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Daily Archives: July 2, 2015

Separate family laws a must to protect minorities

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Karachi: Politicians, intellectuals and members of the civil society have called for devising separate family laws for all minority faiths for ensuring protection of their rights. They were speaking at a seminar titled, “Safety and security of religious minorities: role of state and society”, organised by the Pakistan Institute of Labour, Education and Research (Piler) […]


Altaf should move British court: Shujaat

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LAHORE: PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain should approach a British court against the BBC report as he himself did in 1991 and won the case against a British newspaper for publishing incorrect news. “[The British newspaper] which is in no way less important as compared to the BBC […]


Maryam-led PML-N social media cell active on all fronts

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ISLAMABAD – Ruling Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) social media cell is proactively busy in building party’s image as well as dispelling and countering negative things on social media under the supervision of Maryam Nawaz Sharif. The social media cell not only deals with the image building of the party on popular social media forums like […]


Heatwave and the working animal

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KARACHI: The number of people affected by the deadly heatwave in Sindh in general and Karachi in particular has crossed the 100,000 mark. It is a figure that is alarming in the sense that many of those who have lived all their lives in Karachi say that they have never experienced such a stifling summer […]


Ban on Geo in AJK lifted

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ISLAMABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Minister for Information Sardar Abid Hussain handed over the copy of notification regarding lifting of ban on Geo News transmission to Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) President Afzal Butt at National Press Club on Wednesday. The notification to lift the ban on the transmission of Geo News was […]


Journalist passes away in Wana

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WANA: A local journalist Roshan Mehsud died in Tank on Wednesday. He was 55. His funeral prayer was offered at the Spin Masjid in Tank which was attended by local journalists, government officials and notable of the area. The deceased was laid to rest at the Mehsud graveyard. He was brother of journalist Rauf Mehsud. […]


Calligraphic art on display

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KARACHI: Calligraphy is an art form in which letters or nonfigurative shapes turn into figures that are more readable and less watchable with, astoundingly, an enhanced visual appeal. It happens because of the spiritual aspect involved in the art. Text becomes an image that conjures up soul-searching scenes. This could be gauged at an exhibition […]