April 4, 2005

Veteran journalist passes away

KARACHI, April 04 2005 : Veteran journalist Safdar Barlas died here of prostate cancer on Sunday evening. He was 78. Barlas, who worked in Dawn on many senior positions for

Private TV channel misreported PIA incident

Karachi, April 03 PPI: A private TV channel misreported an incident related to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Dubai-bound flight PK-213 that left Karachi on April 1 early morning.The channel has

Khawar Mehdi acquitted

QUETTA, April 24,2005: An Anti-Terrorism Court here has acquitted three persons, including journalist Khawar Mehdi Rizvi, who were arrested along with two French journalists allegedly involved in making fake Taliban

Protest against campaign to close down FM stations

LANDI KOTAL, April 04,2005: Hundreds of Malikdinkhel tribesmen held a demonstration at Qambar Abad, near Bara Bazaar, on Sunday in protest against the Khyber Agency political administration’s campaign against FM

Schoolgirl gangraped, culprits at large

HYDERABAD, April 04,2005: A 14-year-old schoolgirl was gang-raped at Ratodero town in Larkana district on March 31. The girl was abducted and then subjected to gang-rape allegedly by three men,

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