Tag: Families

ISLAMABAD - A delegation of senators on Monday met protesting families of missing Balochi people outside the National Press Club. The senators included Abdul Rahim Mandokhel of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, Zahid Khan of the Awami National Party, Fehmida Khan of the PML-N, Rahmatullah Kakar of the JUI-F, and Dr Malik Baloch of the National Party.
Expressing solidarity with relatives of disappeared persons, the senators said that lower and upper both the houses were raising

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday gave 10 days to the federal and Punjab governments to recover two Pakistani families which went missing after they granted pardon to CIA contractor Raymond Davis on March 16 in exchange for blood money.
Justice Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry expressed annoyance when a federal law officer sought three weeks to submit the reply on part of the federal government. The judge inquired, "Why is the government seeking adjournment after

LAHORE - The Punjab home secretary told the court in a written reply on Monday in connection with the hearing of a habeas corpus petition for the recovery of the families of Faizan and Faheem, the two men killed by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contractor Raymond Davis, that the Punjab government was completely unaware of the families' whereabouts and suggested that the Lahore High Court ask the government about the allegedly missing families.The reply surprised many in the

MIRANSHAH - The government will pay compensation to the families of 39 people who died in a US drone strike in North Waziristan, an official said on Saturday. Civilians and police were among those killed when missiles hit a compound in Datta Khel, 40 kilometres west of Miranshah, on March 17.
Tribal administration official Asghar Khan told AFP a compensation package was ready for the victims' families. "Three hundred thousand rupees ($3,530) each will be paid to 39 families,

LAHORE - Justice Chaudhry Iftikhar Hussain of the Lahore High Court on Monday sought a report from the Lahore capital city police officer (CCPO) about the mysterious disappearance of the families of Fahim and Faizan, the two men killed by US national Raymond Davis. The judge ordered CCPO Aslam Tareen to appear in person in court on today (Tuesday) along with a detailed report on the whereabouts of the two families. The court was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by Malik Munsif

KARACHI - The Sindh government has decided in principle to renege on promises of handing residential plots in Karachi and Hyderabad to flood-affected families in an attempt to further reconciliatory politics with coalition partners, especially the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Pakistan Today has learnt.
The plan of not giving any plot districts to the flood hit people is just aimed at fulfilling the demands of the Sindh's coalition partner - Muttahida Qaumi Movement,

ISLAMABAD - Condemning the drone attack in Datta Khel that killed more then 40 people, Muttahida Qabaili Party (MQP) President Habib Malik on Saturday demanded the government compensate the families of victims of the drone attack.
Addressing a news conference at the National Press Club (NPC), Habib said the killing of innocent people in Datta Khel would not have taken place had the government alerted Pakistan Air Force before such drone attacks. Malik said the air force should

LAHORE - Though the Obama administration said it would not directly pay a seven-figure settlement to families of two Pakistani men killed by CIA contractor Raymond Davis, the US government "fully expects to get the bill" at some point and would pay it, a US official told CNN on Thursday.
According to CNN, the assertion by the official, who spoke on the condition on anonymity, came a day after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, "The United States does not pay any

KARACHI - Over 1.8 million families that were adversely affected by the floods are unlikely to receive the second instalment of Watan Cards as the Sindh government has no funds due to severe financial constraints, sources informed Pakistan Today.
Following the floods in the country, the federal and provincial governments had announced a number of measures for proper rehabilitation of the displaced people. The Sindh government had also initiated the rehabilitation process of the

KARACHI - Seventy low-income families will be provided financial assistance under the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) in 2011, said BISP Director General Sindh Akbar Shamim Aleem on Tuesday. While presiding over a meeting at the provincial office, Aleem said that a survey of households and families eligible for relief has been conducted across the country through different partnerships and collaborations. Based on the results of this survey, the relief would be conveyed to the

HAFIZABAD - The Punjab government is distributing 4,000 free five-marla plots among homeless people in Jinnah Abadis across the province. Hafizabad District Coordination Officer Muhammad Asif said this while addressing a ceremony held at the district complex for computerised balloting of five-marla plots. At least 198 plots were allotted in the district Hafizabad through computerised draw on merit, he said, adding 132 plots were allotted to the deserving people in Tehsil Hafizabad and

LAHORE - The World Pasban-e-Khatam-e-Nabuwat staged a protest on Thursday against threats and attacks on families of victims of US national Raymond Davis outside the Lahore Press Club. The protesters chanted anti-US slogans and burnt US flags. Addressing the protest, Mumtaz Awan said that after Davis' arrest, terrorist attacks have stopped in the country, as all US spies have gone underground. He accused the US, Israel and India of hatching conspiracies in the country.

LAHORE - After the petition filed by Barrister Zafrullah Khan in Supreme Court on Monday against 'diplomatic immunity' for Raymond Davis, chances of his release are now hinged upon the approval of families of the deceased. Apparently they might be under great pressure in coming days to forgive or accept blood money from the killer of their loved ones.
Clerics, who backed the deceased families, have mixed reaction about the upcoming scenario. Ameer Markazi Jamaat-i-Ahlehadith

LAHORE - The funeral of the three young men, two of whom were shot and one run over by American 'officials' on Thursday noon was held in their respective localities on Friday. The families of Faizan Haider and Faheem Shamshad, who were gunned down by American official Raymond Davis in Qartaba Chowk, lodged protests on Friday claiming police officials were pressing them to withdraw the cases.
On Friday, Lahore Police handed Faizan and Faheem's bodies to their heirs after

LAHORE - The families of the drag race tragedy victims have absolved the Bahria Town management, of all the blames. The tragedy took place on 5 December 2010 in Phase VIII of Bahria Town, when one of the driver lost control over his car and it rammed into spectators. Five people died in the accident.
The case registered by the police had nominated Bahria Town management as co-accused. The families representing the deceased and the injured; Lt. Col (R) Javed Iqbal and Mrs. Kausar