LAHORE – The government should lift curbs on mediamen’s visit to Wana and Waziristan so that the people could know what was actually happening there. Human Rights Commission of Pakistan director I. A. Rehman said at a seminar in Lahore on October 5, that the press did not enjoy as much freedom as claimed by […]
OCCUPIED JAMMU – A delegation of Pakistani journalists on Monday visited camps housing Hindu migrants who fled Muslim-dominated regions of occupied Kashmir soon after the start of an Islamic insurgency 15 years ago. The 15-member group arrived on Sunday through the Wagah border post in India’s Punjab state before going on to occupied Kashmir. India […]
QUETTA – The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Balochistan Chapter, has urged the government to take measures to end honour killings and molestation of girls in the province. The monthly meeting of the commission held in Quetta on October 4, under the chairmanship of Tahir Mohammad Khan, observed that during the last few months […]
KHAIRPUR – A young man killed his stepmother here on Monday in village Jarro Khoh, Khairpur, on the pretext of Karo-Kari. Ali Gul Kalihoro killed his stepmother, Mst Irshad Begum, 25, and surrendered himself to police. He said he was suspicious that his stepmother had illicit relations with a person.Separately, a girl student was wounded […]
KARACHI – Begum Amna Majid Malik, an educationist, philanthropist, and the founder of the PECHS schools and college, passed away at the age of 91 on Tuesday after a brief illness. She was under treatment at a local hospital. She was buried at the army graveyard, CSD, on Monday, after Zohr prayers. She is survived […]
LANDI KOTAL – Khyber Agency MNA Allama Noorul Haq Qadri inaugurated the press club here on Sunday. The one-room club has been set up in a commercial building in the Landi Kotal bazaar. Local journalists would bear its expenses. Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah while inaugurating the Mohmand Press Club at Ghalanai early this year […]
DEMOCRACY FELLOWSHIPS The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) invites applications to its Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program. Established in 2001 to enable activists, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change, the fellowship program is based at NED’s International Forum for Democratic Studies, […]
ISLAMABAD – A two-year-old girl is among the many tribal people serving jail terms in NWFP under the Draconian Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR), Interior Ministry records show. Zarmeena, daughter of Qadir Jan, was arrested on April 5 on the charge of violating Section 40 of the FCR. She was convicted the same day and transported […]
WAGAH – A 15-member delegation of Pakistani journalists arrived on Sunday in India from across the Wagah border to embark on an unprecedented visit to occupied Kashmir. “This is first time in 57 years, since India and Pakistan gained independence from Britain, that the two governments have been able to agree to such a visit […]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on October 9, expressed readiness to extend all cooperation to Bangladesh in media development. “We are ready to extend every possible cooperation to our brotherly country,” said Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed while talking to a four-member media delegation from Bangladesh. He said Pakistan and Bangladesh enjoyed cordial relations. “We need to […]
By Omar R. Quraishi Participants at a seminar in Karachi the other day discussed curriculum issues in Pakistan, and very rightly, recommended that the portrayal of women in textbooks needed to be changed. As it is, very few female personalities from history are mentioned in the Urdu, English or Pakistan Studies textbooks. Even those who […]
KARACHI – Speakers at a seminar on ‘Education for Socio-economic Empowerment of Women’ here on Saturday called for creating awareness about the importance of education and IT knowledge among women. The seminar was organised by Education Forum of All Pakistan Women’s Association (Apwa). Z A Nizami, Chancellor of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology […]
KARACHI – Speakers at a seminar on ‘Education for Socio-economic Empowerment of Women’ here on Saturday called for creating awareness about the importance of education and IT knowledge among women. The seminar was organised by Education Forum of All Pakistan Women’s Association (Apwa). Z A Nizami, Chancellor of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology […]
LAHORE – Provision of healthcare facilities was at the top priority of the Punjab Chief Minister’s agenda and he was paying special attention regarding healthcare facilities and the rights of women. Punjab Health Minister Dr Tahir Ali Javed expressed these views while addressing a meeting regarding women and child health here on Saturday which was […]
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