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Daily Archives: April 2, 2012

Woman raped; another killed

RAWALPINDI: A widow was allegedly raped in Civil Lines police area while another woman was killed by her brother after she got married of her own free will in Airport Housing Society, police said on Sunday. In her complaint with the police, the widow said she had been running a boutique in her house to […]


Naseeruddin Shah visits Faiz Ghar

Saleha Rauf LAHORE: Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah and his wife, Ratna Pathak Shah, visited Faiz Ghar on Saturday for a private visit. They participated in a music class at Faiz Ghar and joined the sing-along session, where Ustaad Basharat Butt led to sing a ghazal “Dil mein ab yun tere bhoole hue gham aate hain”. […]


Women in public buses

THIS refers to the letter ‘Plight of women in public buses’ (March 30) by Sq-Ldr (Rtd) S. Ausaf Husain. There are two things I would like to point out. First, the writer says that men occupy seats in the women’s compartment. But he did not mention if women also occupy seats in men’s compartment. At […]


Acid attack: a case of injustice

Faisal Siddiqi DEATH might be inevitable, but must it be preceded by a life that is brutish? Unfortunately, the answer is in the affirmative in the case of the poor and of women in this country. For them life can be short, cruel and end in a violent manner. Fakhra Younus’s life and death capture […]