HANGU: A compact disc shop was blown up in the main bazaar here on Sunday, official sources said.The sources said that unknown persons placed explosive materials near the CD shop of one Muahmmad Adil near old bus terminal in the main bazaar and triggered the explosion with a remote-control device. The shop was destroyed in […]
AS Pakistani politicians struggle with the legacy of military dictator Ziaul Haq while facing the disqualification axe under Articles 62 and 63 (introduced by Gen Zia with malignant intentions), somewhere else history is being made by defying the dead dictator. Two tribal women, Badam Zari and Nusrat Begum, will face real dangers in a brutal […]
By Mahim Maher KARACHI: A heritage carved wooden door from the Government Girls Siddique Mari Primary School in Shikarpur is selling on the website OLX for Rs120,000. And thus, the city that was once a gateway to Afghanistan continues to be stripped of its past. The extent of the damage has become comprehensively clear in […]
By Hafeez Tunio KARACHI: All the religious minorities constitute 2.78 million registered voters in Pakistan. Of them, 1.4 million are Hindus, followed by 1.24 million Christians and 115,966 Ahmadis. ‘Minority voters’ can only vote for candidates contesting seats reserved for minorities – and not general seats. But religious minorities are not happy with this separate […]
While the Ministry of Interior is rightly contemplating to change DG FIA, DG Passports and Immigration, DG NECTA and IG Islamabad, I would suggest that a neutral person be posted as MD PTV so that PTV does not indulge in biased and one-sided reporting as is the norm with state run TV. All political parties […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed alarm at growing intolerance and abuse of belief, continued incidents of disappearance and illegal detention of citizens in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In a statement issued at the conclusion of HRCP Council meeting on Sunday, sectarian violence and general breakdown of law and order in the […]
KARACHI: Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has condemned attack on Balochistan newspaper daily Tawar’s bureau office in Karachi. Office bearers of CPNE said in a statement issued on Saturday that some unknown persons attacked on newspaper’s office who not only took away costly office equipment but also set on fire its record. The CPNE […]
MAILSI – A condolence to pay tribute to senior journalist Ikramul Haq Rabbani was held at Mailsi Press Club here the other day. Rabbani had died of kidney failure a couple weeks ago. Press Club members including Aslam Khan Yousafzai, Sanaullah Qureshi, Hamayun Akhtar, Yousaf Chohan, Naveedul Hassan Qutbi, Abdul Razaq Qureshi, Tahir Abbas Sahoo […]
KARACHI: A 16-year-old girl, who allegedly killed a friend of her fiancé on Saturday for allegedly blackmailing her, was arrested on Sunday, police said. “We have arrested the girl in Machhar Colony and recovered the pistol she used in the killing of Manthar,” said DSP of Korangi Qasim Ghauri. The 16-year-old suspect, Yasmin, daughter of […]
Peerzada Salman and Madeeha Syed KARACHI: The last set of the National Academy of Performing Arts classical music shows as part of its second annual festival ended with Napa students presenting some famous ghazals composed in afternoon ragas on Sunday. Noted music composer Arshad Mahmud briefed the audience on the very few afternoon ragas that […]
THIS is with reference to your report on “Seven killed for ‘honour’ in three districts” (April 3). I was speechless after reading about the young victims of the unforgiving psyche of karo-kari; almost all the seven killed were between 17 and 27 years old. How heartless could the murderers be! All the three districts (Nawabshah, […]
Gohar Ali Khan HYDERABAD: Armed men continued to snatch and burn copies of Dawn in Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Dadu, Hala and Benazirabad for the second day on Sunday. Dozens of bundles of the newspaper were snatched from stalls and hawkers in Hyderabad and other towns in interior of Sindh. According to Sindh regional manager of Dawn […]
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