Tag: punjab
Under Lockdown: Qawwals who can sing no more
Aug 1, 2020: Traders and business communities have often taken to the streets protesting over the losses they have faced because of the lockdowns. But skilled artists such as the Khalid Hussain Qawal Group of Shahdra are left to fend for ...
Traders demand reasons behind sudden ‘smart lockdown’ in Punjab
Jul 30,2020: The sudden 'smart lockdown' imposed by the Government of Punjab in the province till August 5, in order to curb the spread of the Coronavirus during Eidul Azha, has ended up in making traders furious ...
Cheating Death: After 22 years on the death row, a man walks free
Jul 12, 2020: On the evening of June 30, forty year old Muhammad Iqbal stepped out of the Mandi Bahauddin jail a free man – the first time after 22 years. It was not an easy walk out of the gate; he had waited, struggled, and even given up ...
Hindu community stands firm in face of fatwa and petition against temple
Jul 2, 2020: Just a few days after the groundbreaking ceremony of the capital’s first Hindu temple being constructed, a fatwa was issued by Jamia Ashrafia declaring the act ‘un-Islamic and illegal’. The fatwa came from Mufti Ziauddin of Jamia ...
Woman raped for refusing husband call to join prostitution
Jun 30, 2020: Thirty four year old Sumaira Bibi tied the knot with a man named Ashraf three years ago. Sumaira was the resident of Allahabad, a small village near Chunian while Ashraf lived in the town of Baloki. The couple was blessed with ...
Can Pakistan’s Hospitals Survive the Pandemic?
Jun 12, 2020: The country’s healthcare system is feeble and ill-equipped, and lags several years behind its counterparts in developed nations. With a global pandemic now in our midst, concerns abound whether Pakistan may suffer an even ...
Alarmed By Surge In Infections, WHO Writes To Punjab & Sindh
Jun 11, 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) has written to both the Sindh and Punjab governments, urging Punjab, in particular, to impose an “intermittent” lockdown to control the spread of Coronavirus as Pakistan’s confirmed cases surge past a ...
In Shameful Surrender, Government Appeases Abdul Aziz
Jun 8, 2020: The controversial Maulana Abdul Aziz of Lal Masjid fame is firmly back in the spotlight as the government has reached an agreement with him whereby, he and his family have vacated Lal Masjid G-6 today (8th June 2020) and moved to the ...
Squashing The Tigers’ Roars
In an ironic turn of events, the Government has ended up neglecting its own volunteers, who had come forward to work with the Tiger Force. Voicepk.net investigated the situation, only to find that the Tigers had been ...
Rights Watch | 22nd May 2020
Violence Against Women: Arifwala Saddar police in Sahiwal arrested a man in Chak 72-EB for shooting his sister-in-law dead for refusing to divorce his elder brother and marry him. The victim, Rabia Bibi, married the suspect’s elder brother ...