KARACHI – Dr Hafeez Shaikh, Federal Minister for Privatisation, said that though the women of Pakistan had been able to make it to the portals of the legislature, there still was a long way to go and lots of work was needed to compete with the other half of the world. He was addressing the […]
KARACHI – Federal Minister for Privatisation and investment Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh gave away the ‘Woman of the Year Award’ to the President of First Women Bank (FWB), Ms Zarin Aziz in the ‘Ladies Forum’ glorious function here on October8. The ceremony was organised by ‘Ladies Forum’ and a large number of women relating to […]
KARACHI – Federal Privitization and Investment Minsiter Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has said that it is high time that women are provided equal opportunities in every field so that they could also play their due role in progress of the country. He was speaking at a function organized by the Ladies Forum to give awards […]
PESHAWAR – The Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (Pemra) has failed to keep a check on cable TV operators who are not only showing banned satellite channels and obscene programmes but also anti-Pakistan films produced in a neighbouring country. Pemra, established about two years ago, has given a free hand to the cable operators, particularly […]
KARACHI – Adviser to the prime minister on women development, Social Welfare and Special Education Nilofar Bakhtiar said on October 7, that women enclosures will be established in Ramazan Bachat Bazaars to facilitate the womenfolk. The advisor said this while visiting the Sindh Women Development Department here. She said problems confronting the women, especially those […]
SRINAGAR – Angry Pakistani journalists had difficulty in restraining themselves in a meeting with Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front leader Yasin Malik, when abuses, insinuations and questions marks on their credibility were thrown. “You are prisoners in the valley and are only meeting those people that New Delhi wants you to meet. You have come with […]
KARACHI – Adviser to the prime minister on women development, Social Welfare and Special Education Nilofar Bakhtiar said on October 7, that women enclosures will be established in Ramazan Bachat Bazaars to facilitate the womenfolk. The advisor said this while visiting the Sindh Women Development Department here. She said problems confronting the women, especially those […]
ISLAMABAD – The National Assembly Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights on Thursday approved a bill aimed at preventing crimes being committed in the name of Karo Kari (honour killing), Siya Kari and other stereotype social customs. The committee met here with MNA Rai Mansab Ali Khan in the chair. The government laid […]
PESHAWAR – The North West Frontier Province assembly called on Thursday for a ban on cinemas and cable television during the holy month of Ramazan, officials said. The call came in a resolution passed by the provincial assembly with a majority vote around a week before the start of the fasting month. “This assembly recommends […]
ISLAMABAD – The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved three projects worth Rs326 million for setting up of two women colleges and introduction of computer literacy in the capital territory, official sources at Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) told Dawn. An amount of Rs166 million has been approved for establishing state-of-the-art computer laboratories at […]
MULTAN – The human rights organisations, NGOs, women organisations from all over the country would stage a demonstration in front of Parliament House on October 8 at 10.00 am. “We have planned with the consent of all human rights organisations, NGOs to stage a demonstration in front of parliament against the honour-killing, ending the discriminatory […]
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 […]
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