November 8, 2004

100 literacy centres for Thatta women

THATTA – The National Commission for Human Development (NCHD), in coordination with community-based organizations (CBOs), has started work on about 100 literacy resource centres in the district, particularly in the

New telephone service to cover remote regions

PESHAWAR – The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is launching a state-of-the-art telephone service next year, a senior official told Dawn in Peshawar November 7. The Wireless Local Loop (WLL) telephone

Journalist beaten, detained

LANDI KOTAL – An organization of the Sheikhmalkhel tribe in Bara on November 6, thrashed a local journalist and put him in a private jail in the Bar Qambarkhel area,

Child abuse cases on the rise

PESHAWAR – The murder of a minor in the Mardan district a few days ago following a number of similar incidents point to a growing tendency of child abuse in

Latif Jamal laid to rest

KARACHI – Leading industrialist, philanthropist and former chairman of the PPI news agency Latif E. Jamal, who died on Friday night , was laid to rest in his family graveyard

Call for making PTV efficient channel

KARACHI – State Minister for Information Ms Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli on November 6, evening called for making PTV a low-cost and high-efficiency channel by maintaining merit in its productions and

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