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Letter to the editor … Uncensored footage of events at the Srinagar University carried by the media over the last couple of days is an eye-opener for everyone in India, Pakistan and rest of the world. One thing that stands out loud and clear is that no one can now take the people of Kashmir […]


First women’s police centre in Sukkur inaugurated

SUKKUR – MNA Madam Khursheed Afghan inaugrated first woman police center in Sukkur on October 25, for which more than 200 women police officers would be recruited. Talking to newsmen after inaugral ceremony Madam Khursheed Afghan said that the government was trying its utmost for the welfare of women folk in the country and to […]


5 centres for senior citizens to be set up

ISLAMABAD – Minister for Social Welfare, Zobaida Jalal October 25, said a proposal was under-consideration to establish five senior citizen centres in the country to facilitate elderly persons. These centre/clubs have been proposed one each in the federal and provincial capitals, she informed the National Assembly during the question-hour. She said there was also a […]


APNS executive body meeting on Oct 30

KARACHI – “The Executive Committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) will meet on Saturday (October 30), at 2:30 pm at Avari Hotel, Lahore, announced the APNS Secretary General on October 25. The Executive Committee will discuss matters relating to the newspaper industry as well as the government-press relations and applications for provisional accreditation. […]


Malaysian help for IT city sought

ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on October 25, said Pakistan and Malaysia could join hands in the information technology sector and added that Malaysian experts could help Pakistan in developing an IT city in Islamabad. The foreign minister, who is visiting Malaysia, was talking to officials of Cyber Jaya, the flagship of internet […]


Steps taken for women welfare

PESHAWAR – NWFP Senior Minister Sirajul Haq said on October 25, that the provincial government was giving top priority to the promotion of education and taking revolutionary steps in this regard despite financial constraints. Speaking at public gatherings after the inauguration of the Centennial Girls Higher Secondary School and inspection of a polytechnic institute and […]


3rd Annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index

Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières) announces its third annual worldwide index of press freedom. Such freedom is threatened most in East Asia (with North Korea at the bottom of the entire list at 167th place, followed by Burma 165th, China 162nd, Vietnam 161st and Laos 153rd) and the Middle East (Saudi Arabia 159th, Iran […]


Govt fails to get karo-kari bill passed

ISLAMABAD – The government on Monday failed to get a bill seeking to enhance punishment for ‘honour killing’ passed in the National Assembly because it could not maintain quorum. A clause-by-clause reading was completed, though, and only a vote remained to be taken. The bill was piloted by the government to counter a more comprehensive […]


Opposition rejects honour killing bill

ISLAMABAD – The opposition leaders belonging to the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) have rejected the bill on honour killing, tabled by the government on Monday, and condemned the government for “bulldozing” every piece of legislation in parliament. Speaking at a news conference after a boycott of the […]


Pakistani Zara e Ablagh Ka Haftroza Jaiza Vol 2 No 41

Title Pakistani Zara e Ablagh Ka Haftroza Jaiza Vol 2 No 41 Date 10/26/2004 Download ppf newsletter no 41.pdf


Honour killing claims two lives

MINGORA – Honour killing claims two lives on October 25, in the remote Shabaka village of Matta subdivision in Upper Swat. It was reported that Ali Muhammad, son of Dauray, and his cousin, Shamia, daughter of Sher Afzal, were in love but the girl’s father was not ready to marry his daughter to his nephew. […]


Police advisory on cell phone safety

KARACHI – Sindh police have informed mobile phone users to preserve a 15-digit special number in their cell phones, which can be ascertained by dialling *#06#, to check cell phone theft or snatching. In case of loss, theft or snatching of any mobile set, a user can make his/her phone inoperative by giving the said […]


Mobile set: users reminded of special number

KARACHI – Sindh police, for the awareness of mobile phone users, have informed that there is a 15-digit special number in the mobile phones which can be ascertained by dialling No 06. This number should be preserved by the mobile users as in case of loss, theft or snatching of their mobile set, they can […]


PEMRA to grant 10 new licences

ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) will grant 10 new licences to satellite television channels and FM radio stations after Ramazan. PEMRA had adopted a transparent system of awarding the licences and the authority had conducted three public hearings in Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar to grant licences, said an official on October […]