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Daily Archives: September 8, 2012

A walk through Karachi

By: NADEEM ZUBERI A solo exhibition of cityscape paintings by Hanif Shahzad at Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi gives visitors the feeling of being in the Karachi city. It is just like a walk through Karachi along the busy streets painted in hues of vivid blue, yellow, green and pink. He engages emphatically with the cityscape […]


‘Traditions, cultural norms root causes of gender disparity’

Participants at the awareness workshop underlined that traditions and cultural norms are the root causes behind gender disparity, depriving women from political, constitutional and empowerment rights in society. They stressed the need for serious efforts to end gender inequality and to provide equal rights for women to enable them to contribute to the economic development […]


Information ministry given three weeks to draft bill

By: WAQAR LILLAH The Information Ministry would draft the proposed freedom of information bill in consultation with relevant stakeholders in three weeks, a Sub-Committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting said on Friday. The committee proposed that the bill would be renamed as ‘right to information bill`, instead of freedom of information. […]


Body found

LAHORE: A 40-year-old woman was recovered dead from the Shahdara area, police said on Friday. The dead body of the woman, who has as yet not been identified and was found clad in Shalwar Kamiz, was lying alongside a road near a bus stop on early Friday. The police have removed the dead body to […]


Another teenage girl may fall victim to swara

By: Fazal Khaliq SWAT: A 13-year-old girl will be married off to an old man to atone for her brother’s mistake, a jirga decided here on Friday. Her brother was charged with having an extra-marital relationship with a woman. “They want me to get married to pay for my brother’s fault, but I don’t want […]


A breather for Sharjeel, as Court turns to petitioner

KARACHI: In the alleged contempt-of-court case against Sharjeel Memon, the provincial information minister, the Sindh High Court has asked the petitioner to explain if the case falls in its jurisdiction. The petition was filed by a non-governmental organisation that seeks to disqualify the minister on charges of contempt and ridicule of superior courts and judges. […]


Freewill couples free to live on

KARACHI: For Sana, the ordeal is finally over. The court has allowed her to live with the man she married of her freewill on August 27. Since then, she had been facing threats; from her family, from her relatives and also from the police, which were acting on the criminal case registered against her husband. […]


Art used as means of expressing sufferings

By: Saira Agha Artists, like journalists, sometimes cannot be expressive about societal issues in places they feel threatened the most. Imagine a place where even thoughts are threatened. Such a place is our country. Why the comparison between journalists and artists? Simply because they are the ones who are heard, seen and sometimes followed. The […]


Supreme Court shows concern over grave situation in Balochistan

QUETTA: The Supreme Court on Friday expressed concern over the fate of missing persons, sectarian violence and mounting incidents of target killings in Balochistan. Issuing an interim order, the SC declared the provincial government and FC report about missing persons unsatisfactory and ordered the defence and interior secretaries and the Dera Bugti Frontier Corps (FC) […]


Contempt Day’ in Supreme Court on 12th

By: Hasnaat malik ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday decided to take up contempt petitions against people holding top offices, including President Asif Zardari, on September 12 in dual nationality case. The court has filed a petition, seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against President Asif Zardari for administering oath to Interior Minister Rehman Malik after […]


Man charged with murdering wife remanded

Karachi: A man who allegedly killed his wife over Karo-kari with the help of his brother-in-law was remanded in judicial custody along with his accomplice here on Friday. Mochko police produced the suspects, Fazal Hanif and Sharif Khan, before Judicial Magistrate (West) Pir Assadullah Shah Rashidi. They were alleged to have killed Ramim, wife of […]


TV channels asked to implement labour laws

LAHORE: The Punjab Labour Department has initiated the process to implement labour laws in TV channels.In this regard, Punjab Labour Department Deputy Director Nadeem Akhtar issued notices to the administration of the TV channels directing them to furnish details of their employees to the department and the salaries being paid to them. It was also […]


Hindus protest against abduction of girl

HYDERABAD: A large number of Hindu community members, including women and children, demonstrated outside the press club on Friday in protest against the abduction of a 14-year-old girl. Dr Jagdesh Kumar, Photo and Mansingh who led the protest alleged that Sunny, daughter of Rupa, was snatched from her home in Gulshan-i-Khair Mohammad on Sept 5 […]


Chief Justice asked to take suo moto action on APP affairs

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has been approached for suo moto action on alleged ‘mismanagement and corruption’ in the state-owned Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) to save it from complete disaster. In a 3-page complaint No POS 5906/G dated Sept 3, 2012, for initiation of suo moto proceedings, the CJ’s attention is also been […]