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Daily Archives: September 18, 2016

A passionate student: Meet one of the youngest female sitar players of Pakistan

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KARACHI: Hailing from a family of musicians, 16-year-old Ritika Dhanja feels music in her soul – a connection that motivated her to become one of the youngest female sitar players of Pakistan. Sitting cross-legged on the floor, holding a sitar in her left hand with a nidraap (steel ring) tied around her right index finger, Ritika […]


Hindu marriage bill crops up on NA agenda again

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ISLAMABAD: The government is expected to table the Hindu Marriage Bill, 2016 at the next session of parliament later this month, it was learnt on Saturday. On August 17, the National Assembly’s standing committee on law and justice tabled its report on The Hindu Marriage Bill, 2016, which had been pending with the panel since March […]


Biodiversity in danger: Rapid global warming threatens ecosystems

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KARACHI: Global warming is altering ecosystems everywhere, with species changing their habitats and behaviour in a life-and-death struggle to survive. Ecosystems in Karachi are also not immune to this change and many plant and animal species are believed to have moved or become extinct due to the changing environment. Given how intricately all living organisms are […]


Ban on media was reason for inadequate coverage of Mohmand incident

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PESHAWAR: Though the ban imposed by the political administration on the media from reporting the suicide bombing in a mosque in Mohmand Agency on Friday was one of the reasons for inadequate reporting of the tragedy, the other reason was the saturation television coverage of the arrest and subsequent release of the MQM leader Khawaja […]