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Pakistan Chowk comes alive with art fair

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Two months ago no one would have even thought of passing by the Pakistan Chowk, in the Old City area, let alone attend an art exhibit. But since its rehabilitation in December, the Chowk is slowly becoming a centre for young artists to gather and experiment with art. With sheds placed around the Chowk, on […]


LITERARY NOTES: Proposed constitutional amendment bill and official language: are we back to square one?

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Over the past few years, Coke Studio has become an idea of its own. It represents all that has been missing in the mainstream Pakistani narrative – the colours, the vibrancy and a gamut of ideas that we need Pakistan to be represented by, especially in such difficult times. It’s in fact a ray of […]


LITERARY NOTES: Proposed constitutional amendment bill and official language: are we back to square one?

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MARVI Memon and nine other members of the National Assembly have introduced a bill to “further amend the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan”. The proposed bill is titled “Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2014”. The bill says that “in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, for Article 251, the following shall be substituted”, […]


Summer to hit Pakistan sooner

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ISLAMABAD: The country will continue to experience the impact of climate change this year as the mercury is expected to rise across Pakistan in the next 10-15 days. Pakistan Meteorological Department chief Dr Ghulam Rasul told The Express Tribune that the temperature is likely to touch 30˚C by mid-March. “It is expected that the mercury level […]


Trump govt’s war against media continues

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Media-government conflict never reached such an alarming level in US LAHORE: While the sitting US President Donald Trump had announced during his first full day in office that he had a “running war” with the media, branding journalists as being one of the most dishonest human beings on the planet, he now wants his compatriot […]


Court to hear petition against five bloggers

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Islamabad –  The Islamabad High Court will take up a petition against the five bloggers and administrations of pages on social media, allegedly involved in defiling and disgracing the names of holy personalities and places of Islam. A single bench of IHC comprising Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui will conduct hearing of the petition on Monday […]