MUZAFFARABAD: A single gunshot by Indian forces from across the Line of Control (LoC) killed a mother of two in a village in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, a police official said on Saturday. Munazza Bibi, 22, wife of Wasim Malick, died at 10pm on Friday at her home in Lawana Khetar village, said the Bhimber […]
LAHORE / ISLAMABAD: Even as they made it plain that they would take strict action if the situation grew worse, both the federal and Punjab governments on Thursday said they were not eager to launch any police operation against the rightwing groups protesting over acquittal of Aasia Bibi in a blasphemy case. Information ministers in […]
ISLAMABAD: In a landmark judgement, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the death sentence of a Christian woman, Aasia Bibi, convicted on a blasphemy charge and ordered her immediate release from jail after around eight years. “This appeal is allowed, the judgements of the [Lahore] high court as well as the […]
Photos of Azerbaijani people’s national leader Heydar Aliyev, President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva are given on the front cover of the magazine. Extensive articles have been published in this issue about the projects implemented at Mehriban Aliyeva’s initiative, and the Constitution Day of Azerbaijan. In his […]
35 little girls moved to Sindh govt shelter By: Shazia Hasan KARACHI: As they were given the boxes of chicken biryani and mango juice, the little girls seated on revolving chairs around a big conference table turned down their gaze and bringing little hands together recited the prayer they had been taught to say before […]
Media urged to highlight mother, child mortality issue KARACHI: Health is one of the most under-reported sectors in Pakistan with the result that many issues involving life and death of children and mothers neither attract government attention nor find a preferred place on media’s priority list, a workshop on reporting was told on Monday. The […]
Asma Shirazi Pakistan’s First Female War Correspondent WASHINGTON: The following release is being issued by the Global Media Forum Training Group: Pakistan’s Asma Shirazi will receive the 2014 Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism on October 23rd, at 6 pm, at the National Press Club in Washington DC. Asma Shirazi, 38, is Pakistan’s […]
