KARACHI ,February 07 2005: The investment policy of the Pakistani government has created a sense of stability and would help attract foreign investors. These views were expressed by the visiting delegation from the Development and Regeneration Services, Glasgow City Council, Britain, George Paterson in an exclusive interview with Business Recorder on the sidelines of a […]
KARACHI, February 07,2005:The Mithadar police late on Saturday registered a case of violating the Official Secrets Act against Afzal Nadeem, senior reporter of the Daily Awam. The FIR was lodged under section 3/5 of the Act for publishing a news item based upon a letter of the National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) of the Federal […]
Two journalists were shot dead and another received serious bullet wound when unidentified armed persons opened fire at their vehicle on February 7 in South Waziristan Agency (WANA) in Pakistan. One of the journalist killed was Allah Noor Wazir, correspondent of English language daily The Nation, Lahore, and Pashto language AVT Khyber Television. “He was […]
KARACHI, February 07,2005:The Mithadar police late on Saturday registered a case of violating the Official Secrets Act against Afzal Nadeem, senior reporter of the Daily Awam. The FIR was lodged under section 3/5 of the Act for publishing a news item based upon a letter of the National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) of the Federal […]
KARACHI ,February 06,2005: Senior journalist and Editor (editorial) in daily Jang, Nizam Siddiqui passed away on Saturday at a local hospital after protracted illness. He was laid to rest at Paposhnagar graveyard. Nizam Siddiqui, 68, was affiliated with various newspapers and Radio Pakistan for a long period. He also served in Chinese news agency and […]
ISLAMABAD,February 06,2005: Violence against children is rapidly increasing in Pakistan and one clear example of this phenomenon is that since January 2004, 1,684 different cases of physical and sexual violence have been reported in the print media. The data showed that out of total 1,684 cases, 694 cases of child murdered including boys and girls, […]
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 […]
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