March 3, 2008

The News staffer robbed

The News staffer was travelling in a coach when three armed robbers entered the coach and robbed the passengers, including The News staffer, and deprived them of their cellphones and

Journalists staged protest

NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: A large numbers of journalists hold a protest rally and observed a token hunger strike here on Sunday in protest against Naushahro feroze police, which have lodged fake

Lack of qualified staff deemed a hindrance

The absence of qualified researchers needed to carry out an impact assessment survey has placed the whole exercise under a cloud. The decision taken by the Sindh Women Development department

11-year-old girl tortured, assaulted

NAWABSHAH, March 2: A Hindu girl was criminally assaulted by two men in Gupchani village, 10 kilometres from here on Saturday. The 11-year-old girl was allegedly tortured and criminally assaulted

Victim finds police ‘protecting rapists’

SAHIWAL, March 2: A 13-year-old girl allegedly raped by six people has approached the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan for help as police have failed to arrest the accused. Shama

Couple facing Karo-Kari threat seeks protection

HYDERABAD: A newly-wed couple appealed to the authorities on Sunday to provide them protection as a Jirga had declared the couple as Karo-Kari. Muhammad Juman, facing life threats for marrying

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