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Short film festival ends

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Peerzada Salman KARACHI: The four-day European short film festival ended at the Alliance Française on Sunday evening. The first set of half a dozen films (documentaries) was titled ‘Everything You Wanted to Know about Europe but Were Afraid to Ask’. It kicked of with an Irish documentary ‘Bye Bye Now’ directed by Aideen O’Sullivan and […]


IT dept tender cancelled after questions over its fairness

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KARACHI: Although the Sindh government claims to have followed all relevant rules while publishing an advertisement in newspapers for hiring consultants, it has cancelled the process in ‘public interest’ after the Transparency International Pakistan had raised some questions, Dawn has learnt. However, officials said that if the rules had been followed, the cancellation of the […]


Handicrafts exhibition opens in Gilgit

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GILGIT: A three-day exhibition of handicrafts under the auspices of the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan was opened at a local hotel on Sunday. The event was inaugurated by the member GB Legislative Assembly Amna Ansari. Fifty stalls of various products prepared from all over Pakistan were put on display at the exhibition. Renowned dress […]


Govt-run radio stations face closure in Fata

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Ibrahim Shinwari LANDI KOTAL: Three government-run radio stations in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) are faced with the danger of closure, as the Fata Secretariat has withheld payment of salaries to employees and other related operational expenditures of these stations since the start of this year. “We are awaiting payment of our salaries and other […]


Time to give visas to Indian journalists

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Mariana Baabar ISLAMABAD: Is it time for Pakistan to “steal a march over India” and stop Pakistan’s security establishment from stooping down to India’s level while denying visas to Indian journalists who have put in requests to cover the May elections, because in the past when about fifty Pakistani journalists wanted to cover the Indian […]


Artists come together to dance away differences

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KARACHI: Dances not only entertain, they also crosse political, cultural and ethnic barriers to unite and inspire people via a common language – music and movement. On Saturday, a group of semi-professional and professional dancers came together to stage a dance show, Raqs mein hai sara jahan [The world is dancing], in commemoration of the […]


Cable operators share grievances

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LAHORE: Cable operators will pull down ‘walls of oppression’ that will create hurdles for them, said President of Cable Operators Association of Pakistan (CAP) Furqan Ghiyas. Addressing the 12th annual convention of CAP on Sunday Ghiyas said the association will not accept any injustices inflicted on their colleagues in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Among the many problems cable […]


108 women vying for NA general seats

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Arshad Bhatti Lahore – Over 100 women are trying their political fate either as independent candidates or party ticket holders on various National Assembly general seats from across Pakistan in elections 2013. According to Election Commission of Pakistan’s official website, on 272 National Assembly general seats about 100 women are contesting the General Elections 2013 […]


Haroon surprised why Sindh Human Rights Act 2011 not enforced

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KARACHI: Minister Human Rights and Women Development Anis Haroon ordered the Director Human Rights Department to provide immediate financial aid to 500 registered and verified cases in the department. This she ordered while holding a meeting to review the progress of the projects running under the department said a statement issued here on Sunday. The […]


Non-Muslim women face hardship to enter job market

By Amar Guriro KARACHI: Due to rising religious extremism in Pakistani society, generally, the religious minority and particularly the Hindu women are facing difficulties to enter the job market, even when looking for an odd job, revealed a detailed study conducted by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)-Sindh chapter’s intern and young researcher Seema Rana. […]


News agency’s offices turn to ashes in capital

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* Three staffers rescued in suspected arson attack ISLAMABAD: In a suspected arson attack, the offices of the Independent News Pakistan (INP) news agency were reduced to ashes on Sunday morning. The fire started at around 4:30am and spread rapidly, engulfing the entire office situated on the second floor of Block 18, F-6 Markaz, Islamabad. […]