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Daily Archives: July 6, 2012

Gender insensitivity

THIS is apropos of the editorial ‘Gender insensitivity’ (June 22). Some recent tirades, especially against women, remind me of the saying, ‘Our ability to talk to one another is what makes us human.’ Our elected representatives in their speeches denounce their female colleagues without considering its negative repercussions; this only reflects their unrefined and primitive […]


Balochistan missing persons

ISLAMABAD: List of missing persons in the Balochistan has come down to 92 while a number of missing persons after investigations have been found involved in criminal activities and not even picked up by government agencies. This was said by speakers at an intellectual forum that stressed the need for projecting the issue of Balochistan […]


Seven writers honoured with literary awards

The Jang Group and United Bank Limited (UBL) gave awards to seven writers in both Urdu and English in different categories at an impressive ceremony held at a hotel here on Thursday. Those who got the ‘UBL-Jang Literary Excellence Awards 2012’ included Prof Sehar Ansari for Urdu poetry for his book ‘Khuda Sey Baat Kertey […]