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Daily Archives: January 17, 2017

Cold wave

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The story is the same every winter. The temperature drops, there is snow and rain in different parts of the country and the government is at a complete loss in coping with it. The problem has been particularly acute in Balochistan, where an emergency was declared after just two days of snow. Most cities in […]


Are ‘stags’ the real problem with concerts in Pakistan?

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In a country where eve-teasing happens to be pervasive, it takes a special someone to raise their voice against the scourge. A concert on Saturday evening saw Aslam halt his performance midway, having noticed someone harassing a girl in the front row. In a video that went viral, the singer can be seen pausing mid-song and […]


Minorities lament lack of dedicated schools for religious education in K-P

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PESHAWAR: Religious minorities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have expressed serious concern over the lack of separate schools where non-Muslim students could be taught their scriptures in their religious languages. Non-Muslims – particularly the Hindus and Sikhs living in Peshawar and other districts of the K-P – have no dedicated government school where their children could be taught about […]


Journalists raise objection to draft Elections Bill 2017

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ISLAMABAD: Senior journalists, anchors, columnists and union leaders on Monday expressed serious reservation about the clauses of draft Elections Bill 2017, to be tabled in Parliament on January 19, which leads to excessive restrictions on access to information for media. They termed the respective clauses against Article 19 of the Constitution which identifies freedom of […]