March, 11 2010
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday advised the government to prepare a comprehensive plan for jail reforms in light of reports of Parliamentary Committees and national and international human rights bodies.
The President said this while chairing a meeting on jail reforms in Sindh province, which was attended among others by Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Chief Minister Sindh, Senator Rehman A. Malik, Interior Minister, Haji Muzaffar Ali Shujra, Minister for Prisons Sindh, Fazal-ur-Rahman, Chief Secretary Sindh, Arif Ahmad Khan, Home Secretary Sindh, Mushtaq Ahmad Shah IG Prisons Sindh and other senior government officials.
The President also directed for providing legal aid to destitute prisoners, training and education and improved service structure for jail officials. Special attention must be accorded to improve the conditions in women and juvenile prisons, the President said.
The President also advised that the reports of the concerned committees of the parliament and human rights bodies on the subject of jail reforms be analyzed and their recommendations be kept in view while undertaking prison reforms.
The President while taking the presentation asked for Public-Private Partnership to improve the condition of jails particularly jail accommodation and the quality of food and other facilities provided to the prisoners.
The President also directed for devising such a mechanism in prisons to make the prisoners responsible and useful citizens of the society ... details
March, 11 2010
PESHAWAR: Death toll in Thursday’s Peshawar blast near a checkpost has reached four while another man was reportedly killed in firing by the forces following the blast, ARY NEWS reported.
It was earlier reported that the blast was triggered by a remote-controlled bomb, however, initial investigations suggest the blast was a suicide attack.
The ... details
March, 11 2010
PESHAWAR: A civilian was kiled and four others were wounded in a remote-controlled bomb blast near a security check post here Thursday, reported ARY NEWS.
The blast hit a CD shop near Barra Qadeem checkpost, wounding at least five people, including a child. The injured were rushed to Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar where the injured kid succumbed ... details
March, 11 2010
LONDON: A British boy kidnapped from his family's home in Pakistan has yet to be found, British and Pakistani officials said Thursday, following erroneous news of his release which one Pakistani diplomat here said was the result of mistaken identity.
Sahil Saeed was snatched from his grandmother's house in Pakistan's Jehlum city last week after ... details
March, 11 2010
LAHORE: The whereabouts of a British boy kidnapped from his family's home in Jhelum was unclear Thursday, with conflicting reports about whether he has been found and diplomats scrambling for confirmation.
Pakistan's High Commissioner to London, Wajid Shams-ul-Hasan, first told The Associated Press that he had information from Islamabad that 5-year-old ... details
March, 11 2010
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday agreed to boost rail, road and air links in a joint communique issued here Thursday.
The two sides also decided to enhance the volume of bilateral trade and to set up common food bank.
The officials of two sides signed Memoranda of Understanding on strengthening bilateral ties and enhancing interaction ... details
March, 11 2010
LONDON: A British boy kidnapped from his family's home in Pakistan has been located, Pakistan's top diplomat in London said Thursday.
Sahil Saeed was snatched from his grandmother's house in Pakistan's Jehlum city last week after robbers held the family at gunpoint for several hours. Pakistani High Commissioner Wajid Hasan said that Sahil had been ... details
March, 11 2010
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed on Wednesday to revive the joint grand jirga process for evolving a common strategy on furthering Kabul’s ‘reintegration and reconciliation’ plan.
The decision was taken at a meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Mr Karzai, who flew in here late in the afternoon, ... details
March, 11 2010
ISLAMABAD: Twenty-nine brigadiers have been promoted to the rank of major general and a major reshuffle in the army’s top brass is reported to be on the cards after expected promotion of at least seven officers to three-star generals over the next few weeks.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the selection board presided over by Chief of the ... details
March, 11 2010
RIYADH: Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday appealed to Saudi leaders to back a US-led drive for tough sanctions against Iran in a visit to Riyadh and came away “hopeful,” his press secretary said.
Gates met King Abdullah and the Saudi crown prince as part of President Barack Obama's diplomatic push for fresh UN sanctions on Iran over its ... details
March, 11 2010
WASHINGTON: The United States continues to worry that groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba can cause a war between India and Pakistan, a senior US military commander told a congressional panel on Wednesday.
Lt-Gen Francis Kearney, deputy commander, US Special Operations Command, told the Senate Committee on Armed Services that while the United States was ... details
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