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Sughra urges women to resist HR violations

LAHORE – The Punjab Minister for Social Welfare Syeda Sughra Imam has urged the women to resist violence against them by force. Speaking at a seminar held here at Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) on ‘International Women Day’, she said that only human rights awareness could bring change in the society. Terming the students […]


Police warned of strong protest if kidnapped journalist not recovered

SUKKUR: Hundreds of activists of different political parties and journalists of Sukkur on Wednesday took out a protest rally against the police, who have failed to recover journalist Shahbaz Khan Pathan and his friend Naveed Mangi, kidnapped on March 11, 2004, from in front of their houses in Old Sukkur. Activists of PPP, Jeay Sindh, […]


Government to respond to ads ban today

ISLAMABAD – The Federal government on March 10, promised to respond on March 11, to a calling attention notice moved by the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) regarding ban on the government advertisements to The Nation and Nawa-i-Waqt. PPP-P MNA Syed Naveed Qamar, PML-N Acting Parliamentary Leader Ch. Nisar Ali Khan, PPP-P’s Raja Pervez […]


APNS body meets on 15th

KARACHI: The executive committee of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) will meet on March 15, to discuss the government — press relations, along with administrative and organizational issues, says a press release. Source: Dawn Date:3/11/2004


Peshawar: IT competition for students planned

PESHAWAR: A private institute is holding a two-day exhibition, which will also serve as a contest among the students in different spheres of information technology. Speaking at a news conference here at the Peshawar Press Club on March 10, Zafarullah Khan, director of the Brains Postgraduate College of Information Technology, said that the exhibition to […]


World Women’s Day

The International Women’s Day with the theme “Gender and HIV/AIDS”, was celebrated in Pakistan, as elsewhere in the world, on March 8, as sort of a reminder of the launch of the struggle for women’s emancipation world-wide. It will be recalled that the Socialist Party of America celebrated the first International Women’s Day in New […]


APNS to discuss govt-press relations on 15th

KARACHI: The Executive Committee of the APNS shall meet on March 15, 2004 to discuss the present state of government-press relations along with other administrative and organisational issues, stated a spokesman of the APNS. Muhammed Aslam Kazi, Secretary General of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society, in a statement has announced that the Executive Committee members […]


PFUJ slams ban on ads to Nawa-i-Waqt

KARACHI – The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFLU) has declared the government’s ban on advertisements to daily Nawa-i-Waqt as ‘contradictory to the spirit of freedom of press’ and demanded that this step should be revoked immediately so as to develop culture of freedom of expression in the country. In a Press statement the PFUJ […]


PFUJ demands ads be restored to newspapers

KARACHI: Declaring the government ban on advertisements to The Nation and Nawa-i-Waqt newspapers as contradictory to the spirit of freedom of the press, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has demanded that this step should be immediately revoked so that a culture of freedom of expression can be developed in the country. In a statement […]


Sehba calls for improving women’s status

ISLAMABAD: First Lady Begum Sehba Musharraf has emphasised the need for improvement in the status of women, especially in education, health and social sector. Addressing a function in connection with the International Women’s Day held here on Wednesday, Sehba said in the past proper attention had not been paid to improving the socio-economic condition of […]


World Women’s Day

The International Women’s Day with the theme “Gender and HIV/AIDS”, was celebrated in Pakistan, as elsewhere in the world, on March 8, as sort of a reminder of the launch of the struggle for women’s emancipation world-wide. It will be recalled that the Socialist Party of America celebrated the first International Women’s Day in New […]


First FM radio planned for AJK

MIRPUR – Azad Kashmir shall have its first FM Radio in Mirpur which could go on air shortly with programmes, flavoured with the taste and interest of listeners of all ages, official sources said. ‘To be located in the premises of Azad Kashmir Radio Mirpur station, this project may take a couple of months to […]


Armed men kidnapped two people, including a journalist, on the night of March 4, 2004 in the city of Sukkur (Sindh province).

Shahbaz Pathan, a correspondent for the Sindhi daily “Halchal”, was playing badminton with five friends when several armed men tried to kidnap them. Local residents chased the kidnappers, forcing them to free four of the boys after an exchange of gunfire. The bandits, however, abducted Pathan and a 16-year-old boy and took them to the […]


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Dawn staffer’s murder mystery solved – Police

LAHORE: Police claimed on March 9, 2004, to have arrested the third suspect involved in the murder of Dawn’s marketing executive Shehryar Safir. They also claimed that the arrested man had confessed his crime. Saying that the murder mystery had been solved with the arrest of the third suspect, Lahore police investigation wing chief Shafqaat […]