“As part of the programme, the provincial government will introduce a pioneering system of electronic payments to provide stipends to help girls stay in school,” says ISLAMABAD: The United Kingdom will provide stipends to secondary school girls across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), which will help 0.4 million girls this year. This was stated by the head of […]
LAHORE: Chief Justice Lahore High Court Umar Ata Bandial deferred till April 10 further hearing of a petition moved by Jamat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed against drone strikes in Pakistan. During the hearing on Thursday, deputy attorney general (DAG) objected to the proceedings. He said that only parliament has the jurisdiction to take any […]
KARACHI: The students who protested on Thursday against Parveen Rehman’s killing a day earlier referred to her as the mother of Karachi – a befitting title for a woman who dedicated her life to not only alleviating the problems of those residing in katchi abadis, but affectionately teaching them how to tackle with their own […]
QUETTA: Hateful graffiti messages against Shias are scrawled along main roads. The striped flags of a banned militant faction accused of hundreds of murders flutter from homes. These are the outskirts of Quetta, from where Shia leaders say extremists towed a giant bomb by tractor to kill 90 Shia Hazaras on February 16, after dispatching […]
MIRPURKHAS: A married woman was axed to death on charge of “Karo Kari” (illicit relations) by her husband in village Allah Ditto Khoso on Thursday. Samaro police detained the father of the accused. The accused, Ghulam Rasool Khoso, was absconding. Police said that the victim was attacked with an axe while she had been cooking. […]
By: Muhammad Anis ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on the last day of its sitting on Thursday passed a unanimous resolution strongly condemning any act or practice that hinders the girls’ education. The resolution, moved by Dr Attiya Inayatullah, stated that such acts be considered as criminal offence. It called upon the coming National Assembly to […]
Karachi: With Sindhi stalwart nationalists nowhere to guide, the Sindhi youth have taken refuge in cultural activities, Sindhi columnist and journalist Daudo Chandio told The News. He made this observation ahead of the launching ceremony of his book “Sindh Soch Safar” at the Arts Council. “The nationalist movement in Sindh has gone in the background […]
KARACHI: The National Academy of Performing Arts’ second art festival will be held from March 21 to April 9 at the academy’s auditorium. This was announced by artistic director of the Napa Repertory Theatre Zain Ahmed at a press conference on Thursday. Mr Ahmed said last year’s festival spanned 11 days whereas the second edition […]
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Kudos to all those who came up with the idea of imparting art training to prison inmates in one of the jails in the city. It’s been more than five years since an art school was started in the Karachi central jail and the kind of work that has been regularly […]
IT is wonderful to have eminent playwright Girish Karnad, the producer of the classic ‘Tughlaq’, in Pakistan and to hear his views on literature, plays, films and language learning. That he has come to pay his tribute to Sadat Hasan Manto and Faiz Ahmed Faiz is also heart-warming. But Karnad Sahib did not have to […]
KARACHI: Highlighting the importance of female entrepreneurship, speakers at a conference on Thursday called for an unbiased action plan to enrich entrepreneurial skills in women of the country. They said gender-based barriers, including discriminatory laws and cultural practices, difficulties in access to financial support, limited mobility and unequal sharing of family and household responsibilities should […]
EVERY year March 8 is celebrated as International Women’s Day. … Women deserve to be appreciated and encouraged because they have rendered numerous sacrifices and endured injustices and are still facing discrimination and ill-treatment … in society. …Women can play a pivotal role in the social and economic development of the country and it is […]
By: Amin Valliani THE earth and its environment are the most valuable assets for all creation. Be it the tiniest insect or a gargantuan creature, all are dependent on the earth’s resources. Among all earthly creations, the position of human beings is superb. Man has a special relation and connection with the earth. Being worthy […]
THE brutal slaying of Orangi Pilot Project director Perween Rahman in Karachi on Wednesday comes as a shock, despite the fact that as a nation we have become inured to violence. She was a brave, committed woman who worked for the uplift of the poor and marginalised. For three decades, Ms Rahman worked in a […]
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