We have to clean out our society if we want our ‘Zainabs’ saved: Dr Fouzia Saeed on February 20, 2018ISLAMABAD: NGO Mehergarh organised a three-day residential training programme on Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace, over the weekend. Representatives of the State Bank of Pakistan, Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority, Institute of Rural Management, COMSATS Institute of Information & Technology, National University of Medical Sciences, Quaid-e-Azam University and National Press Club Islamabad came to […]
FIR against demonstrating protesters lodged on February 20, 2018ISLAMABAD: An FIR has been lodged at the Khwazakhela police station against protesters who had sought removal of security checkposts in Swat. A copy of the FIR available with Daily Times shows that seven people have been charged with terrorism for protesting on Sunday. Dozens of protestors had gathered in the capital of Swat and […]
Afghan refugees of Islamabad’s Kachi Abadi seek their happy ending on February 14, 2018The first dawn appeared on the Kachi Abadi houses on Sunday, when people were sitting in front of their houses to enjoy the sun. Children began playing traditional games while the ages old residents sat with their counter-parts discussing various things. Among the 300 Afghan refugee families in the Kachi Abadi of Islamabad, one family […]
Musharraf vows to return to Pakistan ahead of 2018 elections on February 12, 2018ISLAMABAD: Former president Gen (r) Parvez Musharraf on Sunday vowed to return to Pakistan before the 2018 general elections to lead the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) from the front. Addressing a gathering in Islamabad through video link from Dubai, the former president said that the APML would become the third political force in the […]
Timber mafia and the cost of deforestation on February 10, 2018Khan Mohammad Qureshi, an environmental activist from Gilgit-Baltistan, has recalled his ordeal he went through for standing up against the timber mafia. “It was in 2013 when I noticed that timber mafia was eradicating the forest cover from our area and the authorities concerned were least bothered over the issue. I started the campaign to […]
Religious parties protest Mashal case verdict on February 10, 2018ISLAMABAD: Thousands of activists of religious parties, including Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and Tahaffuz Khatm-i-Nabuwat Organisation Friday held a demonstration in Mardan, a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhaw (KP), demanding release of 31 men convicted in Mashal Khan murder case. Addressing the protest, JI leader Advocate Syed Akhtar said that such incidents could not be […]
Shooter gets death; five jailed for life on February 8, 2018ISLAMABAD: The trial in Mashal Khan lynching case concluded on Wednesday as the Anti-Terrorism Court in Haripur gave death sentence on multiple counts to one convict and life terms to five others. As many as 25 others convicted in the case were sentenced to four-year prison terms while 26 suspects were acquitted for insufficient evidence. […]
And they never came back on February 4, 2018Ayazullah, an 8th grade student from Khyber Agency, went to Yakha Chena (a picnic point) on September 4, 2017 — the third day of Eidul Azha — near the Pak-Afghan border along with 15 other friends. However, none of them returned home that night. They were enjoying the third day of Eid when a dozen […]
Displaced locals to return to North Waziristan from Feb 6 on February 4, 2018ISLAMABAD: More than 4,000 dispalced families of North Waziristan Agency will start returning home from February 6. They had been displaced due to Zarb-e-Azb operation. North Waziristan Political Agent Kamran Afridi said on Saturday that those tribesmen who had shifted to Afghanistan through Ghulam Khan border after the operation would return this month. According to […]
Understanding extremism in Pakistan on February 2, 2018There is a common misconception that extremism is a result of lack of education and takes place in the absence of modern education. The curious case of Hassan Bin Nazeer clearly debunks this theory. Hassan Bin Nazeer was born in a Sindhi family known for having many well-lettered and erudite men. His father, Nazeer Alam, […]