KARACHI: The Government of Sindh has failed to take any measures as regards problems confronted by women, with special reference to Human Rights violation such as domestic violence and Karo-Kari. The matter was taken up in the last Sindh Assembly session and PPP MPA Mehreen Razzak Bhutto raised a question on the floor of the […]
ISLAMABAD: Some 300 Afghan women protestors here on April 27 urged President Hamid Karzai not to rely on warlords, with notorious records of human rights abuses, for rebuilding the war-ravaged country. “Compromising and dealing with the (anti-Taliban) Northern Alliance is not going to bear any fruit for anyone, including Karzai,” the Revolutionary Association of Afghan […]
KARACHI – The Sindh government, with the approval of the competent authority, has constituted a violence against women committee consisting of the following members: The minister for women development will be chief patron / chairperson and secretary women development Sindh will be member/secretary while secretary home department, IGP Sindh, director women development Sindh, Member Sindh […]
KHAIRPUR – A man, killed his daughter in Abbas Narejo village, Kingri taluka, on pretext of Karo-Kari, on April 26. The girl, Laila, was cooking meal for her family when she was attacked by her father. Source: Dawn Date:4/28/2004
LAHORE – The Pakistan film industry has threatened a countrywide indefinite strike from May 6 if the government does not accept its demands. In a five-point charter of demands presented on April 27, it asked the government to explain its policy on the exchange of feature films between Pakistan and India, an issue which has […]
KARACHI – The Government of Sindh with the approval of the competent authority has constituted a “Women & Health Committee” consisting of the following members and terms of reference. The Minister for Women Development Sindh will be Chief Patron / Chairperson and Secretary Women Development Sindh will be Member / Secretary, while Secretary Health Department […]
LAHORE – Punjab Information Technology Minister, Abdul Aleem Khan has said that software development was a high growth industry and formed a major segment of the vast IT markets. He said this during his visit to a software house ‘Global ESP System’. “A developed software industry with a focus on exports would mean better employment […]
Afghan journalist working for Newsweek secretly detained for six days Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières) has called on the Pakistani government to provide early information about Afghan journalist Sami Yousafzai, held secretly by Pakistani security forces since April 21. He was arrested in the tribal areas where he was working with American reporter Eliza […]
ISLAMABAD – Minister for Information Technology Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on April 26 urged the foreign companies seeking access to Pakistan’s telecom and IT markets to enter into partnership with local players and software houses for mutual benefit. “Such relationship will help raise the level of competence and quality of local products to penetrate international […]
PESHAWAR – NWFP Assembly Speaker Bakht Jehan Khan has underlined the need for attaching priority to information technology at the national level to meet modern challenges. Inaugurating a three-day IT exhibition and conference ‘Brainstorm-2004’ at a local hotel on Arpil 26, he said the Muslim Ummah should pay more attention to the modern way of […]
RSF has called on the Pakistani government to provide information about Afghan journalist Sami Yousafzai, who has been held secretly by the security forces since April 21, 2004. Yousafzai was arrested in the tribal areas, where he was working with American reporter Eliza Griswold, who was later expelled from the country. Their driver is also […]
Advanced Professional Development in the U.S.! 2005-2006 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Competition Application Deadline: July 1, 2004 The United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan, a bi-national commission, invites applications for the Hubert H. Humphrey program. The Humphrey program seeks to improve mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of Pakistan. […]
LARKANA – A teenaged girl and a man were shot dead under the pretext of Karo-kari in the Bakrani area near in Larkana on April 24. Abdul Majeed Taggar, resident of Piyaral Jhatyal village, 20km off here, shot at and killed his unmarried sister, Reshman, 18, in their house. Later, he also killed Deedar Ali […]
KARACHI – The 16th meeting of the council of complaints, PEMRA, Sindh region, in Karachi on April 24 highlighted issues regarding complaints and rectification of complaints against Cable TV Operators. The meeting, presided over by the City Naib Nazim Tariq Hassan, advised the cable operators to maintain quality services and ensure instant rectification of complaints […]
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