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Daily Archives: April 21, 2016

Grotesquely yours — ‘The Bestial’ depicts the animal within

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Karachi: Hassnain Awais’ ‘The Bestial’, which went on display at the Artscene galleries from Wednesday, appears to be the visual manifestation of the famous quote; “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable”. Putting animal kingdom at par with humans, the paintings showing the correlation of both were portrayed in the gallery, curated by […]


Ruling elite, generals, judges, media figures held accountable worldwide

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This case that had eventually led to the impeachment of Clinton on December 19, 1998 by the US House of Representatives and his subsequent acquittal on all impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in a 21-day Senate trial that had started on January 7, 1999. After his trial, Clinton said he was “profoundly […]


Climate change impact: Another devastating heatwave expected in Karachi this summer

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ISLAMABAD: On the face of increasing climate changes, the government is expecting a dangerous ‘heatwave’ this summer like last year when a historic sustained wave had worst hit the Sindh province, especially Port city of Karachi which took lives of more than 1,200 persons. Last year, in the second half of June, a record sizzling […]


An ‘unpretentious’ tribute to Abeda Iqbal Azad

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KARACHI: There can hardly be a better and unpretentious tribute to columnist and activist Abeda Iqbal Azad than to find that she is being remembered on her fourth death anniversary by everyone or most of the people in the horizon she breathed with happily, worked hard, smiled radiantly and passed through this world serenely on […]


SC asks Sindh govt to explain why it converted Islamic centre into cinema

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ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali has asked the Sindh government to explain why it converted an Islamic centre called Al-Markaz Islami into a cinema house in Karachi. Taking a suo motu on the application of Karachi-based JI chief Naeemur Rehman Siddiqui, a three-judge bench, headed by the chief justice, ordered the law […]


Fulbright scholar explains benefits of studying abroad

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KARACHI: A student becomes more independent, confident and gains a practical approach once they go for the Fulbright scholarship programme, said alumnus Syed Zeeshan Ali. Ali, a business development adviser at Engro polymer and chemicals, went to the University of Pennsylvania in the Unites States (US) on the scholarship in 2008. In his year-long degree, […]


Pakistani media targeted on all sides, says report

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PARIS: Journalists in Pakistan are targeted from “all sides” even as the conditions for media in the country improved slightly. “Journalists are targeted by extremist groups, militant organisations and state organisations,” stated a new report on press freedom by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The report, released on Wednesday showed that Pakistan had jumped 12 spots […]


Panama Leaks probe: Write letter to top judge, opposition asks government

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ISLAMABAD: The opposition on Wednesday formally asked the government to request the Chief Justice of Pakistan to probe the Panama Leaks under a judicial commission or to form a parliamentary committee in the event the top judge refuses. Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah called Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday […]