August 26, 2007

Swat’s harassed NGOs

In recent days, offices of two NGOs were sealed in Swat district by orders of the local administration. This happened after the two organisations received threatening letters from extremists that

Departed journalists remembered

A remembrance meeting to condole the recent death of two journalists, Khalid Rasheed and photojournalist Samuel Benjamin, was held at the Karachi Press Club on Saturday. While paying tributes to

Human smugglers held

GUJRANWALA, Aug 25: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) claimed on Saturday to have arrested four “most wanted human smugglers” in a raid and seized 23 passports from them. Gujranwala Passport

Taliban issue death threats to two journalists

KOHAT, Aug 25: Two local journalists have been threatened with execution by the local Taliban in Darra Adam Khel for writing against them. The two journalists have been asked to

Journalists kidnapped

BADIN, Aug 25: The president of Talhar press club, Haji Khan Lashari, Vice-President Amar Singh Rathore and two others were reportedly kidnapped in the jurisdiction of Tando Ghulam Hyder Police

Senior journalist dies

MULTAN (August 26 2007): A senior journalist Chaudhry Saif-ur-Rehman, staff reporter of Daily Islam Multan has been died of brain haemorrhage on Saturday. He was 55. Earlier he had served

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