Pakistani journalist Munawar Mohsin Ali who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for blasphemy was acquitted on November 11, by the Peshawar High Court in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. A two-member bench accepted the criminal appeal of Munawar Mohsin Ali, sub-editor of The Frontier Post daily, and set aside the conviction. Mr […]
LAHORE – The management of FM-103 (Mast radio) has demanded of the government to immediately restore the services of the radio, and also withdraw cases registered against the officials of this radio. While addressing a press conference in Lahore on November 13, Shafqat Ullah Station Manager FM-103 radio Lahore alleged that some government officials are […]
FM 103, a private FM radio station in Lahore, the capital of the central province of Punjab in Pakistan had to suspend its transmission after police took control of its premises on the evening of November 12. Press reports quoting senior police official said orders to take action against the radio station came from higher […]
QUETTA – The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Balochistan chapter, has criticized the civil administration for its failure to recover a woman belonging to the minority community who had been kidnapped more than a month ago. Speaking at a press conference in Quetta on November 12, Malik Zahoor Shahwani advocate, vice-chairman of HRCP Balochistan, […]
ISLAMABAD – Science and Technology Minister Chaudhry Nauraiz Shakoor on November 11, urged the women to occupy due place in society, as they were capable of achieving all types of milestones in education, social and political spheres. “Women have already started proving their worth in our country with a sizable number excelling in all fields, […]
ISLAMABAD – Science and Technology Minister Chaudhry Nauraiz Shakoor on November 11, urged the women to occupy due place in society, as they were capable of achieving all types of milestones in education, social and political spheres. “Women have already started proving their worth in our country with a sizable number excelling in all fields, […]
KARACHI – Obesity, attributed as the major contributory factor for all Diabetes Type Two cases in Pakistan, is itself assuming alarming proportions among the local youth due to sedentary life style and unhealthy dietary pattern. Speakers addressing a workshop “Fight Obesity and Prevent Diabetes”, held under the aegis of Pakistan Press Foundation in Karachi on […]
ISLAMABAD – President Pervez Musharraf said on November 11, that the press was enjoying real freedom and there was no pressure whatsoever from the government on the press. “Real freedom has been granted to the press in Pakistan. There is no pressure on it from the government,” he told the additional secretary in charge of […]
FAISALABAD – A girl was allegedly poisoned to death by her in-laws at Ghulam Muhammad bad on Wednesday. Sajida Bibi married Ramzan eight months ago. However, Ramzan’s parents allegedly often treated her harshly. The girl died mysteriously on Wednesday. He parents claimed that she I was poisoned by her in-laws. However, Ramzan’s family denied it, […]
KARACHI – The son of Baseer Naveed, a senior journalist, former chairman of All-Pakistan Newspapers Employees’ Confederation (APNEC), a prominent Human Rights activist, and social worker, was found murdered within the Ferozabad police jurisdiction on November 10. According to reports, the body of Faraz Baseer, 23, a student of the Karachi University Philosophy Department and […]
PESHAWAR – An alleged rapist who later set the house of the rape victim on fire in a village of Charsadda district is still at large despite public outcry. The 20-year-old victim and her mother, who are now living with their relative, have urged the government to provide security to them. The victim told Dawn […]
JACOBABAD – A man and a woman were killed after being dubbed as karo and kari in Mir Hassan Khoso village of Jaafarabad district in Balochistan on November 10. Punhoo Rind had come to Abdul Hakim as a guest where the host with his accomplices Qalandar Bux Rind and Wali Mohammad Rind allegedly shot him […]
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation of journalists representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, has today backed its affiliate in Pakistan, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), in their condemnation of the arrest of two journalists in Lahore, Pakistan on Monday, November 8. Journalist and well-known Urdu poet Farhat Abbas Shah and […]
KARACHI – Around 64 women lodged in four government-run Darul Amans (shelter homes) in Sindh are waiting since long for court verdicts to decide their fates, as the right activists claim that these inmates were not being treated well by the staff concerned. In majority of the cases, the women had to leave their homes […]
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