PESHAWAR – NWFP Minister of Information and Public Relations Asif Iqbal Daudzai directed the information department on Thursday to upgrade their official website so that media people could have easy accesss to latest information. The minister issued the directive at a high-level meeting held here at the information department. He presided over the meeting. He […]
KARACHI – The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on December 09,expressed concern on jirga system in Sindh and said it continues to weaken the judicial system and the democratic set-up. In a press release issued on the eve of Human Rights Day, which -falls on Dec 10, the HRCP said the chief minister of […]
KARACHI – Although Pakistan has signed almost all the international conventions and treaties relating to human rights, the situation in the country is far from being ideal. This was observed by speakers at a seminar on Human Rights and Education organized in Karachi on December 9, jointly by the United Nations System in Pakistan and […]
KARACHI – Speakers at a seminar lauded the role of media in highlighting local issues, especially facing people of rural areas, and stressed it should now focus on wrong doings and abuse of resources by elite class in urban areas. The seminar on “Role of media as human rights educators” was organized by the Pakistan […]
LAHORE – Unicef on December 09 launched its annual report on state of the world’s children for 2005 which revealed that over half of them were being robbed of their childhood by poverty, armed conflicts and AIDS. The report titled, Childhood under threat, says the three factors undermine childhood and have devastating implications on the […]
KARACHI – Social activist Jimmy Engineer disclosed in Karachi on December 09 that 25-30 children are lanÂguishing in jails, as they cannot pay the fine imposed on them by courts, despite the fact that they have completed their tenns. He said the fine ranges between Rs 25,000 to Rs 200,000. He made the disclosure when […]
ISLAMABAD – Over half of the world’s children population, which is over one billion, is being robbed of their childhood by conflict, Aids and poverty. This has been stated in the annual “State of the World’s Children (SOWC) Report for 2005” issued by the Unicef. The report, “Childhood Under Threat” details how over 1 billion […]
ISLAMABAD – More than 30 million people in Pakistan are living below poverty line and earn less than Rs670 per month, former federal minister Dr Attiya Inayatullah said. She was speaking to a group of development experts at an international workshop organized by Plan Pakistan in connection with child rights strategic planning in Pakistan. Ms […]
QUETTA – Participants in a meeting demanded that the government respected the rights of women enshrined in the United Nations charter. The demand was made at a function on the International Day of Human Rights that was jointly organized by Quetta Press Club, the UNHCR and the Aurat Foundation. Younus Khalid of the Aurat Foundation, […]
Title Pakistani Zara e Ablagh Ka Haftroza Jaiza Vol 2 No 45 Date 12/10/2004 Download ppf newsletter no 45.pdf
LAHORE – The Lahore High Court Bar Association on December 8, condemned the Civil Secretariat police for physically assaulting senior journalist Zaheer Mahmood Siddiqui on November 30 and demanded a judicial inquiry into the “ghastly” incident. In a press statement, bar president Ahmad Awais, vice-president Syed Zulfiqar Ali Bokhari, secretary Azam Nazir Tarar and finance […]
KARACHI – “The 17th APNS Award Ceremony will be held on December 13, 2004 at Islamabad wherein awards will be distributed among the winners of journalist and advertising awards, an announcement said in Karachi on December 8. The ceremony will be attended by the publishers, editors, prominent media practitioners, advertising agencies and distinguished personalities from […]
KARACHI – Mr Salim Yazdani, former broadcaster and a columnist at an Urdu daily, presented his collection of published columns titled ‘Before 9/11 and after’ at the Pakistan Arts Council on December 09. Gen (retd) Abdul Qadir Baloch, former Governor of Balochistan, presided over the launching ceremony. It was addressed by Mobin Mirza, Yawar Mehdi, […]
LAHORE – The Lahore High Court on December 8, observed that the right of women to a choice home was not lost even after marriage as it was a fundamental right enshrined in the constitution. Linking matrimonial life with basic human rights, Justice Omar A Bandial summoned Mohammad Arif of Bhalwal tehsil, Sargodha, along with […]
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