PESHAWAR – About 649 cases have been registered across the country under the law dealing with human trafficking. In 22 of these cases the accused persons were convicted by trial courts over the past two years. NWFP Law Department Additional Secretary Fida Hussain Afridi said at a seminar on November 23, that the Prevention of […]
KARACHI – The Reporters Without Borders is holding a day of support for journalists around the world, who have been thrown in prison for trying to keep us informed, on Wednesday (November 24). It also presents the latest of its books of photographs, this one devoted to the work of Frenchman Jean Dieuzaide, said a […]
KARACHI – Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan has said that there was total freedom of press in Pakistan. Talking to the visiting Chinese Vice-Minister of Information, Wang Gounge, who met the governor with a six-member delegation on November 22, night. The Advisor to Chief Minister on Information, Salahuddin Hyder, Secretary Information Mehtab Akbar Rashdi, […]
Letter to the editor… Recently, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed stated that the government believed in “100 per cent” freedom of the press and the media. If his claim is accurate, how does he justify the existence of his ministry? Or, is the minister and his entire staff getting paid for doing nothing? Siddique Malik […]
SUKKUR – Kandhra police have arrested two out of four suspects booked in the murder case of Gaji Jaskani, 50, who was axed to death some two days back on the pretext of Karo-Kari, in village Khan Muhammad near Kandhra. Ghulam Murtaza, the son of the slain, lodged an FIR at the Kandhra police station […]
ISLAMABAD – Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on November 22, said the media enjoyed full liberty in the country and at the same time, it was duty bound to be cautious while reporting sensitive issues. “The electronic channels need to be cautious and vigilant while reporting the sensitive issues as any misreporting […]
QUETTA – PML leader Rehana Yahya has said that her party will encourage women to join police department and serve the womenfolk. In her first press conference held at the press club on November 21, after her election as president of PML’s provincial women wing, she said that the womenfolk would get benefit from prime […]
QUETTA – PML leader Rehana Yahya has said that her party will encourage women to join police department and serve the womenfolk. In her first press conference held at the press club on November 21, after her election as president of PML’s provincial women wing, she said that the womenfolk would get benefit from prime […]
SUKKUR – Two persons, including a married woman, were gunned down over the pretext of Karo-Kari in the Kutcha area of Ghelpur police station jurisdiction near Kashmore on November 21. Ali Nawaz suspected that his wife Shahnaz Shar had illicit relations with one Muhkam Suhriani. On November 21, he saw them in objectionable condition and […]
LAHORE – Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Chairperson Tahir Muhammad Khan and Secretary-General Hina Jilani said on November 20, that the increased blatancy with which the honor killings were being committed had proved that society was reverting to the worst kind of tribal medievalism. Condemning the brutal gunning down of a young couple for marrying […]
LAHORE – Freedom of expression is definitely one of the victims of 9/11 and journalists can only defend press freedom by holding to fundamental principles of their craft, one of them being the recognition to work together. This was a consensus among speakers at the second session of the South Asian Free Media Association’s (SAFMA) […]
ISLAMABAD – The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on November 19, decided to extend the scope of ban on advertisements of smoking and tobacco to all the private electronic channels. “Ban on smoking and tobacco advertisements through PTV will not only continue to be intact but it is being extended to the private […]
LAHORE – Women are an integral part of our society and keeping in view their importance the present government has given them effective representation in the elected institutions for providing them an opportunity to solve their problems by themselves. Punjab Health Minister Dr Tahir Ali Javaid expressed these views while talking to a delegation of […]
SUKKUR – Police are investigating two separate incidents of humiliating and torturing a woman and a minor girl after registering cases against accused on November 17. Salma Baloch, a resident of Nusrat Bhutto Colony, Karachi, went to Naushahro Feroze to the in-laws of her son to demand return of Rs3,000 which she had given to […]
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