3 infiltrators to be deported to Pak Sep 21, 2008
They belonged to Rahim Yar Khan district in Sindh province of Pakistan and are from Bhil community. They were sold by their parents as bonded labourers to the zamindar for Rs 50,000 each to work as farm labourers where they were ill treated, they told interrogators. (India Times, India)
Hindus in Pak want issues resolved Jun 21, 2008
In the seminar organised by Hare Rama Foundation, Rahim Yar Khan, and Hindu Sudhar Sab Ke in collaboration with the Action Aid Pakistan, Hindus from across the Punjab province participated and discussed challenges faced by them in the country. They demanded that their following requirements must be fulfilled on war footing basis. (Sify.com, India)
Terms provision inconsistent with articles 17, 25 of Constitution Apr 22, 2008
Muhammad Nasir Mehmood of Faisalabad and Shameer Ahmed of Zaheer Peer, district Rahim Yar Khan, filed the constitutional petition challenging the graduation condition under Article 184-3 of the Constitution. Kamran Murtaza, advocate representing the petitioners, said that the condition of graduation was imposed only on the general elections held in October 2002 through an ordinance amending the Representation of Peoples Act. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Pakistan's Bhutto promises to fight Islamic extremists Dec 26, 2007
Nawaz Sharif, another former premier who returned from exile for the campaign, also railed against Musharraf at a rally of more than 5,000 people in the southern city of Rahim Yar Khan. He said Musharraf's dictatorial rule embarrassed the country, and he accused the ruling party of destroying the economy. (Boston Globe)
* Pakistani campaigning intensifies Dec 25, 2007
Yesterday, Bhutto told a rally in the southern city of Rahim Yar Khan, in Sharif's eastern Punjab Province, that she would create more jobs, provide loans, alleviate poverty and allot land to the homeless. "I am fighting this war for the rights of the masses," she said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Pakistan Rallies Call For Ousting Of Musharraf Dec 25, 2007
Mrs Bhutto said at a rally in the southern city of Rahim Yar Khan that she would create jobs, provide loans and allot land to the homeless. Bookmark this page. (Sky News)
PPP leaders expect one million turnout to welcome Benazir Oct 17, 2007
He also criticised the Punjab chief minister for imposing section 144 in Multan and Rahim Yar Khan. Ms Bhutto has been living abroad, mostly in London and Dubai, since April 1999. (Pakistan Dawn)
PAKISTAN: Contaminated water a threat to millions in Punjab Jul 13, 2007
In the summer of 2006, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and its local partners began a programme in Rahim Yar Khan District in the southern Punjab to identify water sources laced with arsenic and raise awareness about its presence. Arsenic is thought to leach into water from rocks and soil in many areas of the Punjab. (AlertNet)
TV images of Saddam's execution may have led boys to hang selves Jan 15, 2007
Nine-year-old Mubassahr Ali, from the eastern Pakistan town of Rahim Yar Khan, died hours after Saddam when he also mimicked the ousted leader's execution, local police said. In Yemen, at least two young boys died and another was injured in apparent imitations of Saddam's hanging. (Buffalo News -- National)
