February 15, 2007

Blasphemy case given to AD&SJ

KASUR, Feb 14: District and sessions judge Zaibtul Husain on Wednesday ordered to entrust the case of blasphemy accused Martha Bibi of Changa Manga to the court of additional district

New women’s bill

With the controversy surrounding the passage of the much-needed Women’s Protection Bill still fresh, the government introduced further legislation in the National Assembly on Tuesday to seek a ban on

Three ‘missing’ men in govt custody

ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: The federal government said in the Supreme Court on Wednesday that three out of six recently traced persons from a list of 41 people “missing” for many

2006 saw sharp rise in crime rate

ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: The country witnessed a sharp increase in the crime rate, recording a total of 526,540 cases in 2006 as against 438,111 in 2005, data compiled by the

Teenaged girls trafficked to the Mideast

ISLAMABAD: The irony is chilling. Even before they could bloom into flowers, teenaged flower-selling girls are being trafficked to some Middle East countries ostensibly for employment but only to be

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