Call for making public Justice Muhammad Alam judicial inquiry report of August 11, 2011 incident of Aliabad Herald Correspondent HUNZA, June 18: Family members of imprisoned youth languishing in Gilgit-Baltistan jails have demanded their release and making public the judicial inquiry report of the Aliabad incident. “We will launch a protest campaign if the 12 youths languishing in Gahkuch and …
I.A Rehman THE world has been observing anniversaries of important signposts during the final phase of the Second World War, such as the Soviet forces’ entry into Berlin, and the Allies’ victory in Europe. These celebrations will continue till the middle of August when the anniversary of Japan’s surrender (after the indefensible use of atom bombs on the civilian population …
The stories of murdered women are recorded with grim regularity in one and half inches of a single newspaper column Mohammed Hanif You can find the news about Pakistan’s war on women buried deep inside the metro pages of Urdu newspapers. I stumbled upon it a few years ago. I noticed that I could pick up my newspaper and almost …
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar IT has been a decade since the political uprisings known as the Occupy movements burst onto the mainstream of Western societies. The backdrop was the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression, and the slogan of the ‘99pc vs 1pc’ captured the sentiment of people whose lives were in ruin due to the collapse of major financial …
Saad Sayeed ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that he would not hesitate to make more changes to his cabinet if required a day after a major reshuffle that saw the appointment of a new finance minister and nine other ministerial switches. The cabinet shakeup, which comes eight months after Khan took office, included the replacement of …
RSF, KUJ condemn ‘trumped-up charges’ against Shahzeb Jillani Herald Report A district court in Karachi on Wednesday extended by a week the interim pre-arrest bail granted to journalist Shahzeb Ali Shah Jillani in a case pertaining to alleged cyber terrorism, electronic forgery and defamatory remarks regarding state institutions. Last week, the journalist had been granted interim bail before arrest in …
Noor Azam, Noor Mohammad and Muhammad Umer and Muhammad Aziz were also sentenced to life imprisonment and Rs800,000 fine to be given to the deceased Deedar Hussain’s father as compensation Special Correspondent An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Gilgit has handed down death sentence to four men for gang raping and murdering a teenaged boy Deedar Hussain in Gilgit-Baltistan’s western Ghizer …
Herald Report Pakistani authorities are investigating five prominent journalists and a blogger for displaying the photo of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on social media during Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Pakistan last month. A confidential letter by the Cybercrime Wing of Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on March 13 said that the organization had launched inquiries …
Pervez Hoodbhoy The prime minister and people of New Zealand have put before us gold-plated standards of decency, compassion, and firmness against religious terrorism. Their response to last week’s horrific mosque massacres in Christchurch was exemplary. Many countries need to learn from New Zealand, Pakistan more than most. Donning a black chadar, 38-year-old Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was visibly sorrowing …
Tooba Syed MARCH 8, 2019, will be remembered as a day of hope and unabashed protest, in which thousands of women in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Hyderabad, Quetta, Peshawar, Gilgit-Baltistan and Mardan took to the streets and marched. Aurat March and other women’s marches reflected the collective consciousness of Pakistani women coming together organically and wilfully to march against deeply entrenched social and …
