August 24, 2008

Bias against women workers slammed

KARACHI, Aug 23: Speakers at a meeting on Saturday stressed that a nation could not progress in the real sense if half of its population was deprived of their rights

Girl killed over varsity admission

PESHAWAR, Aug 23: A girl’s wish to get admission in university infuriated her brother who reportedly shot her dead here on Saturday. According to the local police, Saima Yasmeen was

Jirga settles karo-kari dispute

JACOBABAD, Aug 23: A jirga was held at Hafizullah Khoso village in Kandhkot on Saturday to resolve a karo-kari dispute between two parties of Khoso clan. UC Nazim Noorullah Khoso

Woman killed over karo-kari

KHAIRPUR, Aug 23: A woman has been allegedly killed by her family and her body thrown into the Indus River. Reports said the 24-year-old woman was killed some days back.

Two minor girls raped; one murdered

RAWALPINDI: A 13-year-old schoolgirl was kidnapped, raped, killed and thrown in an area with dense growth of vegetation in Gulzar-e-Quaid, police sources said. In another incident, a nine-year-old girl was

Gang rape case adjourned till Sep 6

The case pertaining to the gang-rape of an 18-year-old girl of Lodhran in the vicinity of the Quaid-e-Azam Mausoleum was adjourned till September 6 because Additional District Judge (ADJ) Aftab

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