December 31, 2011

Girls’ school blown up in Peshawar

PESHAWAR/KOHAT: Suspected militants blew up a state-run high school for girls at Badhber on the suburbs of provincial metropolis on Friday night, police said. An official of Badhber police station

HRCP flays doctor`s killing

LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Friday condemned the killing of surgeon Dr Baqir Shah in Quetta. In a statement, the HRCP said it was deeply regrettable that

Journalist dies in road accident

Karachi: Yousuf Pirzada, a reporter of Karachi Bureau’s Urdu section of the state-run news agency APP, died in a road accident here on Friday. He was heading to the Karachi

2011 saw 12 journalists killed in Pakistan

Ikram Junaidi ISLAMABAD: The outgoing year 2011 was worst for journalists working in South Asia as threat from both non-sate and state elements to their safety, especially in the conflict

Call to change approach towards Karo-kari

Saadia Reza KARACHI: Legal experts at a seminar on Friday called for change in the approach towards Karo-kari (honour killings) – from the registration of an FIR till the time

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