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Fun and learning: Int’l children’s film festival starts today

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LAHORE: We try to bring the best films to children from throughout the world to expand their understanding, said Shoaib Iqbal, The Little Art director, at the opening ceremony of the 7th International Children’s Film Festival on Sunday. “We want to reduce the differences of race and religion through collaboration with international filmmakers,” he said. […]


Horrors of the past haunt Kasur’s children

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By: Akbar Bajwa KASUR: Mustafa was molested, filmed and tortured five years ago. He left school soon after and now works at a roadside stall in Hussain Khan Wala village, Kasur. He is among the victims of sexual abuse in the village. Since the news of the child abuse scandal broke, it has become harder […]


Three-day polio drive starts today

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LAHORE – The anti-polio campaign will be held in 74 Union Councils of the provincial capital from August 3-5, the Directorate General Health Services announced on Sunday. Following the positive environmental sample for the month of June in Multan Road drain, it was decided that a campaign would be organised in 74 UCs from August […]


Artist brings colour to the life of street children

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KARACHI: Salma Habib, the founder of non-profit initiative TaleemKoAamKaro, chooses to work with street children because, she says, their minds are like soft clay — they show creativity that is unhindered by the rules of the classroom. She was addressing students at the seventh ‘I Am Karachi Talks’ session, organised by ‘I Am Karachi’ in […]