By: MUBUSHAR ALI SULEHRIA Many hearts were torn asunder at the news of Sister Birgitta’s death. The 71-year-old Swedish woman, who had spent her youth to ameliorate the living conditions of the destitute women of Lahore, was shot by some immoral persons at the doorsteps of her residence. She gave more than half of her […]
By: Farooq Baloch ISLAMABAD: Despite a common goal – an early auction of the third generation (3G) mobile cellular spectrum licence, the officials responsible for the auction are far from reaching a consensus on the legality of hiring 3G consultants. Because of the difference of opinion among its members, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has […]
By: Murtaza Ali Shah LONDON: Singer Noor-ul-Ain Khalid, popularly known as Annie has alleged that her rich Pakistani husband subjected her to the worst kind of domestic and physical abuse throughout their marriage – starting allegedly much before their wedding on 16 July 2012 but two weeks after their ‘nikah’ earlier in the year. The […]
By: Mudassir Raja RAWALPINDI: The fresh examination season has brought troubles back for the Rawalpindi board. The website prepared by the Punjab Information Technology (PIT) does not do what it was designed for: making it easy for candidates to submit their data. Students have been facing problems in registering online owing to multiple faults in […]
By: Abdul Razaque Channa CANBERRA: The Pakistani education system has been influenced by various factors ranging from the subcontinent’s historical background, a shared geography and cultural history with India, colonisation by Britain and so on. Among the many reasons, the dictatorial era of General Ziaul Haq played a significant role in shaping today’s educational system […]
FAISALABAD: A man beat up his former wife and cut his nose at Satiana on Tuesday. Police said Faiz Rasool had divorced Sajida Bibi, a resident of Chak-34 GB, a year ago. On Tuesday, Rasool and his accomplices attacked Sajida Bibi in a street. They beat up her and, later, Rasool cut her nose with […]
By: Shoaib Ahmed LAHORE: The month of January will bring a series of cultural events for the art loving people of Lahore. Giving a grand reception to 2013, two arts councils — provincial and federal — are all set to entertain Lahorites with some quality evenings featuring artistes from Lahore and other areas of Punjab. […]
WE are the three consultants appointed to advise on Pakistan’s forthcoming 3-G auction. Between us we have over 60 years of experience in advising governments around the world on telecom issues and spectrum auctions. Sadly, we are compelled to write this letter to defend our reputations following recent articles in other papers about Pakistan’s 3G […]
KARACHI: Arif Hasan is an architect, urban planner and social thinker of undisputed credentials. Over the years, he has been involved in many a project related to urban planning, including the ambitious and large-scale Orangi Pilot Project. His profound interest in Pakistan’s, especially Karachi’s, colonial past, its development and its post-partition architectural mishmash has inspired […]
ISLAMABAD: It may not seem the most obvious setting, but a squat building overlooking a slum is home to one of the country’s leading galleries, which for 30 years has defied dictatorships and extremists to champion cutting-edge art. Rohtas Gallery was founded in 1981, at the height of military ruler Gen Ziaul Haq’s martial law, […]
By: Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) does not have biometric record of as many as 3.72 million women voters. According to Nadra’s district-wise data, Punjab tops the list where fingerprints and photographs of more than 2.62 million women have not been made available to the registration authority. In Rawalpindi tehsil […]
KARACHI: An NGO working on reproductive health and family planning held a half-day workshop with health reporters from 10 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The Marie Stopes Society (MSS) organised the event to raise the profile of reporting on reproductive and maternal health in a bid to decrease the rate of maternal mortality on district […]
By: ZAMAN MALIK THESE days there is much hue and cry against the airing of Turkish dramas on a private TV channel. Actors from across the country to people in parliament were seen and heard speaking against the foreign content. All were advocating that there must be a code of conduct imposed by Pemra against […]
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