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Daily Archives: June 25, 2015

BBC report accuses MQM of receiving funds from India; Muttahida rejects charge

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By: Azfar-ul-Ashfaque KARACHI: Based on the statement of an unnamed ‘authoritative Pakistani source’, a BBC report said on Wednesday that the MuttahidaQaumi Movement had been receiving funds from the Indian government — a charge categorically rejected by the MQM. The website of the BBC News carried the news report — Pakistan’s MQM ‘received Indian funding’ […]


Where do we stand? Artist sees only a society of talking parrots

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KARACHI: The Pakistani society is analogous to a rattutota [talking parrot] as people do not even have a basic understanding of their problems, believes artist Amir Raza. His works are on display at the Full Circle Gallery, portraying a history of the region known as the ‘Subcontinent’ and how it has deteriorated since Partition. The […]


SC committee for minority rights yet to make a difference

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KARACHI: Strategies to ensure the compliance of the Supreme Court (SC) judgment of June 19, 2014 about minority rights were discussed a year after the judgment by the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) and other organisations on Tuesday evening. The consultation aimed to review the pace of the implementation of the directives […]


Ministry denies Online news agency’s report on SC remarks

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ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights on Wednesday took serious notice of a news report published in various sections of the press referring to the Supreme Court stating “Trials by military courts in democracy is dictatorship” terming it totally baseless and contrary to the proceedings of the apex court. In a statement […]


Experts reject ‘artificial rain’ idea to lower city temperatures

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By: FaizaIlyas KARACHI: Cloud seeding or ‘artificial rain’ is not a viable solution to the extremely hot weather being currently experienced in the city, which is likely to see a drop in temperatures in the coming days with the gradual dissipation of the low pressure system over the Arabian Sea, said experts while speaking to […]