June 17, 2009

Steps sought to ensure freedom of expression

RAWALPINDI: Speakers at a workshop here on Tuesday called for measures to ensure freedom of expression and an end to violence against mediapersons. Violence against mediapersons curbs freedom of expression

Empowering women

“NO progress can come to a nation that does not involve half of its population in its nation-building activities,” said a UN official after visiting rural areas of South Asia.

Three booked for girl’s rape

KARACHI: The Mauripur police booked three men on Tuesday for the alleged gang-rape of a 10-year-old girl. A police official said a case (FIR 276/2009) was registered after a complaint

Woman, her three children strangled

OKARA: A man who is said to be financially upset allegedly strangled his wife and three children in Hujra Shah Muqeem’s Malianwala locality late on Monday night. Ijaz Khan wedded

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