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Daily Archives: March 8, 2012

Artworks highlight women’s issues

Khursheed Hyder KARACHI: To celebrate International Women’s Day, an exhibition of paintings by 12 senior and six emerging artists, titled ‘Connecting women: inspiring futures’, was organised at the Alliance Francaise by the New World Concepts and Grandeur Art Gallery. Most of the paintings focused on women and the issues they faced in society. The exhibition […]


Jirga women sent to Darul Aman

SHIKARPUR: Two women, who were saved by police from being killed under the orders of a jirga on Tuesday, were sent to Darul Aman by court on Wednesday. Police produced Khursheed Shar and Ajeeban Shar in the court of additional session and family judge Sadaf Khokhar in Lakhi Ghulam Shah amid extraordinary security arrangements. In […]


Poll commission slaps 2-year ban on Waheeda

Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan disqualified on Wednesday Sindh politician Waheeda Shah from contesting election for two years for slapping EC staff at a polling station in her constituency during recently held by-elections. The commission also nullified the result of the election for the PS-53 seat which Ms Shah had won. […]


Four CD shops blown up in Takhtbhai

TAKHTBHAI: Four compact disc (CD) shops were destroyed and 21 others were partially damaged in an explosion in the Khurshid Market on Wednesday, sources said. The sources said that an explosive device planted by unidentified persons in the Khurshid Market went off early in the day. Four shops selling music CDs were destroyed and 21 […]