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Rediscovering Harappa begins

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LAHORE: Minister for Tourism Rana Mashhood Khan inaugurated exhibition ‘Rediscovering Harappa: through five elements; water, earth, fire, air, etc’ at Lahore Museum yesterday. The five-month exhibition will conclude on April 21. US Council General Lahore Zachary Harkenrider, archeologists, intellectuals, thinkers and people from all walks of life participated in the ceremony. The exhibition comprises Indus […]


Rights issue: Civil society demands facilities for disabled

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QUETTA: Organisers of Civil Society of Balochistan have demanded better facilities for disabled people in Balochistan. December 3 is observed as International Day of Persons with Disabilities and it will mark the occasion as a starting point to lobby for the rights of disabled people in Balochistan, an organiser of the society, Sami Zarkoon said. […]


Raising concerns: ‘RTI bill is similar version of old Sindh Freedom of Information law’

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KARACHI: The Coalition on Transparency and Access to Information (C-TAI) criticised the information ministry’s draft for the Right to Information (RTI) bill, claiming that it is a similar version of the old Sindh Freedom of Information (FOI) Law of 2006 and the RTI Act of 2013 of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). Shehri – Citizens For a Better […]


Book on history of Pakistan launched

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KARACHI: History is being re-written on both sides of the border and there are fewer books to counter the narrative which is largely biased and communal in its references, said Shahid A. Amin, former ambassador of Pakistan, at the launch of his book A Concise History of Pakistan on Saturday. The ambassador was speaking to […]


Music video on acid violence screened

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Islamabad – A music video “Saheli” produced to sensitise the public, especially the youth, on acid violence and to generate positive momentum in the public for further legislation and for women rights, was launched yesterday. Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF) Pakistan in collaboration with Group Development Pakistan, the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) […]