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Daily Archives: July 11, 2016

Urban forestry: For animals, home is where the tree is

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KARACHI: Rapid development and the subsequent chopping of trees in Karachi has not only created problems for residents but also damaged the habitat of many birds and animals that lived here. Wildlife diversity, which is crucial for environmental stability, has reduced to such an extent that one doesn’t listen to birds chirping in the morning […]


Gone but not forgotten

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LAHORE: “Usually, I go to church once in a year either on Easter or Christmas but today I was at the Cathedral half an hour before the special service for Edhi Sahib was to start,” says a middle-aged man at Gulshan-i-Iqbal. Employed as a janitorial worker at a commercial plaza along The Mall, Emanuel had […]


Establishment of arts academy termed ‘a good development’

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Establishment of an arts academy in Multan is a good development to promote the art and skill of artists of Southern Punjab who were neglected in the past and arts exhibitions would be organised regularly to acknowledge the work of local artists said Khurram Javed butt, Secretary General of Multan Chamber of Commerce & Industry […]


Ban on 3-G internet service decried

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LANDIKOTAL: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Fata general secretary Mufti Ejaz Shinwari has said suspending 3-G internet service in Khyber Agency is a violation of the constitutional rights of the people. Talking to reporters on Sunday, he said the law and order situation in the Khyber Agency was much better than Karachi and Balochistan. He said it […]


Literary world mourns Zaka Ur Rehman’s passing

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Karachi Pakistan’s literary world recently suffered a loss it would find hard to overcome with the passing of Zaka Ur Rehman, a distinguished short story writer and former Adab-e-Latif editor, just over a week ago. Rehman’s untimely demise, who had shifted from Karachi to Lahore, came as a shock for his contemporaries, as much for […]