Month: September 2008

100% increase likely in job quota for women

ISLAMABAD: The government is considering increasing the job quota for women in federal and provincial departments from 10 to 20 percent, sources told Daily Times...

5 booked for holding jirga

SHIKARPUR, Sept 7: The Naparkot police registered an FIR on Sunday against an influential person and four others for holding a jirga in Ali Mohammad...

Three held for raping girl for days

SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 7: Police have booked three men for abducting and raping a girl for seven days at Manjkalan village on Sunday. Reports said the...

Six girls to pay for elders’ whim

SHIKARPUR, Sept 6: A jirga has decided to hand over six minor girls of up to 13 years old, in a so-called compensation of two...

PPF Workshop Monitoring Press Freedom, Rawalpindi

Location: Rawalpindi Dates: 6-8 September Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) organised a 3 -day Press freedom Workshop at Kotli Satyan, District Rawalpindi, for local journalists from...