The government miserably failed in providing protection to the children as 6,444 cases of violence against children were recorded during last year 2012 in Pakistan, said Founder of Madadgaar National Helpline, Zia Ahmed Awan on Tuesday. Addressing the news conference here at Madadgaar National Helpline office, Zia Awan said that that last year in 2012, […]
Gujranwala: Journalists in satrah organized a rally on Tuesday to protest against the young doctors’ maltreatment of journalists last week. The journalists gathered in front of the Press Club and rallied till Kashmir Chowk. It was led by Rana saleem Karamat, Mubashar Khan and Amanullah Ansari. Condemning the incident, they said journalists could not be […]
By: Rafay Mahmood KARACHI: In a place like Pakistan, where appreciation for art is a niche idea and something like theatre is an even bigger novelty, having a culturally similar and artistically proactive neighbour like India always comes in handy. While our cinema industry is run by Bollywood films, it is theatre festivals like the […]
By: Zahrah Mazhar KARACHI: It was not only the sculptures at the Amin Gulgee Gallery on Monday that stood tall and invited attention but their creator was also the larger-than-life artist who spoke of his work as it spoke of him. “My art is how I understand myself and express myself – I don’t go […]
By: IANS MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Juhi Chawla was sceptical about visiting Pakistan to meet her relatives, but upon her return she says she has had a pleasant and memorable trip. She came here to attend a wedding. “I’m back in Mumbai from Karachi. To be honest, I was wary of going to Pakistan, but it […]
We, the journalists from eight member countries of SAARC, having met at SAFMA’s 8th South Asian Free Media Conference on: “A vision for South Asia and union: Opening minds, opening borders”, in Amritsar on 6 January and Lahore on 8-9 January 2013, underlining the historical, cultural, social and economic ties across South Asian borders, and […]
By: Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: It’s not only the top constitutional office holders who are flouting the judgements of the superior judiciary, a junior Pemra official, who was given a look after charge of Pemra chairman by PPP government and was removed by Supreme Court two-weeks ago, has started using powers of the Pemra Chairman in […]
The decomposed and strangulated body of a young woman, believed to be a gang rape victim, was found in a blanket in a Nullah near Madina Colony in the Sachal police jurisdiction. A mobile unit shifted the body to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for a postmortem. A lady medico-legal officer at the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital […]
KARACHI: Pakistan Society for Training and Development (PSTD) announced on Tuesday to organise the fifth annual one-day conference for working women titled Women in Business Conference (WIBCON) on January 29. “The conference is aimed at assisting professionals in achieving excellence in today’s competitive environment,” said Aamir Niazi, president of PSTD – a non-governmental organisation – […]
SUKKUR: A woman committed suicide by jumping into a well in Chachiro on Tuesday.Police said that Momal Menghwar in the limits of Chachro ended her life by jumping into a well. Local people took her body out from the well. Police said that Momal Menghwar committed suicide over differences with her husband Sanghram. The News
THE Lahore High Court on Monday freed an 80-year-old Amina Bibi detained by her relatives. Justice Syed Kazim Raza Shamsi issued this order on a petition moved by Amina’s son. He alleged that in order to grab her property some relatives had detained his mother. He said he had also moved some complaints to the […]
By: Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights on Tuesday set aside its 11-point routine agenda to discuss a legal dispute between a TV anchor and the managing director of PTV over their matrimonial status. At the heart of the dispute is a minor boy which Ayesha Sana claims to be […]
LAHORE: Rights activist Asma Jehangir has suggested good governance as basic right of the citizens so that they are able to hold their rulers accountable in case they fail to deliver. “The people should be given good governance so they are able to hold their rulers accountable when they fail to ensure them provision of […]
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Since artists themselves are a talented lot, they draw a great deal of inspiration from other creative individuals. They find them intriguing because it’s the inscrutability and mystery of creative pursuits that keep them alive to art. Therefore the creative process itself becomes a work of art. It is in this […]
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