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Fourth death anniversary of Munir Niazi observed

LAHORE: Fourth death anniversary of renowned Urdu and Punjabi poet, Munir Ahmed Niazi, was observed on Sunday with traditional reverence and solemnity. He was born in Khanpur, a village near Hoshiarpur, India, on April 19, 1928. He hailed from the famous Niazi tribe. He got primary education from Khanpur and migrated to Sahiwal after creation […]


Parveen Shakir’s death anniversary observed

ISLAMABAD: The 16th death anniversary of noted poetess Parveen Shakir was observed on Sunday. She was born on November 24, 1952 in Karachi. She was a noted Urdu poetess, teacher and a civil servant. She did her masters in English Literature and Linguistics from Karachi University, and served as a professor at Karachi University and […]


Parveen Shakir’s death anniversary observed

ISLAMABAD: The 16th death anniversary of noted poetess Parveen Shakir was observed on Sunday. She was born on November 24, 1952 in Karachi. She was a noted Urdu poetess, teacher and a civil servant. She did her masters in English Literature and Linguistics from Karachi University, and served as a professor at Karachi University and […]


Too dark for a cameraman

KARACHI: Four and a half years after he was injured in the Nishtar Park blast, photographer Shoaib Hasan Siddiqui is able to walk again, but he is unable to earn a living for his family. He can communicate but with effort, leaving his brother, Junaid Hasan Siddiqui, also a photojournalist, to recall the horrid images […]