June 22, 2011

Haripur incident accused sent to jail

HARIPUR: A judicial magistrate here on Tuesday sent four accused to Haripur jail on judicial remand for their alleged involvement in dishonouring a woman publicly. The accused identified as Manzoor,

The dismal state of women in Pakistan

By Zafar Hilaly The writer is an analyst and a former ambassador to Yemen, Nigeria and Italy While we have seen phenomenal changes take place across the world in recent

Harassment: fact, perception and law

Hina Hafeezullah Ishaq “The fact that a girl old enough to look after herself decides to walk in a public place without someone to look after her and without purdah

PML-N rejects new Abbottabad Commission

Tariq Butt ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has quickly rejected the reconstituted inquiry commission on Abbottabad debacle, which dropped Fakhruddin G Ebrahim due to his refusal, saying it runs

Brigadier held for links with extremists

By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD: The army confirmed on Tuesday that one of its brigadiers posted at the General Headquarters was under detention on suspicion of links with an extremist

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