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Daily Archives: July 16, 2016

Love for Karachi brings Bani Abidi back into town

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KARACHI: Love for the city has brought artist Bani Abidi back to Karachi to exhibit her works after six years. “After six years, I am showing my stuff here in Karachi,” she said at the opening on Thursday. “I am very nervous to show here because of the very knowledgeable audience in Karachi.” She shared […]


Hundreds of trees chopped down to widen Kohat-Hangu Road

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PESHAWAR: Poor planning coupled with lack of coordination among various departments has led to the destruction of hundreds of trees after the Pakhtunkhwa Highways Authority started work on the widening of 24 kilometers road between Kohat and Hangu. The Office of the Divisional Forest Officer in Kohat confirmed that 645 native and imported trees on […]


PFUJ committee in final attempt to unite factions

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ISLAMABAD: A committee of senior journalists and activists that was tasked to unite the two factions of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ-Barna group) has decided to make one final attempt at reviving a united organisation. The split in the journalists’ premier union had occurred following a dispute at the PFUJ’s 2013 Biennial Dele­gates […]


Journalist Mohammad Gul Bangash laid to rest

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MARDAN: Senior journalist and former president of Katlang Press Club, Mohammad Gul Bangash who died on Thursday night was laid to rest in his village Ghundo Shamozai in Katlang tehsil on Friday. He breathed his last at the Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, after a protracted illness. His funeral prayer was largely attended by notables of […]