August 19, 2007

Moviemaker killed

LAHORE, Aug 18: A 45-year-old moviemaker was clubbed to death allegedly by two motorcyclists in Shalimar on Saturday. Police said Khalid of Saher Road, Shalimar, who was running a business

568 women missing, 1,059 kidnapped in 2007

PESHAWAR: Zia Ahmad Awan, chief of the non-government organisation (NGO) Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid (LHRLA), said on Saturday that 568 women went missing and 1,059 cases of

Taking girls out of school

A REPORT in this newspaper last month tells us that a cleric, Maulana Fazlullah, has issued an edict (fatwa), holding that education of girls is un-Islamic, and urging people in

Brother kills sister

HARIPUR, Aug 18:A man had allegedly shot dead his sister in Nika Pah Shah Maqsood village after accusing her of being involved in ‘immoral activities’. Source: Dawn Date:8/19/2007

Petty dispute leaves 2 dead

SWABI, Aug 18: Two men were killed following a ‘gunbattle’ between two families here on Saturday. In Beka, a village situated 16kms from here, two families opened fire on each

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