KARACHI – The rape of a seven-year old poor girl in the camps of the flood affected people, set up at the Super Highway, has once again exposed the brutality and callousness of our social system, while the helpless father of the victim demands unprecedented punishment for the criminals. Addressing a press conference at the […]
BY Rabia Ali Karachi In a city where tragedy strikes nearly every day, the Baldia factory fire that killed over 250 people remains etched in every resident’s memory. To show just how tragic the industrial disaster was, a bunch of students decided to immortalize the tragedy through art. On Friday evening, the exhibition ‘Awaaz’ opened […]
By M.J Akbar A Supreme Court judgment in India may be anchored in law, but it sails a long way through the minds of judges before it becomes a public pronouncement. Law and justice are both human and therefore prone to frailty and error. But we respect the Supreme Court as the final authority because […]
Karachi: The Sindh Writers and Thinkers Forum (SWTF) has called on the government to repeal the Sindh People’s Local Government Act, 2012 (SPLGA) before its term comes to an end. Speaking at a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Saturday, Sindhi intellectuals criticised the Pakistan People’s Party for betraying the people of Sindh […]
ISLAMABAD: A musical evening to raise funds for the widow of a folk Sindhi musician, suffering from cancer, was organised here on Saturday. It was a pleasant evening, and an eclectic mix of people sat in the lawns of Kuch Khaas, listening to folk tunes from alghoza (double flute) and dholak. Sunlight slowly filtered through […]
THE killing of three clerics in Karachi a few days ago was indeed gruesome. The targeted killings of 10 to 15 people in Karachi have become the order of the day. Critical reviews are presented on TV channels and columns are written on Karachi killings, but no remedial steps have been taken so far. I […]
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