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Daily Archives: May 23, 2011

Writers demand changes

HYDERABAD: A Sindhi Writers’ representative organization, the Sindhi Adabi Sangat, and the Pakistan Peoples’ party-Shaheed Bhutto held rallies on Sunday. They were protesting against the National Assembly decision to reject a bill suggesting that Sindhi, Punjabi, Balochi Pashto, and Seraiki be declared the national languages of Pakistan. The protesters travelled from the Sindh University, Old […]


When media goes to war

Aijaz Zaka Syed It s inexcusable for scientists to torture animals, Henrik Ibsen once argued, let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians! Now I don t give a damn about politicians but I am proud to be a journalist and very fond of my fraternity. There are times though when I find myself […]


Girl raped, another abducted

PAKPATTAN – A girl was abducted by guests-cum-kidnappers while another was raped in separate incidents here the other day. As per detail, Ahsan Fareed reported to the police that one Babar along with his six accomplices came to his house as guests and stayed there for the night. Meanwhile, they abducted his sister in the […]


The sorry tale of Balochi press

TODAY about 100 daily newspapers are being published regularly. Urdu, being the national language, tops the list, followed by English language newspapers. As for regional languages, Sindhi papers dominate the scene, followed by Pashto and Punjabi. Balochi, being the language of more than 60 per cent inhabitants of Balochistan, is the most ill — fated […]


Nawaz begins informal election campaign

Tariq Butt ISLAMABAD: PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif’s next stop is Balochistan where he will woo the top Baloch nationalist leaders for meaningful cooperation with his party. The visit that will take place shortly comes on the heels of his recent trip to Sindh where he had a session with a group of Sindhi nationalists with […]