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Daily Archives: November 12, 2016

Paintings of yesteryear: Celebrating the forgotten art of watercolour

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KARACHI: In recent times, watercolour has been thriving globally in the art world. In Pakistan, however, the opposite is true as artists today seem to be more inclined towards oil paint or acrylic on canvas. Breaking from the mould, the watercolour works of two artists, AQ Arif and MA Bhatti, are on display at the Ocean […]


Lahore Se Aagey — ‘things will get better’

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KARACHI: Like all star-studded glitzy events, the premiere of the film Lahore Se Aagey brought together a host of big and small screen artists and technicians at Nueplex Cinema on Thursday evening. The red carpet was laid out on the floor which is a level below the multiplex where reporters from many a TV channel […]


Book launching today

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HYDERABAD – A history book “ Bandhi’a ji Tareekh’a” written by famous writer Shabir Ahmed Abbasi will be launched today at Dr Nabi Bakhsh Khan Baloch Hall, Sindhi Language Authority, Hyderabad. The book launching ceremony is jointly organized by Maqsood Gul Academy, Sindhrri Kitabi Silsilo Ratodero/ Karachi, Qazi Abdul Hayee “Qaa’i” Academy & Sindhi Language […]


Pro-journalist bill to be approved this month

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ISLAMABAD: After five years delay, the draft of the ‘Journalist Protection and Welfare Bill’ is likely to be finalised by November 20 and hopefully be approved by the cabinet this month, Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage, Marriyum Aurangzeb has said. The minister announced this during her visits to media houses and briefings […]


Pakistan ratifies Climate Change accord

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UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan on Thursday ratified the Paris Agreement on Climate Change that commits nearly every country to lowering planet warming greenhouse gas emissions to help stave off the most drastic effects of global warming. Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, deposited the Instrument of Ratification signed by the President of Pakistan […]


Editor asked to call Cyril Almeida back from US: Nisar

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Says he’ll be a dictator for those doing politics of violence; PM doesn’t know who’s Justice Amir Raza; Bilawal is a ‘non-serious kid’ who insults political leaders calling them ‘chacha’; all districts to have passport offices from Feb next year ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday said Dawn’s story was not a […]


TV channel office attack: two ‘IS’ men arrested

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LAHORE: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of police claimed to have arrested two members of a militant organisation involved in attacking the bureau office of a private news channel in Sargodha last year. Some unidentified attackers had hurled a grenade at the Sargodha bureau of Express News channel on Dec 7, 2015 in which a security […]