LAHORE: The Talent Hunt programme for amateur singers initiated some weeks ago at Alhamra Cultural Complex, Qadhafi Stadium, has been suspended due to lack of funds, officials told Dawn. The programme used to be held on every Friday and a large number of young and upcoming singers would participate in it. The weekly auditions used […]
MARDAN: Six members of a family, including an infant, were killed and three others injured over a matrimonial dispute in Afzalabad area here on Monday. According to police, Sajjad, an official of FC, had contracted a second marriage six months ago that annoyed the family members of his first wife. Both of his wives often […]
IT is now the National Art Gallery’s turn to flash other, extremely worrying sides of the picture. A report in this paper says how nature and a lack of resources are combining to rob the paintings hanging at NAG of their colour and texture. There are signs of paint wearing off and a few scratches […]
ISLAMABAD: A special Supreme Court bench, created to hear land grabbing charges against the Bahria Town real estate firm, found itself facing the daunting task of recovering about 1,694 kanals around Rawalpindi when it opened proceedings in 36 cases here on Monday. It is so despite the fact that the court had disposed of some […]
ISLAMABAD: It is old wine in new bottle. Presiding over a special meeting on Balochistan on Monday, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said: “I have invited Baloch leadership for dialogue to address all their grievances within the framework of the federation.” In his opening remarks at the meeting, he said: “Let me categorically declare that […]
KARACHI: Ali Musa Gilani, son of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, was granted on Monday protective transitory bail in the ephedrine case by the Sindh High Court. Advocate Shazia Hanjrah, the counsel for Ali Musa, appeared before Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, who granted him protective bail for two weeks in the sum of […]
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