December 19, 2006

Harassment of editor alarming

LAHORE: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairperson Asma Jahangir on Monday said the complaint by Kamran Rehmat, an English newspaper editor, of harassment by unidentified people had alarmed media

Poisoned’ woman, three kids hospitalised

LARKANA: A woman, Kashmiran along with her three children was admitted to the Chandka Medical College Hospital on Monday in a critical condition after taking tea containing anti-lice powder. Her

Mediamen tortured, boycott event

KARACHI: The correspondents of print and electronic media boycotted the passing-out parade at the police training centre on Monday. Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim was the chief guest.

PPP slams bill to set up PAPRA

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party has raised strong objections to a proposed bill to set up Press and Publication Regulatory Authority (PAPRA). In a statement on Monday, PPP Information Secretary

Writer Shaukat Siddiqui passes away

KARACHI: Shaukat Siddiqui, one of the greatest writers of Urdu fiction in the modern era, died at his residence of cardiac arrest on Monday. He was 83. “He had a

Pregnant woman dies of ‘police torture’

BAHAWALPUR: A pregnant woman of Tibba Badar Shair near Satellite Town was allegedly tortured to death on Monday during a police raid conducted to arrest her son for petty theft.

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