June 14, 2004

Karo kari

Letter to the editor… It is reported that a law against the ‘Karo kari’ (lynch law for a rebel woman) is on the anvil. It is feared that this law

Journalists denied entry into tribal area

On June 13, 2004, the political administration of Khyber Agency, in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), denied entry into the area to a group of Peshawar reporters. The journalists

Hudood Ordinance cases registered

LAHORE – Punjab police has registered as many as 23,815 cases under Hudood Ordinance, 62 cases under Blasphemy Law and 271 cases of child trafficking during the last three years.

Husband slaughters wife

LAHORE – A labourer slaughtered his wife on the suspicion of illicit relations in Kahna area, the police said on June 13. Ilyas Masih slaughtered his wife, Zahida Bibi (28)

Zamir Niazi remembered

KARACHl – Members of the Progressive Writers Association, Irteqa Institute of social sciences and Irteqa Adbi Forum, jointly condoled the death of veteran writer and journalist Zamir Niazi on June

Soyem of Zamir Niazi held

KARACHI – Soyem of late Zamir Niazi was held on June 13 between Asr and Maghrib prayers at Masjid Umar bin Khattab in Gulshan-e-Iqbal. Haris Zamir, elder son of late

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