September 9, 2004

Journalist imprisoned in Punjab

Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières) has called for the release of Sarwar Mujahid of the conservative Urdu-language daily Nawa-i-Waqt held since July 31, 2004, by the authorities in Okara

Unicef, WFP pledge $ 27 million

ISLAMABAD – The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and the World Food et Programme (WFP) will contribute about $27 million to accelerate girls’ enrolment in primary schools in Pakistan. Under

Man kills wife, mother-in-law

FAISALABAD – A man allegedly shot dead his wife and mother-in-law over some domestic dispute in Chak 16 JB of Chak Jhumra tehsil on September 7. Police said Bashiran of

CPNE elects office-bearers

ISLAMABAD – The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) held its annual general meeting for 2004-05 last September 7, at the Islamabad Club, chaired by former CPNE senior vice-president Altaf

Bodies of two girls recovered from Tarbela

HARIPUR – The bodies of two victims who had drowned in Tarbela Lake on September 1 were fished out by the local divers on September 7, evening. According to Khalabat

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