Burying alive of women condemned

Published September 20, 2008

ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: The newly sworn in youth parliament on Monday condemned the recent burying alive of women in Balochistan.

In second sitting of the Youth Parliament which began in the morning the house on a calling attention notice by Aurangzeb Marri (Sindh) unanimously demanded that the culprits should be brought to justice. The issue was referred to the Youth Parliament committee on Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights.

A press release issued here by Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (Pildat) said that the Youth Prime Minister Ahmed Ali Babar also announced his cabinet which was sworn in by the speaker youth parliament.

Youth cabinet includes Mudassar Habib, Youth Minister for Culture, Sports & Youth Affairs, Mohmmad Rafifue Wassan, Youth Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs & Human Rights, Samir Anwar Butt, Youth Minister for Foreign Affairs & Defence, Ms Umme Ammara Hikmat, Youth Minister for Finance, Planning Affairs and Economics, Yawar Hayat Shah, Youth Minister for Information and Zameer Ahmed Malik, Youth Minister for Education, Health and Environment.

Opinion

Editorial

Digital growth
Updated 25 Apr, 2024

Digital growth

Democratising digital development will catalyse a rapid, if not immediate, improvement in human development indicators for the underserved segments of the Pakistani citizenry.
Nikah rights
25 Apr, 2024

Nikah rights

THE Supreme Court recently delivered a judgement championing the rights of women within a marriage. The ruling...
Campus crackdowns
25 Apr, 2024

Campus crackdowns

WHILE most Western governments have either been gladly facilitating Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, or meekly...
Ties with Tehran
Updated 24 Apr, 2024

Ties with Tehran

Tomorrow, if ties between Washington and Beijing nosedive, and the US asks Pakistan to reconsider CPEC, will we comply?
Working together
24 Apr, 2024

Working together

PAKISTAN’S democracy seems adrift, and no one understands this better than our politicians. The system has gone...
Farmers’ anxiety
24 Apr, 2024

Farmers’ anxiety

WHEAT prices in Punjab have plummeted far below the minimum support price owing to a bumper harvest, reckless...