Many cases of young girls being kidnapped, raped and released are reported everyday from various parts of Karachi. The fact that no arrests have been made, shows clearly that the state is not interested in protecting its people. In a rare instance, when such an attempt was thwarted on March two, at ...

Karachi- The governments and international brands are directly responsible for the gory incidents in Ali Enterprises (Baldia Karachi) and garment factories of Dhaka, Bangladesh, as their criminal negligence resulted in loss of lives of thousands of innocent workers. Strict steps should be ...

It is ironic that a kidney had to be flown in from the Netherlands, as part of an international initiative for a patient in Karachi, at a time when Pakistan is one of the more thriving seller’s markets of kidney in Asia. In the absence of a cadaver law, a draft version of which has been ...

RAWALPINDI : Illicit cigarette tradeis hampering the economy of Pakistan and it is important for all law enforcement agencies to effectively enforce laws to tackle this menace.  This was stated by Abdul Razaq Cheema CPO Rawalpindi while inaugurating the capacity building training workshop for ...

lahore - Saghir Tahir, a civil engineer and an expert in energy conservation, has stressed upon the need of introducing energy codes, saying the government should also focus on energy conservation along with exploration. Talking to TheNation here on Tuesday, Tahir held that the past governments in ...

The letter ‘Child burnt alive’ in your newspaper of May 04 was truly a wonderful write-up, and I hope an eye-opener for our government that has been slumbering for the last five years. There have been several cases of child abuse in Pakistan but I think that everyone needs to take an ...

Is Fata a colony of Pakistan? This question may sound ridiculous to some but let’s be honest, is Fata a part of Pakistan or is it a colony? I am from Fata and have always felt that I was alienated from Pakistan; I would need a visa to enter Pakistan. This, in all honesty describes the plight ...

LAHORE – PIA chairman will appear in the Supreme Court on Monday on holding more than one office in violation of the PIA rules, said an officer of the national flag career on Saturday. He said that Lt Gen (r) Asif Yasin Malik was not only holding offices of the PIA chairman and the defence ...

On March 11, 2013 our National Assembly demanded a new law for the protection of minorities. The demand is valid, but the tragedy is that our ruling elite always enact new laws for political scoring, not for implementing. In Pakistan a new law is made for the enforcement of the existing laws and a ...

ISLAMABAD – The law of evidence, Hudood Ordinance, and blasphemy laws must be repealed with immediate effect since the burden of these laws disproportionately falls on women.The local government system must be revived for effective political participation of women. These demands were made by ...

Recently an ugly clash was seen between Australian spin maestro Shane Warne and West Indian Marlon Samuels, both were playing in Australian Domestic T20 Big Bash League match at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Shane Warne was playing for Melbourne Stars and Samuel for Melbourne Renegades. In Melbourne ...

During Monday’s hearing of the Reko Diq case, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said it was necessary to adhere to local laws in trade agreements and that every country had made it compulsory for foreigners to follow their laws.According to a private television channel, a three-judge ...

ISLAMABAD – Judge Islamabad High Court, Justice Muhammad Anwar Khan Kasi has opined that laws in a society were promulgated to for better discipline in life, saying, “The laws are rules for determining legal rights and legal obligations which are recognized by the ...

ISLAMABAD – While certain quarters have called for a probe into the foul play in the 1990 general polls, the election commission finds itself restrained under its election laws which do not allow it to proceed against those instrumental in stealing those elections.Following the Supreme ...

RAHIM YAR KHAN - A person along with his father cut the tongue of his wife here on Friday. According to the details, Abdul Ghani, a resident of Digah Aman Khan near Sadiqabad, told the media that he married his daughter Zarina with Mohammad Shakoor in Chak No 138 P. He said that after sometime his ...

RAHIM YAR KHAN - A person along with his father cut the tongue of his wife here on Friday. According to the details, Abdul Ghani, a resident of Digah Aman Khan near Sadiqabad, told the media that he married his daughter Zarina with Mohammad Shakoor in Chak No 138 P. He said that after sometime his ...

LAHORE - The women-related legislation gets passed unanimously, which is a welcome step. Yet there is nothing to stop the abuse of women in Pakistan. There are least women in the public sphere, particularly the young ones because the male-dominated society shuts them indoors. These views were ...

LAHORE - The manufacturers can use Trade Defence Laws available in Pakistan to effectively counter the Indian threat following the MFN status to India, stated WTO experts on Monday. “To effectively resist the Indian cheaper goods threat, Pakistan’s industry needs to use Trade Defence ...

The State has ratified (meaning, thereby, that these treaties must be followed) several human rights treaties, but, unfortunately, for the people of Pakistan, there are no laws to implement them. Due to this inability of the State, we all have been deprived of different rights that go way beyond ...

LAHORE - Bemoaning successive government on their failure in giving rights to hundreds of thousands homeless children of the country, speakers at Hameed Nizami Press Institute of Pakistan (HNPIP) urged the civil society and the media to further strengthen their efforts jointly and ask the ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Aurat Foundation’s Legislative Watch Programme for Women’s Empowerment will hold a national consultation on gender based legislation and issues of implementation on December 28. Three sessions will be arranged including `Gender based legislation and issues of ...

LAHORE Speaking in the context of day by day flourishing businesses of the ruling class, PPP central leader and veteran politician Syeda Abida Hussain has urged the government to constitute conflict-of-interest laws in the country. Presiding over a seminar at Hameed Nizami Press Institute of ...

ISLAMABAD (Online) - The governments alleged negligence towards the enforcement of anti-smuggling laws can be judged with the fact that every year 2 to 3 billion cigarette sticks are being smuggled into Pakistan from Afghanistan and Iran that causes Rs 1.5 billion per annum to Pakistan. According ...

WASHINGTON (Agencies) - The US State Department has issued annual report of war on terror which revealed that 11,500 terrorism incidents occurred in Pakistan during 2010. Majority of these incidents occurred in the tribal areas as most of the terrorist outfits use the tribal areas as their bases to ...

CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt must "scrap" the most reviled laws of former president Hosni Mubarak's era if it wants to ensure free and fair parliamentary elections in September, the secretary general of Amnesty International said Saturday. Speaking to reporters in Cairo, Salil Shetty expressed concern over ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI - The breach of intellectual property rights are causing billion of rupees loss in revenue to the national exchequer. According to an estimate Pakistan governments annual revenue loss from intellectual property rights infringement have shot up to a staggering Rs21 ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday assured the nation that no amendment in the blasphemy laws would be made but at the same time made it loud and clear that his government would not let any one misuse these laws. Addressing Ulema and Mashaikh Conference here at National ...

KARACHI Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Dr Babar Awan has said that his Ministry was consulting the legislative authorities to bring all the influential in the tax net. He said that accountability is for every one. Addressing the 'Meet the Press Programme of Karachi Press Club (KPC) ...

KARACHI The law of the Karachi Electricity Supply Company seems inadequate to guarantee the rights of its consumers as it has no provision to compensate people in case they lose their valuable home appliances due to the companys fault. According to the KESC law, the company will not bear any loss ...

LAHORE - Railways Mehnat Kash Union of Workshops held dialogue with PR D.S Workshops and PR DPO for the implementation of labour laws. According to press release issued here on Tuesday, the representatives of union including Muhammad Saddique Baig, Zahid Hussain, Qadeer Khan, Maqbool Ahamd, Abdul ...