Month: April 2011

$750 million earmarked for tribal women

ISLAMABAD: The government’s Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) is designating $750 million, nearly half from US coffers, to create jobs and alleviate poverty by providing...

Four policemen rape lady health worker in Kharan

KHARAN: Two of the four policemen, who allegedly raped a female medical technician at Washak District Headquarters Hospital (DHQH), were arrested on Wednesday. “Four policemen...

Young female schoolteacher gunned down

Karachi: A young schoolteacher was cut down by an unknown assassin’s bullet in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Wednesday. SHO Asif Jakhrani said Sana, 24, was a teacher...

Wadera held for declaring couple kari

SUKKUR: A man has been arrested for presiding over a jirga which declared a couple karo-kari and also ordered their murder. Ghulam Sarwar Unnar of...