Acid-throwing is a form of violent assault, a horrific act of burning a person with acid, with the intention of injuring or disfiguring a woman out of jealousy or revenge. According to the Acid Survivor’s Foundation in Pakistan, there is a high survival rate amongst victims of acid attacks. Consequently the victim is faced with […]
By: Ahtesham Azhar The theme of the 74 paintings on display is derived from the stories of countless women, who are deprived of their rights and dreams by our society. The artist prefers using oil on canvas to portray the nuances and complexities of women’s life in our patriarchal society. One of her paintings titled […]
Lahore—World Punjabi Congress (WPC) Chairman Fakhar Zaman has urged the Punjabi writers to develop new visions and horizons to make their writings to reflect modern sensibility. He exhorted the writer to eschew cliches and stereotypes and creating Punjabi literature which brings it at par with the world literature. He said that not only Punjabi writers, […]
ISLAMABAD: “Encouraged by the remarkable success of the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) over the past four years, Oxford University Press is glad to announce the 1st Islamabad Literature Festival – ILF which will be held on April 30th to May 1st, 2013.” This announcement was made by Ameena Saiyid OBE, Managing Director, Oxford University Press […]
Tahir Khalil ISLAMABAD: Breaking all records, the ECP website has had enormous hits at the rate of 50,000 per minute. This has compelled the IT Wing of the ECP to take extra measures to cope with the situation. The number of visitors increased unusually on Monday when the people aspiring to see nomination papers of […]
Sohail Khan ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on Monday informed the Supreme Court (SC) about developing software which will enable overseas Pakistanis to exercise their right to vote in the forthcoming general elections being held on May 11. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice (CJ) Iftikhar Muhammad […]
AMID the din of election rallies, the clash of political workers and scuffles and more over tickets and constituencies, two women from Pakistan’s conservative areas quietly stepped forward and filed nomination papers for the May 11 polls. It was a big step for those two women — Badam Zari from Bajaur and Nusrat Begum from […]
Swat – Police have thrashed a private channel journalist when he was covering death of three children in a road accident. As per details, yesterday morning three innocent school going children have been died in a roadside accident at the Gulibagh area of Swat. The children were going to school after they were hit by […]
ASIM QADEER RANA ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan is likely to finalise a code of conduct for the media covering the upcoming general elections 2013 to ensure dissemination of credible and unbiased news. Officials told TheNation on Sunday that the representatives of media organisations, the code of conduct for media has got its […]
Waseem Ahmad Shah PESHAWAR: The provincial election commissioner on Monday turned down around 100 nomination papers filed against seats reserved for women in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly as their names were not present in the priority lists submitted by their respective political parties. An official at the PEC office said around 229 nomination papers were […]
LAHORE: The hope of revival of the country’s most important and once vibrant cultural festival — Basant — in Lahore have been rekindled after Punjab’s caretaker Chief Minister Najam Sethi sought an action plan from the quarters concerned in this regard. Earlier, in last November, the city district government had initiated an extensive exercise, holding […]
KHAR: Badam Zari, the first tribal woman to come forward to contest for a National Assembly seat from Bajaur Agency, has said that she wants to become a powerful voice of women of tribal areas. Addressing a press conference at her house here on Monday, she said that her decision to contest the election was […]
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