LAHORE: People come and people go, but there are some icons that remain alive forever through their work. The magnitude of what they do or have done is something even they do not fully comprehend in a lifetime. Ejaz Art Gallery opened a group show, showcasing the work of such art masters. With the technological […]
THATTA: The 15-day Sindh Festival, organised to promote the vibrant culture and traditions of the province, ended on high with a dhamaal by the living legend, Abida Parween, on Saturday. Unlike most events of the festival, which had largely catered to the viewing pleasures of a hand-picked audience, the closing ceremony at Makli Stadium in […]
KARACHI: It was so heartening to see Ghalib Library brimming with students and scholars of literature on Saturday evening where they had gathered to remember Ghalib, Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Mushfiq Khwaja. The three were bracketed together because of the month of February. Ghalib died on Feb 15, Faiz was born on Feb 13 and […]
THATTA: Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari on Saturday announced the establishment of ‘Sindhu Heritage Trust’ to raise funds to protect the Moenjodaro and other historic sites of the province. “Climate change and environmental factors pose the biggest threats to this ancient site,” said Bakhtawer, the younger sibling of PPP chairperson while speaking at the closing ceremony of […]
HYDERABAD: Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh, a death row prisoner convicted in the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl, had attempted suicide in his Hyderabad jail cell earlier this week, just a day before his appeal was to be heard in the Sindh High Court. Shaikh along with his three other accomplices, Salman Saqib, Fahad Naseem […]
LAHORE: “My Facebook account has been hacked. The hacker has posted objectionable material on it causing a lot of stress to me, my family members and friends,” says a complainant, a woman. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has no remedy to redress the complaint in the absence of a law to check cyber crime, including […]
ISLAMABAD: The new cyber crimes law exempts intelligence agencies and the security establishment but imposes heavy fines and penalties on all others if computers are used for any illegal purpose, hacking, stealing data or disrupting legal data flows. The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2014 has proposed five years imprisonment and Rs50 million fines on […]
Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has blocked almost everything on the Internet in the name of security or morality. Who gave PTA this right to suffocate us? As a free citizen I have the right and authority to surf and watch whatever I want to. The PTA has no right to stop me in the name […]
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