An exhibition of Lahore Museum’s Artifacts on Christian themes was inaugurated jointly by Rt. Revd. Irfan Jamil, Bishop of Lahore and Rt. Revd. Dr Alexander John Malik, Bishop Emeritus of Lahore in Gandhara Art Gallery of the Museum on Monday. The exhibition will remain open till January 6, 2013 from 9:00am to 4:00pm except Fridays. […]
By: Aliya Mirza LAHORE: In order to increase the protection of women and involve the Punjab government in this activity, the Aurat Foundation has prepared a draft on the issue and intends to send it to the provincial government for legislation. This was revealed at a consultation meeting arranged by the AF on the topic […]
By: Sumera Khan ISLAMABAD: Former premier Benazir Bhutto, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza are part of a small, but significant, number of women who have marked their place in the country’s political arena. According to a study by the Planning Commission and endorsed by the United Nations, Pakistan has […]
By: Sher Khan LAHORE: After several delays, the film Tamanna has quietly finished filming this week. The film, starring Umair Rana, Salman Shahid and Feryal Gauhar has already been featured in film festivals for its catchy soundtrack sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. A less talked about late addition to the cast is the talented […]
By: Waqas Naeem ISLAMABAD: Until the late 19th century, the Indus Delta boasted of a thick mangrove plantation. The forests in the delta were so lush that there were even reports of an ‘Indus Tiger’ on the prowl within its recesses. This description provided by Tahir Qureshi, a senior adviser at the International Union for […]
By: Feisal H Naqvi About a week ago, a 20-year-old by the name of Adam Lanza walked into a school in Newtown, Connecticut — a small town a few hours northeast of New York City. In the next 30 minutes, Lanza shot and killed 27 people before finally killing himself. Of those 27 casualties, 20 […]
By: Murtaza Ali Shah LONDON: Pakistani student from Pattoki who has become an overnight singing sensation in Britain will be landing in Lahore on December 27 afternoon to meet his family and new legions of fans in Pakistan. Muhammad Shahid Nazir, 31, whose song ‘One Pound Fish’ has given him worldwide fame told The News […]
By: Imran Ali Teepu ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) on Monday questioned the Capital Development Authority (CDA)’s ‘environmental approach’ when it came to allotting parking spaces on greenbelts to commercial high-rise projects. In a statement to Dawn, Asif Shuja, the director general of Pak-EPA, criticised CDA’s poor environment policies. “Despite our concerns, the […]
By: JAFFAR NAQVI THE recent screening of Turkish soaps on different private TV channels came as a pleasant surprise for its viewers. The soap, ‘Ishq-i-Mamnoo’, aired during prime time, caused a furore that surpassed all ratings records in Pakistan. The hue and cry being made by local artists and production houses against such foreign soaps […]
By: Shazia Hasan KARACHI: On the eve of the official birth anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU) held an exhibition that again brought up the old controversy about the Father of the Nation being born on Oct 20, 1875, and not Dec 25, 1876. Besides displaying the schools founder Hassanally […]
KARACHI: An exhibition in connection with the 136th birth anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah opened at the National Museum of Pakistan on Monday. As usual, the exhibits include some very important original documents from the freedom movement as well as objects that were either in use of the Quaid-i-Azam or were presented to him. […]
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