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Mysterious Death: Husband arrested for woman’s death

HYDERABAD: A young woman was killed in a shooting incident at her house in Qasimabad on Saturday. Ayesha Arain, 28, was hit on the leg. Her husband, Suleman Arain, claimed that he shot accidentally when an automatic pistol fell on the floor. According to SHO Abdul Kareem Abbasi, Ayesha was already dead when she was […]


Violence against women

KARACHI: The term violence against women has been defined as a range of sexually, psychologically, and physically coercive acts used against women by current or former male intimate partners. A recent study, conducted in Karachi, reported that an alarmingly large proportion of women are subjected to physical violence and that this has serious physical and […]


Pakistan Day celebrations at Lok Virsa

ISLAMABAD: Lok Virsa (National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage) and Ministry of National Heritage and Integration celebrated Pakistan Day with a great fervour and festivity here at Shakaparian. In this regard, a special programme was organised at the Pakistan Monument Museum, where a group of students of local school sang national songs along with […]


Defining Drama for myself

By Saleha Aziz The literal definition of drama is staging the interplay of fictional characters with thematic relevance. Taking the definition a step further, we can say that drama is also a platform provider that mirrors the society we reside in and the issues and ideas that suffuse through it. An expanse of wooden tiles […]


Ephemeral ideas

Khalid Ahmed will be remembered for his expression that reflected his extreme proclivity to the classical strain in our poetry By Sarwat Ali Khalid Ahmed who died last week was a much better poet than he was ever given credit for. There was a certain maturity in his poetical expression that only reflected his extreme […]


Culture is cuisine

Zia Mohyeddin column Our cultural outlets are limited; the spectrum of cultural activity ranges form qawwali and pop concerts to organised sing-song at private gathering and the mujrahs performed at weddings. I have no statistics but if I were to hazard a guess I would say that you will find the largest gatherings at cinemas […]


ECP appoints ROs for non-Muslim, women’s reserved seats

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Saturday appointed returning officers for the reserved seats for non-Muslims and women in the National Assembly and the provincial assemblies. According to the Election Commission press release, Muhammad Imtiaz Alam, DG (Admn), Islamabad, has been appointed returning officer for non-Muslims in the National Assembly. Provincial Election Commissioner, Punjab, […]


British Pakistan Foundation launches women’s network

By Murtaza Ali Shah LONDON: A new network of professional Pakistani women has been launched to work collectively towards positive change for Pakistan and empowerment of its female population. British Pakistan Foundation’s Women’s Network (BPFWN) was launched at Pakistan High Commission which saw the participation of more than 150 successful Pakistani origin women from different […]


Sindh’s rich culture

THE culture department of Sindh has been working very hard and receiving big credits. The department’s seniors are sincere and seem to have a keen interest in culture and hence their department. Many projects were planned, some have already been initiated. Multiple museums and libraries have been dedicated to the dignitaries belonging to Sindh and […]


Publishing Malala’s diary

RECENTLY I read a book, ‘The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank’. The book is actually an edited version of the diary by a Jew, teenager Anne Frank, who secretly kept a diary from June 12,1942, to August 1, 1944. Initially, she wrote strictly for herself. But after a radio announcement of publishing the […]


Spring festival

SAHIWAL: A flower exhibition and food street were inaugurated at Kinan Park on Saturday morning on the second day of spring festival celebrations here. Several government and non-government organisations had set up their stalls, which were being visited by hundreds of citizens daily. The flower exhibition was inaugurated by DCO’s wife Sadia Zulfiqar. Assistant Commissioner […]


Police allowed to exhume bodies of rape victims

Munawer Azeem ISLAMABAD: The capital administration on Saturday allowed the police to exhume the bodies of two girls who were separately raped and killed in November 2012 and February this year. Sources in the capital administration said in response to a request made by the Bhara Kahu police, the additional deputy commissioner Islamabad had allowed […]