June 11, 2009

Women can help avert water crisis

Last week we celebrated World Environment Day. There was a lot of talk on water and depletion of this precious natural resource and the need to pay more attention to

Journalists to hold countrywide protest tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: A demonstration was held on Wednesday by the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) against the baton-charge on the participants of a peaceful rally outside the Parliament on Tuesday. A

Journalists protest police baton charge

ISLAMABAD: The journalistÂ’s community of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Wednesday staged a demonstration and demanded action against police baton-charge on them during a protest rally. Rawalpindi/Islamabad Union of Journalist (RIUJ)

28 journalists killed worldwide across world

LONDON: At least 28 journalists have been killed while covering the news in 19 countries as we approach the mid-point of 2009. INSI (International News Safety Institute) counts an additional

Man kills wife’s ‘lover’

LAHORE: A man stabbed to death a 25-year-old to death for allegedly having an affair with his wife in the Ghaziabad Police precincts on Wednesday. Police said Abid Ali suspected

Haqqani meets Aafia Siddiqui

WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani met detained Pakistani neuroscientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui in a Texas health facility and assured her of the government’s full support for

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