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Daily Archives: February 21, 2016

Traces of Turkey found in grand festival

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KARACHI: There is little Turkish grandness in the three-day festival that opened its door to Karachi on Friday evening but traces of Turkey can be found along the one-kilometre harbour front. The first Grand Turkish Festival kicked off at Port Grand, offering a variety of Turkish food and entertainment. “We are here to celebrate the […]


Call for joint efforts to save environment

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Karachi: Concerned municipal bodies, non-governmental agencies, welfare organisations, and citizens at large have to play a proactive role by joining hands to make Karachi clean, green, and pollution-free. This was stressed by speakers at a training workshop on plantation and greenery drives jointly organised by Saylani Welfare International Trust and National Forum for Environment and […]


Mass surveillance

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NEARLY three months after the terrorist assault that left 14 dead in San Bernardino, California, the FBI is still attempting to answer some questions concerning shooters Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik. About two weeks ago, FBI called Apple’s base camp in Cupertino, California: the office needed Apple to help them get through […]


LLF begins on a positive, sunny note

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LAHORE: The Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) commenced earlier than usual this year, thanks to last-minute changes in the event. It was a sunny day, the first in a while. The event had been shifted to Avari Hotel, adjacent to the Alhamra Arts Council where due to ‘security reasons’ the organisers had not been able to […]