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Army implicated for politics: ISPR

ISLAMABAD,January 15,2005:Army personnel are being implicated in the gang rape of woman doctor at Sui for political gains, said ISPR spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan on January 14. The Alliance for Restoration of democracy (ARD) had alleged that five army personnel including an army officer gang-raped the woman doctor. Talking to BBC, Mr Sultan said: […]


Man kills wife over karo-kari

NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, January 15,2005: A man killed his wife on the pretext of karo-kari in Kirir Khoso village near Moro on January 13 night. Suhbat Khoso hit the head of his wife, Hajran alias Daahi, with a stick and then strangulated her in their house. The Moro police, on the complaint of Jafar Khan, have […]


Rashid for finding a via media to end wage award row

KARACHI January 15,2005: The Federal Information Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmed has asked the newspaper owners and the working journalists to find out a via media for the resolution of Wage Board Award controversy. He was speaking at the inauguration of the press freedom monitoring desk set up by the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) […]


Newspaper employers, journalists’ bodies should amicably solve problems’

KARACHI,January 15,2005:Federal Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that the problems being faced by working journalists,editors and employers of newspaper establishments must be solved amicably, and the representatives of all the parties concerned, including CPNE, APNS and working journalists’ bodies, must put their hands together in this regard. The government would extend its full […]


Rashid for finding a via media to end wage award row

KARACHI, January 15 2005: The Federal Information Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmed has asked the newspaper owners and the working journalists to find out a via media for the resolution of Wage Board Award controversy. He was speaking at the inauguration of the press freedom monitoring desk set up by the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors […]


APNS seeks Prime Minister’s intervention against ITNE chief’s action

KARACHI,January 15,2005:The APNS has sought the intervention of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz against vindictive actions of Chairman, ITNE, a spokesman of the Society, said on January 11. According the Executive Committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society at its meeting, held in Karachi under the chairmanship of its President Arif Nizami, expressed its dismay over […]


Statement of lady doctor recorded

QUETTA, January 25,2005: A judicial tribunal recorded in Karachi on Monday the statement of a lady doctor who had been reportedly assaulted in Sui and set Jan 27 as the next date of proceeding which would be held in Quetta. The lady doctor did not appear before the tribunal, headed by Justice Ahmed Khan Lashari, […]


Nine journalists injured in mob attack

Ten persons, including nine journalists, were injured on January 14 when activists of a sectarian religious organization attacked the Lahore Press Club (LPC) in the capital city of Punjab province in Pakistan. The attackers threw stones and bricks smashing cars parked inside the club as well as window panes of the building. Activists of the […]


Unrecognised IT institutes, cyber cafes to be shut down

KARACHI, January 14,2005: Provincial Minister for Information Technology Syed Mustafa Kamal stated on Thursday that unrecognised IT institutes and cyber cafes all over Karachi would be closed within three months. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the computer training and literacy centre for blinds organised by Ko-ordination Group (KRG) and Pakistan Association of Blinds (PAB), […]


Case registered against five: Torture of maid, others

LAHORE, January 13,2005 : Police on Thursday registered a case against five people, who had allegedly tortured a maid and three other members of her family. However, a police source said the victims were tortured by the police after they were picked up five days ago on desire of the five people against whom the […]


Woman seeks protection against husband

LAHORE,January 13,2005: Ms Shaheena Qazi, the daughter of late Gen Shamim Alam and the wife of Maj Aamer Qazi, has approached the Lahore High Court with the request that a criminal case be registered against her husband who , she alleged, wanted to kill her to take control of her property worth about Rs1.5 billion. […]


Women’s centre opens in Peshawar

PESHAWAR,January 13,2005 Begum Shamim Iftikhar, NWFP governor’s wife, inaugurated a women skills development centre at Dara Adamkhel Bazaar, on January 11. Addressing the gathering, she said the Fauji Foundation and army centres would be asked to arrange exhibition of locally made garments and other articles at the centre. Following the complition of courses, each female […]


Burn victim reiterates allegations

KARACHI: January 13,2005: Asiya reiterated her allegations that she was raped four to five times by Yaseen Bawani, son of a local businessman before Judicial Magistrate (East) Sadaf Asif who visited critically injured Asiya and recorded her statement and also conducted cross-examination, on Wednesday. However, when the defence counsel asked whether the accused Yaseen set […]


Accused arrested, body of victim recovered

KARACHI: January 13,2005: The Mominabad police have nabbed two killers of a minor girl and on their disclosure, the body of a girl was recovered stuffed into a gunny bag in Faqeer Colony vicinity, Sector 10, Orangi Town, late on Tuesday night. According to details, Palwashay, nine-year-old daughter of Khudadad, a Biryani seller and a […]