July 5, 2010

Media matters

By Hajrah Mumtaz SOME recent developments that have impinged upon, or attempted to impinge upon, the right to unfettered access to information should spark a debate on a freedom that

Police assault reporter in Lahore

Muhammad Akram, a Lahore-based senior reporter for the English-language newspaper “Daily Times”, was assaulted by police in Lahore, the capital of the province of Punjab, while filming a protest on

Plea for justice in woman’s murder case

HYDERABAD: The Women Action Forum (WAF) has appealed to human rights groups to condemn the recent murder of Ms Zakiya Wassan in Khairpur. The woman was murdered by her husband

Woman tortured by in-laws

LARKANA: A young woman married off to settle a karo-kari dispute was tortured and her hair was partially shaved allegedly by her in-laws in Darya Khan Unnar village near Ratodero

GIRL KILLED

LARKANA: A 21-year old girl was strangled to death by her farther and brothers after dubbing her a Kari, reports Our Nawabshah Correspondent. Bilqees, 21, of Tharumal village near Daur

Police assault reporter in Lahore

Muhammad Akram, a Lahore-based senior reporter for the English-language newspaper “Daily Times”, was assaulted by police in Lahore, the capital of the province of Punjab, while filming a protest on

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