ISLAMABAD: Civil society and human rights activists here on Friday held a demonstration seeking justice for acid attack victim Fakhra Younus who committed suicide after failing to get her rights as a citizen of Pakistan. The participants also organised a candlelight vigil to pay tribute to the woman at F-6 Markaz. Representatives of civil society […]
CHARSADDA: Unknown militants blew up a government girls` school in Ibrahimzai area of Charsadda district on Friday. Police and residents said that the miscreants had planted improvised explosive device (IED) at the building of government primary school for girls in Ibrahimzai, which went off with a big bang. The explosion flattened the whole building, they […]
Ayesha Shahid ISLAMABAD: As the dust settles after the Agahi Journalism awards, the reactions have been mixed to the whole affair. First of their kind as having been organised by a private entity with multiple international partnerships and without the agenda of promoting a specific cause as has been true of most journalism awards that […]
KARACHI: The office of ombudsman is one of the easiest ways through which people can get their grievances redressed, said Kevin Fenwick, chief of the Forum of Canadian Ombudsman. He added that there were a large number of ombudsmen in Canada and many organisations, including universities and media houses, had established the office of ombudsman […]
Peerzada Salman KARACHI: While 2011 was celebrated as the birth centenary year of Faiz Ahmed Faiz as all year round programmes were arranged throughout the world to pay homage to the distinguished poet, the trend seems to have continued with the same fervour. ‘Bahaar Aayee’, organised by a local bank at a hotel, was a […]
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