By: Aatekah Mir-Khan LAHORE: Female journalists, young and old, were encouraged to use the social media to “amplify their voice”. However, at the same time, they were urged to secure themselves online. The advices were offered by Afia Salam, a media and outreach consultant, who led the second day session of a training organised by […]
By: Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur The days assigned by the UN to help protect human rights will remain quite meaningless and ineffective as long as the culture of impunity is allowed to prevail Pakistan’s promises and pronouncements reiterating and praising its commitment to human rights on every International Human Rights Day, universally celebrated on December […]
RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday summoned six witnesses, including US journalist Mark Siegel, on January 5 in the Benazir Bhutto murder case. ATC judge Chaudhry Habibur Rehman heard the case and summoned the witnesses. Other witnesses include SSP Yasin Farooq, SP Ashfaq Anwar, Professor Dr Musaddiq and the Rescue 1122’s Dr Abdul Rehman. […]
KARACHI: Majmua, the art gallery, organised a latest exhibition entitled ‘Celebrating Art on Paper’. The exhibition that shows cases landscape and works of abstract art will continue till December 30. While speaking at the inauguration ceremony Mehreen Ilahi, the event curator said that “this time we have honored the senior artists of Karachi, and especially […]
By: Muhammad Saleh Zaafir ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party-led ruling alliance has given the final go-ahead for scrapping the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), and, for the purpose, legislation for the establishment of a National Accountability Commission (NAC) would be undertaken next week. Parliamentarians belonging to the ruling alliance are being asked by their leadership to […]
By: Usman Ghafoor The posh suburb of Yeniköy, along Istanbul’s gorgeous Bosphorus waterway, home to the rich and the beautiful Ziyagils — the fictional family of Ask-i Memnu, Turkey’s all-time popular TV series now charming international audiences — is fast becoming a favourite with tourists pouring into the city from all over the world. So […]
By: Zofeen T. Ebrahim Where are our home grown versions of debonair and charming television hosts like BBC’s Zeinab Badawi and Stephen Sackur? Where are the definitive desi hosts who can ruffle mighty feathers and pop egos while grilling them, albeit in a respectful manner; and at the same time guarantee intelligent conversation punctuated with […]
By: Ghazi Salahuddin When Bushra Gohar, one of the bright stars of the National Assembly, entered politics as a member of the Awami National Party, she did not know that “I am an entertainment”. This is how this plucky woman from a region that is afflicted with violent extremism, described the quality of talk shows […]
Karachi: Public and private universities have decided to launch a central website to provide information and guidance to students about all universities and degree-awarding institutes. The decision was taken at the Governor House in a meeting chaired by Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan, who is also the chancellor of all state-run universities in the […]
SUKKUR: A man shot dead his sister on the pretext of Karo-Kari near here on Saturday. Police said accused Karim Bakhsh shot dead his younger sister Zeenat in village Haji Khairi in Mirpurkhas alleging that she was maintaining illicit relations with someone. The News
Karachi: A man killed his younger sister in the Chakiwara police limits on Saturday. Amreen, 22, was allegedly shot dead by her younger brother Yousuf after exchanging hot words at her boyfriend’s house in Memon Society in Lyari’s Khada Market. Her body was taken to the Civil Hospital for legal formalities. According to police, Amreen […]
By: Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: With the general election around the corner, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has prepared a draft `unified electoral law’ aimed at making the electoral process transparent and credible. “A package of legislative reforms proposed by the ECP months ago has been converted into a draft unified law and will […]
By: Khurram Husain Last Monday the finance minister surprised everybody by admitting to the National Assembly that the government had granted tax exemptions and waivers worth more than Rs 650 billion over the past four years. Whether they realise it or not, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is about to disturb a great nest of […]
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a meeting have urged the political parties to encourage women activists to come forward and work for the development of their respective localities and people of the communities. The meeting was held at Nothia here on Saturday that was addressed by Provincial Minister for Sports Syed Aqil Shah, regional head of Strengthening […]
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