September 23, 2004

Workshop on environment in Abbottabad

ABBOTTABAD – Environment journalists can play a vital role in putting pressure on policy-makers for a sustainable improvement in environmental conditions, a training workshop was told in Abbotabad on September

Journalists still barred from South Waziristan

Reporters Without Borders today condemned a continuing ban on journalists entering the South Waziristan Tribal Area adjoining the border with Afghanistan, although the Pakistani interior minister undertook a week ago

Media should highlight women’s issues

ISLAMABAD – State Information Minister Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli said that media personnel should play their role in effectively highlighting women’s issues. Media could highlight social issues and could help the

Maternal mortality rate still too high: UNFPA

ISLAMABAD – The perinatal mortality rate continues to be high in Pakistan, partially because 80 percent of the total 4.5 million annual births occur at home, observed the Pakistan Population

Karo-Kari dispute claims two lives

SUKKUR – A bloody clash between two rival groups of Jatoi tribe claimed lives of two women, while three others were injured, near village Dr. Ibrahim Jatoi, in Rustam police

Newsletter launched

PESHAWAR – The Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI) has launched a newsletter with a view to highlighting research and other activities of medical professionals in the province. The dean of the

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