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In an effort to defend their beleaguered client,former president Pervez Musharraf’s legal counsel on Monday argued that when faced with a threat to national security,military intervention was justified in a developing country. Qamar Afzal,representing the former president,told a three-member bench of the apex court that the army is a recognised power . . . →Read More:Army intervention was justified,Musharraf’s counsel Police on Wednesday released the sketch of a man believed to be involved in Tuesday’s twin blasts near the Bohra compound in North Nazimabad. Seven people,including an infant and a minor girl,were killed and 22 others wounded in the terror attack. . . . →Read More:Police release sketch of suspect responsible for Karachi blasts Kishore Kumar,a JUI-F member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly,was convicted on Monday of contesting the 2008 elections after submitting a fake graduation degree and sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment. District and Sessions Judge Mr Shahjehan Khan also imposed a fine of Rs15,000 on Mr Kumar and suspended his assembly membership. . . . →Read More:JUI-F member jailed for using fake degree The National Implementation Watch Committee (NIWC),constituted on the platform of National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW),held its quarterly meeting on Thursday to monitor and facilitate the implementation of anti-sexual harassment legislation:Protection Against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act,2010,and amendment to Section 509 of the Pakistan Penal Code. . . . →Read More:NIWC condemns poor working environment in PIA  Leave a comment  Employment  Area 14/8,civil society activists and private sector representatives,National Commission on the Status of Women,National Implementation Watch Committee,NIWC condemns poor working environment in PIA,Pakistan Penal Code,Protection Against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act A woman and her accomplices set her husband on fire on Sunday morning. According to police officials,Bhowana tehsil resident Kausar set her husband,Azam,on fire after he expressed his intention to take a third wife. “Kausar was his second wife and Azam had married her without telling his first wife Ameena,” said . . . →Read More:Woman burns husband for third marriage A burka clad man was arrested near a court for allegedly trying to kill his sister. According to police officials,the man was arrested in the premises of the Jhang district court after his sister told police officials that he was stalking her. . . . →Read More:Man arrested for stalking sister with the intention of Murder Three people,including a lady doctor,were arrested as police thwarted what was the second attempt to kidnap a baby from a hospital in the past two days. Landhi police were alerted by the hospital administrator and they caught the prime suspect,Samina,red-handed as she tried to get away with newborn from Islamuddin Hospital . . . →Read More:Infants being kidnapped in Hospitals,Doctor involved Nominating unknown people in FIRs drags cases and gives police a chance to fleece the people LAHORE –The nomination of unidentified people in first information reports (FIRs) has become a custom that is equally beneficial for police and complainants,as it provides police with a source to mint money from the accused party and . . . →Read More:Nominating unknown people in FIRs drags cases,gives police chance to fleece people NADRA’s decision to add a third option under the gender category of CNICs and even hire some transgender data operators is a noteworthy move. However,there is still a long way to go before Pakistan can make any claims to have achieved a basic level of tolerance. Making our country more tolerant will require multidimensional . . . →Read More:Intolerance towards our minorities | |||
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