Editorialin Dawn, October 3rd, 2023IN yet another blow to women’s rights in Pakistan, a group of young, spirited girls seeking to participate in a Sunday cricket match in Swat’s Charbagh town were robbed of the opportunity. The hopes of the 12-year-old organiser were dashed when the girls were sent away by angry men, telling them playing in an open ground would be ‘immodest’. How can playing a sport, a celebration of one’s talents, be seen…
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by Mohammad Asghar in Dawn, Sept 18th, 2023RAWALPINDI: Former interior minister and Awami Muslim League (AML) chairman Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, who is also an ally of PTI, was arrested from his residence in Bahria Town on Sunday and taken to an undisclosed location, his lawyer confirmed. When contacted, Sardar Abdul Razzak Khan, the lawyer for the former interior minister, told Dawn that Sheikh Rashid, his nephew Sheikh Shakir and a staff member Mohammad Imran were…
Report in Dawn, August 21st, 2023KARACHI: Less than four days after the targeted killing of a local office-bearer of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in Orangi Town, another activist of the party was shot dead in Ittehad Town in the small hours of Sunday morning, police and party officials said. They added that Shaukat Hammad, 35, was sitting outside his home in Abidabad when assailants on a motorbike killed him. South-DIG Irfan Ali Baloch told…
report in The News, Feb 25, 2023Karachi: Police said on Friday they had dug up weapons buried near the new toll plaza in District Malir’s Steel Town. According to the Malir police spokesperson, the weapons included 64 shotguns, 16 pistols, a metal detector, and a wireless set, packed in six sacks. The police said the weapons were buried in the Karachi Development Authority’s land and they conducted a raid on an intelligence-based tip-off. During the…