Anil Datta Karachi: There’s a lot of talent and initiative among our women in each and every sphere of activity. All that is called for is initiative on the part of the society and the managers of our policies to nurture this talent and exploit it so that women could become equal partners in the […]
Rauf Parekh It was a red-letter day for the students of the Urdu department of Karachi University — a day many of them will never forget. Some of them would cherish its memories, perhaps, for the rest of their lives. The venue was the premises of the Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu (ATU) office in the Gulshan-i-Iqbal area […]
Saher Baloch KARACHI, April 14: It was one event where grown-ups were excitedly sifting through a comic book, while the children looked on blankly. The tales of Umru Ayyar, the famous vagabond, have once again been revived by a team of young entrepreneurs known as Kachee Goliyan. But this time around, Umru’s character is not […]
HYDERABAD: When Veero Kolhi made the asset declaration required of the election candidates, she listed the following items: two beds, five mattresses, cooking pots and a bank account with life savings of Rs2,800. While she may lack the fortune that is the customary entry ticket to politics, Ms Kolhi can make a claim that may […]
KUBEY CHAK: In an area dominated by men and the PML-N, Firdous Ashiq Awan is a double anomaly: a woman on a directly elected seat and a PPP MNA. But in this solidly rural constituency, adjacent to Sialkot city and hugely influenced by birdarism and thanna-katchery politics, Awan has fought her way to the top […]
Recently, in an appalling act, a 26-year-old woman in Multan was thrown in a field and abandoned after she was gang-raped. Her violators dumped the woman, who was a teacher by profession, in a field after her condition appeared to worsen. After medico-legal examination, doctors said that she might need surgery. It goes without saying […]
KARACHI – Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has expressed its reservations over the registration of cases by Quetta police against publishers, editors and reporters of dailies Jang, Express, Mashriq and Intikhab under Terrorist Act for publishing statements of some defunct organizations and demanded to the governments for immediate withdrawal of such cases. In a […]
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