Month: November 2006

Senate debate on women’s bill begins

ISLAMABAD: The Senate took up for debate the Women Protection Bill (WPB) on Wednesday with the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) reiterating its stance that its MPs...

Sections added to PPC, Hudood Ord

LAHORE: The federal government has added three sections to the Pakistan Penal Code of 1860 and one section to the Offence of Zina (Enforcement of...

Another vani case surfaces

MULTAN: Another vani case has surfaced in south Punjab’s Khanewal district in which an eight-year-old girl is to pay the price of the sin of...

Governor urged not to sign Hasba bill

PESHAWAR: The All Pakistan Minorities’ Alliance has urged the NWFP governor not to give assent to the Hasba bill. The alliance’s chairman Shehbaz Bhatti led...