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Daily Archives: October 30, 2007

Man tries to set himself on fire

LAHORE, Oct 29: A man tried to burn himself outside the Lahore Press Club on Monday in protest against abduction and attempted rape of his minor daughter and police inaction against the accused. Shakeel Ahmed, 35, of Juggian Nagra came to the press club with his wife Rani and raised slogans against Nawankot police for […]


Cinema: A dying source of entertainment

ISLAMABAD – The Capital of Pakistan is deprived of even a single cinema theatre to entertain the residents. There was a time when people were crazy to watch movies on big screens and every weekend it used to be a treat for families to go to cinemas but with advancement of technology this trend has […]


Radio Pakistan premises

Land ownership controversy erupts after fire Property is worth billions of rupees Karachi:A controversy has erupted over the land ownership after Sunday’s raging fire in the Radio Pakistan building, which gutted 15 studios. The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) is the owner of this land worth billions of rupees and is considering occupancy of this […]


Dispute over custody of child takes a violent turn

Karachi:Fizza Rizvi, the mother of five-year-old Abbas, has appealed to the Sindh government, provincial ombudsman and the court of law to intervene to save her son as well as herself from the alleged victimisation of her former husband Ghulam Mohammad Nurie. The frightened mother claimed that she had been, once again, attacked by her former […]