
LAHORE, February 14 2005: Human rights activists have demanded immediate arrest of the army captain allegedly involved in Dr Shazia rape case and thorough investigation of the case. They made this demand during a protest rally, which was organised by joint action committee (JAC). Human rights activists from all over Pakistan including Asma Jahangir, Hina […]
Title Pakistani Zara e Ablagh Ka Haftroza Jaiza Vol 3 No 7 Date 2/14/2005 Download ppf newsletter no 07.pdf
MULTAN,February 13,2005: Scores of women councillors observed token hunger strike here on Saturday to protest against the proposed reduction in the seats reserved for women, labourers and pheasants in the local bodies. The hunger strike camp was organized in front of the Multan Press Club jointly by the Women Councillors Network and Pattan development organization. […]
The prime minister has statedly changed his media aides. The reason: according to a press report, he was unhappy with the outgoing team for not telling the people effectively what he was doing for them. But the people need no telling. Their personal experiences, not official press releases, are their guide. And those are palpably […]
ISLAMABAD, February 12,2005: Women rights activists here on Saturday expressed their concern over what they said the increasing incidents of violence against women, and called for their equal rights in society. They were speaking at a meeting organized to recall the police action against a group of women activists demonstrating in front of the Lahore […]
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