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Daily Archives: May 12, 2012

Clan clash: Police suspect tribal feud might be reason behind journalist’s murder

Mugheri and Tunio tribes began fighting when Khushboo Mugheri eloped with Tanveer Tunio. KARACHI: The authorities claim that 40 suspects were detained in Aurangzaib alias Zaib Tunio’s murder case. Tunio, his younger brother Rustam and friend Deedar Khaskheli were gunned down in Lalu Raunk, Qambar-Shahdadkot on Thursday. Tunio, who had worked as a journalist for […]


Government ‘moved’ against nuptial threat to female NGO staff

Javed Aziz Khan PESHAWAR: The federal and provincial governments have been moved against a former lawmaker of Kohistan district for his threat to forcibly marry the female staff of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to local men if they entered the district. “I talked to the Kohistan district administration. Officials told me that the former lawmaker, Maulana […]


World Television Award comes home courtesy Rehan Ahmed

Rehan Ahmed, a producer/director at HUM Network Ltd has bagged the Best Documentary Short Award at the World Television Awards, organised every year by the Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting. Rehan has an extensive portfolio producing documentaries, television serials and morning shows for the network. He was nominated and sponsored by the media conglomerate to […]


340 community midwives take oath

KARACHI: Another batch of 340 community midwives from across the province took oath at a ceremony on Friday with the inspiration to play their complementary roles in the care of the poor and marginalised pregnant women under the Sindh government’s maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH) programme. This was the third batch of midwives, who […]


A ‘Naqsh’ of Picasso’s paintings

Shoaib Ahmed LAHORE: An exhibition of artworks by Jamil Naqsh offered a treat to art lovers and students on Friday. Naqsh’s works have been displayed in the city after a gap of two decades; even the last show by the artist in Lahore in 1996 was not for public consumption as it was held at […]


Manto’s kahani lives hundred years on

LAHORE: “If you were alive today, Manto Sahab, you would be writing about the Ahmadis, those who are being killed in the name of religion and women who are being terrorised in the name of culture and honour.” And your stories would revolve around the lives of those who are affected by…groups of fanatics. Kishwar […]