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Monthly Archives: April 2017

Art and literature – two sides of the same coin

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KARACHI: Art and literature have had a strong association over the years. This was the gist of the third roundtable discussion of the Karachi Biennale on ‘Resisting Erasures: Art and Literature as Witness to a New Century’ that was held on Saturday at the Alliance Francaise. During the session, graffiti artist Sanki King spoke about how […]


Attention foodies: Three KU graduates launch mobile application to rate food

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KARACHI: The passion to bring something new for food lovers and to step up in the world of entrepreneurship motivated three university classmates to develop a mobile application called Top5, to rate and review the services of restaurants. “We had our own firm before we graduated from university in December 2016,” said Saad Umar, who is […]


Rain, hailstorm ruin crop, infrastructure

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SIALKOT-Widespread rain, windstorm and hailstorm on Saturday lashed the entire Sialkot region bringing respite to the heat-stricken people but damaged the wheat crops over thousands of acres and basic infrastructure here on Saturday. Dozens of roadside trees were uprooted and fell on the main roads in Sialkot, Daska, Sambrial , Pasrur and surrounding areas badly […]


The Other Leak

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After the Panama leaks show finally came to a close this week, with the Supreme Court announcing its decision to form a Joint Investigation Team, the Interior Ministry looks set to release the report regarding the “Dawn leaks” – the newspaper published a story detailing the events of a reported civil-military huddle which was widely […]


‘Female reporters should fight stereotypical news angles’

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KARACHI: The media industry needs more female journalists to speak out about issues pertaining to women since men tend to bring out stereotypical news angles out of incidents, particularly rape and crimes committed in the name of ‘honour’. Farzana Ali, the Peshawar bureau chief of a news channel, said this on the second day of the […]


Blasphemous content online: IHC sends four to jail on remand

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ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday sent four men, who are facing charges of posting blasphemous content on social media, to jail on judicial remand till May 4. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) produced the suspects before ATC Judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi and said they were no longer needed for a physical remand. FIA officials told the judge that […]


Chalay Thay Saath review: A beautifully bad film

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Every time I go and watch a Pakistani film, I am reminded of something my theatre professor once told me, “We need to tell stories about people not stories about social issues.” This has been as much of a chronic problem with Pakistani cinema as the heavy reliance on dialogue to tell the story. Chalay […]


Dawnleaks report to be unveiled Monday or Tuesday: Nisar

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TAXILA – Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar vowed again that the Dawn Leaks report would be unveiled either on Monday or Tuesday citing the delay was due to Panama case verdict. “Dawn leaks report issuance was revoked due to Panama Gate verdict but now it will be surfaced till Tuesday,” he said while addressing here a […]


Stars shine at biggest night of glitz, glamour

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KARACHI – Actor in Law scooped the Best Film award at the 16th LUX Style Awards held in the showbiz city’s Expo Centre where the leading stars came together under one roof for a night filled with glamour, energy and entertainment. Atif Aslam kicked off the evening by paying a patriotic tribute that melted everyone’s […]


Consumption of news is different today, says speaker

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KARACHI: Things are changing rapidly as well as the audience. The consumption of news is different from what it used to be. Ovais Jafar from a private TV channel said this while speaking on the first day of the two-day National Media Conference, organised by the Centre of Excellence in Journalism (CEJ) to train media professionals […]


Hottest April ever recorded

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LAHORE – Plains of the country including Lahore sizzled in severe heat wave on Wednesday with experts predicting the harsh weather conditions to persist during the next 2-3 days. Large scale loadshedding and water shortage multiplied miseries of heat stricken people, especially in big cities including Lahore. Unusual rise in mercury level has broken years […]


Qaim condoles death of brother of The Nation correspondent

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KHAIRPUR – Former Sindh chief minister and PPP leader Syed Qaim Ali Shah visited the house of senior journalist and correspondent of Daily The Nation Ghaffar Mahar here on Wednesday and offered condolences over the death of his brother Zahid Ali Mahar (Mukhtiarkar Revenue taluka Sangar) who had passed away 15 days ago due to […]


Broadcasters’ association files appeal

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KARACHI: The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA), represented through Barrister Syed Ali Zafar, has denied an allegation contained in a writ petition that the Pakistani media are broadcasting “indecent and immoral material”. The petition has called upon the Islamabad High Court to censor TV channels so that no shows, dramas and advertisements fall within the purview […]


Man arrested for bid to blackmail ex-wife through social media

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The Federal Investigation Agency’s Cyber Crime Circle arrested a man on Wednesday for allegedly blackmailing his former wife by uploading objectionable pictures on social media websites. The spokesman for the FIA Sindh said the arrest followed an investigation which was initiated after a complainant said that a heinous crime was being committed against the modesty […]