March 19, 2009

In defence of women

THIS is apropos of an interesting letter, ‘In defence of women’ (March 13), by Humera Alwani, member, Sindh Assembly. It is a harsh fact that women in Pakistan have never

Life of kidnapped Canadian woman journalist in danger

By Mushtaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR: Taliban militants holding the Canadian woman journalist, Khadija Abdul Qahaar, in North Waziristan tribal region Wednesday threatened to kill her if their demands were not met

Marriage dispute leaves man sister in law dead

By Tahir Siddiqui KARACHI: A 36-year-old man, who had illegally married the 20-year-old sister of his wife, committed suicide after killing the woman he had eloped with at the house

Man claims honour with wifes blood

MUZAFFARGARH: A woman was allegedly killed by her husband in the name of ‘honour’ here in Rangpur, 50 kilometers from Muzaffargarh, on Tuesday night, police said. Muhammad Ashraf killed his

Man kills sister cousin

JACOBABAD: A teenage girl and a boy were killed by their cousin on the pretext of karo-kari in Massan Mohalla, Thul, on Wednesday. The accused had killed his wife, aunt

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