PESHAWAR,February 06,2005:The NWFP Minister for Social Welfare and Women Development Kashif Azam and MPA Javed Khan called on Begum Shamim Iftikhar, wife of the NWFP Governor at Governor’s House here on Saturday. They discussed maters pertaining to the social welfare and women development activities in the province. The Minister and MPA appreciated the efforts and […]
KARACHI,February 05,2005: President Pervez Musharraf has given a sum of Rs100 million for a fund created by the federal women development ministry for social uplift and economic empowerment of rural women. This was disclosed at the Beijing Plus 10 Consultative Conference, jointly organized by Sindh government and Sindh-based non-governmental organization here on Friday. Addressing the […]
ISLAMABAD, February 04,2005: Despite official commitments to check “honour killing, domestic violence and other crimes against women” the ground realities for most women are different. On the contrary, an increased number of women faced violence or threat of violence, and the authorities failed to provide them protection. This is a stark reality presented in the […]
KARACHI, February 02,2005: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority on Tuesday allowed the Mass Communication Department of Karachi University to establish its own FM Radio Station for “education and entertainment” purposes. However, this channel would solely be used for educational purposes like training for preparation of radio programmes such as interviews, dramas, advertisements but it […]
ISLAMABAD, February 01,2005: A premier independent human rights body has painted a dismal picture of human rights situation in Pakistan during last year and called for government steps and people’s participation in decision-making to improve it. It also expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation, rise in sectarian violence and violation of basic […]
KARACHI, February 01,2005: Senior journalist and the city’s leading crime reporter Ghulam Ali Khoja died on Tuesday night after protracted illness. He was 65. His funeral prayers will be held at Bara Imambargah, near the Khoja Masjid in Kharadar, after Zuhar prayer on Wednesday and he will be buried in the Hussaini Bagh No. 2, […]
ISLAMABAD,February 02,2005: The Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) on Tuesday conceded before the Senate Committee that a lady doctor was molested in Sui hospital. PPL Managing-Director SM Raza gave a detailed presentation on the situation in Sui to the Senate Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources held under the chairmanship of Senator Syed Dilawar Abbas. […]
ISLAMABAD, February 02 2005: A report on the state of human rights in Pakistan during the last year described the period as of “sectarian madness” and said it had more victims of religious terrorism to mourn than any other year in the past. The sectarian violence across the country increased with some of the worse […]
KARACHI,February 01,2005: Microsoft company will launch Urdu office and windows to involve maximum people in the information technology (IT) sector, but the company expressed extreme disappointment that the computerisation in government sector was still below one percent. Country manager Microsoft Jawwad Rehman told Business Recorder on Monday that despite continues effort by the high-ups in […]
KARACHI, February 01,2005: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has condemned the Friday night attack on the offices of Jang and Geo Television, terming it an assault on freedom of the press. APNS general secretary Muhammad Aslam Kazi, in a statement issued here on Monday, expressed concern over what he called the revived phenomenon of […]
ISLAMABAD ,February 1, 2005: The government on Monday held out an assurance that attacking media offices was neither its policy and nor was it behind the heinous and uncalled for armed attack on the Jang Group of Newspapers and the offices of Geo television in Karachi. It is condemnable and tolerance has to be promoted […]
Title Pakistani Zara e Ablagh Ka Haftroza Jaiza Vol 3 No 5 Date 2/1/2005 Download ppf newsletter no 05.pdf
Karachi, February 01,2005 :United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Organisation is fully committed to promoting freedom of expression throughout the world. This was stated by Jocelyne Josiah, Unesco Regional Communication Adviser for Asia at concluding session of press freedom monitoring workshop organised by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in Karachi. Ms. Josiah said those striving to […]
KARACHI, January 31,2005:or Women Development Dr Saeeda Malik has said, while talking to a group of women belonging to different strata of society here on Sunday, that her ministry has prepared a ‘Gender Reform Action Plan (GRAP)Â’ aimed at ameliorating the lot of the women and empowering them in every walk of life. Dr Saeeda […]
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