KARACHI: Their faces covered with chadors and feet moving rhythmically to the beat of drums, the women and men of Manghopir celebrated the Sheedi Mela after a gap of seven years on Monday. In a ceremony that lasted five hours, residents danced and sang their way to the crocodile pond and the shrine of the […]
LAHORE: Unfazed by India-Pakistan tension, actor Adnan Siddique is looking forward to resuming work on his forthcoming Bollywood venture Mom. “I am waiting for my visa. I applied because work remains unfinished. Filmmaking is big business in India. I’m certain Pakistani actors will be permitted to complete their projects,” Adnan told The Express Tribune. The Ravi Udyawar directorial […]
KARACHI: This is for the first time in the country’s history that an archaeological site, Mohenjo Daro, is going to have its own website, said culture, tourism and antiquities minister Syed Sardar Shah on Monday. While presiding over the 13th meeting of the executive board of the National Fund for Moen Jo Daro (NFM), Shah said […]
The Punjab Criminal Law (Protection of Minorities) Act of 2016 has been introduced, following the actions of the Sindh Assembly. This is a welcome step in that the Bill is set to be tabled. The aim now would be to garner support for the passing of this bill as Punjab is home to various minority […]
According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan, 1/5th Pakistanis say that Indian content is still available on TV sets in their area. A nationally representative sample of men and women from across the four provinces was asked, “Due to the recent tension between India and Pakistan, PEMRA, the media regulatory […]
KARACHI: Due to the decades-long absence of regulatory laws, the Karachi zoo continues to function as a deathtrap for animals, with a two-month-old fawn and a peacock the latest victims. Both animals lost their lives last week, it emerged on Monday. Earlier, according to sources, a jackal had also lost its life. “Perhaps, the recent […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has observed that it cannot disqualify Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in view of people’s expectations. “A lawmaker can only be disqualified on the basis of ‘Black Letter Law’ and not on people’s expectations,” observed Justice Asif Saeed Khosa on Monday, who is heading the SC’s five-judge larger bench hearing a slew of […]
KARACHI, Jan 23 (PPI): Speakers at a moot said on Monday that it is the need of the hour that our political parties introduce the culture of democracy and accountability in their inner structures and focus on pressing needs of common man. “The demands and aspirations of voters need to be taken seriously by the […]
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