Sir: Pakistan is the only country in the world where the government charges a TV licence fee from its consumers via electricity bills at Rs 35 on monthly basis. What is the purpose of charging a TV licence fee and what benefit does the consumer get by paying through electricity bills? Who is pocketing all […]
Islamabad: The 10th Anniversary of the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development will be celebrated across the world today (May 21) to raise awareness worldwide about the importance of intercultural dialogue, diversity and inclusion. The day aims to encourage people to ‘live together better’. It was established by the United Nations in […]
That the stock market moves in mysterious ways was shown again on May 18 as the initial public offering (IPO) by Facebook was nowhere near as successful as most people had expected. The share price for the social networking behemoth barely budged from its opening price of $38, ending up just a few pennies above […]
KARACHI: Board of Advanced Studies and Research, University of Karachi (KU) recently approved a PhD degree in commerce to be conferred upon Prof Dr Dilshad Zafar. Prof Zafar holds the privilege of being the first lady doctor from the KU in the field of commerce. Dr Zafar completed her thesis under the supervision of Prof […]
Anil Datta Karachi: As the saying goes, “The past is a beautiful country”. Yes, the past has a charm all its own and aspects which must not have been very savoury to people of the generation that inhabited that past, seem to have an intriguing charm when it transits into the past. It makes real […]
Karachi: The abrupt blocking and subsequent unblocking of the popular social media site Twitter on Sunday was a perfect reflection of the government’s handling of many other key issues: a bumbling, knee-jerk reaction soon reduced to a comedy of errors. The move to block the website and the defiant reaction to the ban also revealed […]
Karachi: Provincial minister Syed Faisal Sabzwari and MPA Muzammil Qureshi have strongly condemned the abduction, rape and brutal murder of six-year-old Fatima in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, saying that the culprits involved in this heinous and shameless act are the enemies of humanity. In a statement issued on Sunday, they said that the elements involved in subjecting minor […]
Ammar Shahbazi Karachi: At 7pm on May 6, six-year-old Faiza* was whisked away from outside her house in Rajput Colony, Mubina Town. Thirteen days later, her decomposed, headless body was found in Block 6 of Gulshan-e-Iqbal. According to medical reports, Faiza had been raped and then strangled to death. The body was found several days […]
KARACHI: Those who organise mushairas (poetry symposia) should have been there. They would have learnt a thing or two. It was sheer audio-cerebral delight listening to less than 10 poets, yes less than 10, reciting their poems at a mushaira held at T2F (The Second Floor) to celebrate it’s fifth anniversary on Saturday. Before inviting […]
Shazia Hasan KARACHI: Colleagues and fans of well-known Sindhi author, poet, journalist and intellectual Shamsher Al Haidery hailed his services and significant contribution to Sindhi literature at a programme held in honour of the towering personality at the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi, on Saturday evening. Besides giving speeches, guests at the well-attended ceremony organised […]
KARACHI: Noted film, television and stage actor Ibrahim Nafees passed away after a protracted illness here on Sunday. He was in his mid-70s. He is survived by a wife, two sons and a daughter. Ibrahim Nafees was born in Agra, India. After migrating to Pakistan he joined show business. He worked on Radio Pakistan Hyderabad […]
QUETTA: Local journalists and activists of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan held a demonstration on Sunday against the killing of a journalist in Turbat area of Kech district. The bullet-riddled body of Razzaq Gul, who worked for the Express TV, was found in Turbat on Saturday. He was kidnapped and killed by unknown people and […]
Anwar Iqbal CHICAGO: President Asif Ali Zardari held two key meetings on Sunday — with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — as the United States and its Nato allies began their two-day summit conference in this north-western American city. The first meeting continued for 25 minutes but the second […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan restored access to Twitter after briefly blocking the microblog over “blasphemous” posts about a Facebook competition involving caricatures of Prophet Mohammed. The website was blocked Sunday by the telecoms authority on the orders of the IT ministry amid accusations it refused to remove messages about the Facebook contest. But the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority […]
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