Man shot dead by nephew
Lahore
April 12, 2021
LAHORE:A man was shot dead by his nephew in Sabzazar area on Sunday, following a monetary issue. Accused Assad Butt shot his uncle Amjad Butt in his Saidpur house Sabzazar after an argument broke out between them over a monetary issue and escaped. The victim was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his wounds. Accused Assad was demanding Rs 5 lakh from his uncle Amjad Butt in return for his share in his (uncle) property. Police have registered a case against the accused and his father on the complaint of the victim’s wife Fatima.
Call for united journalist struggle against injustices
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KARACHI: Federal and provincial ministers, leaders of different political parties, senior journalists and civil society representatives came together to discuss the state of press freedom and the present media crisis in the country at a seminar here on Saturday.
The programme, which was organised by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in collaboration with the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ), also featured the launch of a PFUJ book titled From Layoffs to Lashes: PFUJ’s 70-Year Fight for Media Freedom.
While the journalist fraternity highlighted the need for building a united front against all the injustices and for documenting the same besides demanding legislation for journalists’ protection, senior political leaders called the present situation ‘the times of hopelessness’ and said it was the government responsibility to ensure media freedom that the constitution guaranteed.
Pakistan’s ‘disappeared’ suffer kidnap, torture, murder
Despite promises while a member of the opposition to end enforced abduction by security forces, numbers have increased under Imran Khan’s government
By Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Shah Meer Baloch / The Guardian, QUETTA, Pakistan
The abductors moved with an ease and stealth that suggested they had done this before. As Qayyum (his name has been changed to protect his identity) and his family slept, 12 masked and uniformed soldiers used a ladder to scale the gate of the house, in an affluent neighborhood of the Pakistani city of Quetta in Balochistan.
The family woke as they burst in, but the officers silenced them with an order: Don’t scream or we will beat you. One demanded Qayyum’s national identity card.
Kidnap, torture, murder: the plight of Pakistan’s thousands of disappeared Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Shah Meer Baloch in Quetta
The abductors moved with an ease and stealth that suggested they had done this before. As Qayyum and his family slept, 12 masked and uniformed soldiers used a ladder to scale the gate of the house, in an affluent neighbourhood of the Pakistani city of Quetta in Balochistan. The family woke as they burst in but the officers silenced them with an order: don’t scream or we will beat you. One demanded Qayyum’s national identity card.
“Bring your phone and laptop,” barked an officer. A bag was shoved over Qayyum’s head and he was dragged outside and thrown into the back of a car.
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