ISLAMABAD: Writers, intellectuals and journalists on Thursday condemned the act of terrorism on the grave of progressive politician, intellectual and poet Ajmal Khattak. Noted poet Iftikhar Arif said that the attack on mausoleums is a barbaric act and no sane human being can think of it. “Ajmal Khattak was a respectable person and writer who […]
By Afiya Shehrbano Zia The writer is an independent researcher who has also written for The News, Dawn, The Friday Times and EPW. She is also a member of the Women’s Action Forum It’s an accurate observation by Mazhar Abbas (who wrote on these pages some days ago), that the only force that can rightfully […]
Ajaz Ashraf The dotcom boys worked in shorts and T-shirts and became billionaires overnight, shattering the myth that equated the tie with success My nephew was hopping around in excitement on the morning he was to join a major multinational corporation (MNC) as an intern. Dressed in designer clothes, and shoes polished to shine, he […]
JHANG: The City police registered a theft case against a rape victim and her family instead of registering a case against the influential rapist. As per details, Nasir Ghaffar, a hotel owner and a resident of Millat Colony, tried to develop illicit relations with Rabia, daughter of a shoemaker. On his failure, he kidnapped the […]
LAHORE: Long after the bashing he got from the left, right and the centre, an uninhibited bash celebrating the genius is still in the making exactly a century after the birth of the ever-ironic and crafty, and ‘controversial’, Saadat Hasan Manto. Today marks the master storyteller’s 100th anniversary. As the big day neared, the momentum […]
Peerzada Salman Fatima Surayya Bajia, Shabnam and Robin Ghosh in an affectionate group hug. KARACHI: Overwhelmed by the astounding reception, Pakistani film star Shabnam gushed with gratitude at a function organised in honour of her and her husband Robin Ghosh by the Arts Council Karachi and Nigar Weekly on the council’s lawns on Thursday. Shabnam, […]
PAKISTANI politics has always been in turmoil. It has been subjected to critical views all round the globe by hundreds of television channels in every language. Every channel hosts many talk shows, not only in Urdu but in many other regional languages as well. Nevertheless this kind of politics has given a boost to talk […]
Water colour on paper, work by Allah Bux. – Photo by White Star KARACHI: It is one thing to go to an exhibition of artworks by a budding or established artist but it is quite another to visit a gallery where works of not one but nine masters are on display, simply because art buffs […]
Reporters Without Borders is extremely shocked by the murders of two journalists in the past week in the southern Pakistani province of Sindh. The bodies of Tariq Kamal, a 35-year-old reporter with a local Sindhi-language newspaper, and his friend Fawad Shaikh, 31, were found by police two days ago in the provincial capital, Karachi. The […]
SUKKUR: A journalist, his brother and a friend were gunned down in their office by armed persons in Lalo Raink in Kambar-Shahdadkot district on Thursday. Sources said a girl Khushboo Mughairi had eloped with her paramour Tanveer Tunio four days back. The eloping led to tensions between Tunia and Mughairi clans and enraged Mughairis ousted […]
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