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Daily Archives: February 25, 2013

Green festival organised

KARACHI: Due to environmental pollution, many children targeted by life threatening diseases, which ultimately affect educational activities of students. These views were shared by MNA Rehan Hashmi while addressing a Green Festival organised by Falconhouse Grammer School on Sunday. He said that to counter environmental diseases, every individual should take part so that elimination of […]


Alleged abuse of foreign worker: Police arrest one more suspect in rape case

KARACHI: Investigators looking into the rape case of a 30-year-old Filipina maid in Clifton detained another suspect, Mansoor, on Sunday following the statement of the complainant, M. The maid was allegedly raped at her apartment in Gizri on Thursday by Mumtaz Baloch, who is already in police custody and has been sent on remand till […]


Indie films have an audience, says Shahid

Salman Shahid has entertained the audience with his performances in TV shows and stage plays for years but admits his real passion lies in theatre — struggling for change and contributing something novel and unconventional has been his driving force. While cinema has not been the priority on the veteran actor’s list, the recent struggle […]


Close to the inner fire: Dancing the taboos away

ISLAMABAD: Small-framed and draped in a sari, 83-year-old Indu Mitha exudes five decades of resilience against the resistance of a nation struggling with cultural identity. Maintaining a nine-beat rhythm with a bell in her hand, she observes her small classroom of dancers at the Mazmoon-e-Shauq academy, where she has been teaching since 1999. She has […]


Young girl kidnapped from Gilgit raped

RAWALPINDI: An accused, Abdulah, kidnapped a young girl from Gilgit, brought her to Rawalpindi, raped her for six days in a room of a hotel and ran away, police said.One Samya Bibi, resident of Muslim Colony, village Kino Daas, Gizir, Gilgit, lodged a complaint with the Waris Khan police saying that her beloved, Abdulah brought […]


Cultural festival held in CMC Larkana

SUKKUR: The celebration of the cultural festival in Chandka Medical College (CMC) Larkana was kicked off on Sunday. The CMC students are celebrating the festival as part of extra curricular activities. They established stalls of food, handicraft outlets, book shops, flower shops etc. The students maintained that the cultural festival was a refreshing event for […]


Urdu lexicography: principles and practice

Rauf Parekh A negative thing about Urdu dictionaries is that the writer of an Urdu dictionary has rarely been spared by critics as most of the Urdu dictionaries have been found lacking in one area or another. That is why I think compiling an Urdu dictionary is a thankless job and one can only pray […]


Gender-sensitive policing

Mohammad Ali Babakhel WORLDWIDE perceptions regarding women’s participation in law enforcement are changing, but in Pakistan policing is still a male-dominated career. In Pakistan, the origin of women policing can be traced to the 1970s. In the Police Act 1861 and Police Rules 1934 there is no reference to women policing. However the Police Order […]


Facebook and our youths

JAWED AHMED KHURSHEED WHO can deny that youngsters are our future and, above all, they have undying potential to do something really better for their nation. What has saddened me to spell out these observations is to share something that is really hazardous for our youths. Visiting Facebook for the youths of Pakistan has become […]


Glacial lakes a threat to villages, says expert

Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: With the summer approaching, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) is concerned about more than 50 potentially hazardous lakes formed in glaciers in the northern areas. Most of these lakes can bring disaster for small settlements downhill. “Glacial lake outburst floods (Glof) have become a concern. Glofs are a fairly unique […]


You never get enough of it — LLF concludes

by Xari Jalil LAHORE, Feb 24: The last day of the Lahore Literature Festival was star-studded since some eminent writers made an appearance, including Bapsi Sidhwa, Mohammad Hanif, William Dalrymple and Tehmina Durrani. Unfortunately, however, some sessions coincided and even before people could enter the hall for Dalrymple’s session, the hall was chock-full. Mohammad Hanif, […]


123 women selected for internship

HAFIZABAD – As many as 123 postgraduate women have been selected for the Internship Progamme of the Punjab Chief Minister here. Addressing the women, MNA Saira Afzal Tarar said educated women are an asset of the nation. The government would soon materialise the dream of socio-economic development of women in the society, she added. She […]


VIEW : Polio, Taliban, and media — Mohammad Nafees

Resistance to polio vaccination has been going through a constant phase of evolution in Pakistan, and with every passing day, it goes one notch up from its previous level involving people from conservative camps to enlightened ones as well. About six months ago, Maulvi Ibrahim Chishti of Muzaffargarh’s rural Khan Pur Bagga Sher area declared […]


Publishing/airing courts’ remarks: Kaira appeals judges to stop media

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SAFDAR RASHEED Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Sunday appealed to judges of higher judiciary to stop media from publishing or airing courts’ remarks during hearing of a case, arguing that this would dispel any misgivings before the final verdict of the court. Addressing a seminar on “Why democracy is obligatory […]