By: Rauf Parekh “Poetry is the most effective way to protest,” said Ahmed Faraz, recounting how he had begun composing poetry. In a piece titled ‘Main kyun likhta hoon?’ (Why do I write?), included in Mehboob Zafar’s book ‘Ahmed Faraz: fun-o-shakhsiyet’, Faraz says that when he had been in school it had been difficult to […]
By: Zeeshan Azmat Karachi: The Sindh Writers and Thinkers Forum (SWTF) released its “Sindh agenda for Election-2013” at the Karachi Press Club on Saturday. Speaking at a conference “Unity of Sindh and its requirements”, the participants asked the masses to reject the party that attempted to divide Sindh by implementing the controversial Sindh People’s Local […]
By: Waseem Shamsi SUKKUR, March 10: A large quantity of ancient artefacts being taken from Islamabad to Karachi has been seized by the Customs intelligence, officials said on Sunday. The seized artefacts worth millions of rupees belong to Gandhara civilisation, pre-Christian era and the periods of Muslim rule, Tasawwar Shah, a local Customs officer, told […]
SANGHAR: Sindh Culture Minister Sassui Palijo on Sunday unveiled the plaque of an under-construction cultural complex in Sanghar. Speaking to a gathering of the local literati and Pakistan People’s Party held on the occasion, the minister said that 30 per cent construction work of the cultural complex had already been complete. She said that the […]
By: Shazia Hasan KARACHI, March 10: Cultures of Resistance, a 72-minute documentary film about resistance movements all over the world, is a beautiful kaleidoscope of the show of resilience through expressions. Its filmmaker/director Iara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, believes that it is good to vent frustrations through art and culture. At the screening […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) would develop a mechanism to ensure insurance cover to disaster-prone areas.Mandated by the National Disaster Risk Management Framework (NDMRF), a concept note on Disaster Risk Insurance for low income communities was already approved.According to the Ministry of Climate Change here on Sunday, the concept note outlines the general […]
Sir: This is with reference to Women’s Day, which is marked globally with the theme of ending violence against women. The day was warmly celebrated by representatives of civil society, media and government organisations at the national and international level, representing an increased level of awareness about women’s rights amongst communities. Despite all this, a […]
By: Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD, March 10: Wildlife experts are concerned about the recent increase in illegal hunting and trade of the pangolin or the scaly anteater. The trend picked up in the last two to three years approximately, said Dr Maqsood Anwar of the Department of Wildlife Management, Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi. “There has been […]
By: Batool Zehra ISLAMABAD: “If a male anchor wants high ratings, he has to work hard, whereas a woman gets 50% of the ratings just for being a woman,” declared Saleem Safi at the 2nd National Conference on Gender and Media. As the female panellists, Quatrina Hossein and Munizae Jehangir shook their heads and protested […]
HYDERABAD: An exhibition of posters based on suppression and violation of the female gender, also brought out the fact that the art scene in Hyderabad has been suffocated over the years. Khuda Bux Abro of Poster For Tomorrow, who hails from Hyderabad, urged art institutions to bring their students to the exhibition which opened on […]
By: Syed Mohammad Ali The horrific act of attacking people with acid has been taking place across different parts of our country for the past several years. While instances of acid attacks occur in major cities, this particularly debilitating form of violence is even more prevalent in rural areas, such as the cotton-growing belt of […]
By: Ahtesham Azhar KARACHI: The Art Scene Gallery organised a solo painting exhibition titled ‘Ragniyan’ by renowned artist Khalid Saeed Butt based on love memories, the other day. On the inauguration day, a large number of citizens, including artists and art lovers swarmed the event and enjoyed the exhibit of at least 19 paintings by […]
By: Kamal Siddiqi The black Prado has replaced the white Corolla in Karachi. We are told that such vehicles are being used by a gang who target single women in cars and force them to stop and then kidnap them. Social media is flooded with stories of such incidents. In some such stories, there is […]
Karachi: Mehnaz Rehmat, director of the Aurat Foundation, called the domestic violence bill adopted on Friday a gift from the Sindh Assembly to women on women’s day. “For the first time a bill will include all forms of violence, including psychological violence,” she said. Previously, due to loopholes in the law a woman could not […]
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