August 31, 2006

NA voting on women’s bill by Sept 6

ISLAMABAD, August 31 2006: The Pakistan Muslim League (PML) has decided to pass the Protection of Women Bill, 2006, in the National Assembly (NA) by September 6. PML sources told

Journalist’s brother killed in Wana

TANK, August 31 2006: A 14-year-old brother of Dilawar Khan Wazir, correspondent of Daily Dawn and BBC Urdu Service in the South Waziristan Agency, was killed by unidentified assailants in

Freedom of speech – and action

August 31 2006: SPEAKERS at a Karachi University seminar on promoting the “culture of discussion” were of the opinion that freedom of speech is a basic requisite of a democratic

Radio sets distributed in quake-hit areas

ISLAMABAD, August 31 2006: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has completed distribution of 10,000 multi-power radio sets in the areas affected by last year’s earthquake to help keep

Wage award implementation demanded

KARACHI, August 31 2006: A joint protest meeting of Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) and the local chapter of All Pakistan News Paper Employees Confederation (APNEC) has demanded the immediate

Hayatullah gets international press freedom Awards

TORONTO, August 31 2006: Canadian journalist for free expression (CJFE), announced the winners of this year’s international press freedom awards- Abeer Alaskary of Egypt, hollman Morris of Colombia and Hayatullah

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