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Daily Archives: February 19, 2013

Man, women Killed over Karo-Kari

A father killed his daughter and a man for alleged illicit relations in village Ghulam Rasool within the limits of Lakha Road, Police Station on Monday. Gul Muhammad Brohi at tacked his 25-year old daughter Shazia and Hamza Brohi at a crop field in village Ghulam Rasool, Killing the both. The bodies were shifted to […]


Medical waste: Violators to be dealt with with an iron hand

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By Our Correspondent Many hospitals and clinics are disposing of their hazardous waste in violation of the Waste Management Rules, 2005, Environment Secretary Muhammad Anwar Rasheed said on Monday. He was presiding over a meeting at the commissioner’s office. Expressing his dissatisfaction with the disposal of hospital waster and lack of incinerators, Rasheed said that […]


Pemra official admits issuing bogus licence to foreign channel

TAHIR AMIN A senior Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) official admitted before the Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting that a bogus licence was issued to a foreign TV channel which did not even exist. The committee met with Kamil Ali Agha in the chair here on Monday, where representatives of United Producers […]


Fourth death anniversary of Swat journalist observed

Our Correspondent MINGORA: The fourth death anniversary of Musa Khankhel was observed at the Swat Press Club on Monday. Unidentified persons killed Musa Khankhel, correspondent of The News and Geo News, on February 18, 2009 in Matta tehsil of Swat district where he had gone to cover the story about the rally of Tanzim Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi […]


The extra eight hours that worked for Abdullah Hussain

Anil Datta Karachi: The Arts Council was host to an enlivening evening on Monday with nationally famed Lahore-based novelist Abdullah Hussain who was in town in connection with the 4th Karachi Literature Festival. Addressing a compact gathering, Hussain talked about his metamorphosis into a novelist. The programme was compered by Wusatullah Khan of the BBC […]


Supreme Court calls IGP to brief on girl’s murder

ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: The Supreme Court (SC) has initiated suo motu proceedings in the murder of an 11-year-old girl whose body was found in Islamabad on Sunday. A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, has asked Inspector General of Islamabad Bani Amin to brief them on preliminary investigations on Tuesday. An item […]


To eradicate domestic violence: ‘Equip women economically’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani and British women parliamentarians on Monday reached consensus that economic empowerment of women could eradicate domestic violence against them. They were holding a dialogue on this issue at Pakistan Institute of Parliamentary Services. Member of National Assembly Shahnaz Wazir Ali of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), while presiding over the dialogue on behalf of […]


Room for improvement

PERHAPS it speaks to the condition of the once glorious city by the sea that the Karachi Literature Festival is celebrated more for what it represents than what it does. The mere fact that a demoralised Karachi can be in the news for positive reasons, even if only for a weekend each spring, is seen […]


Encroachment, deforestation eat up Chhor forest land

UMERKOT: Encroachment and deforestation over the years has reduced the Chhor reserve forest, which used to cover an area of 3,000 acres, to a mere fraction of its original size. Declared as a protected site by the British government in 1927, the forest contained five of the seven arid-zone plants in the red list released […]


Old manuscripts of different religious books on display

KARACHI: Over 50 highly rare and old manuscripts were put on display at a special exhibition inaugurated at the National Museum of Pakistan on Saturday. The exhibition of manuscripts titled “Tasawwuf and Interfaith” organised by the Sindh culture department and the International Peace Committee for Interfaith Harmony will continue till Feb 26. One of the […]