By: Amin Jan Naim This newspaper had, on August 18, 2011, carried my article on the relevance to us of Beethoven. In the pantheon of aesthetic creativity of entire humanity, Beethoven’s music is at the pinnacle. It is powerful, tender, sublime, unique, utter and stark. No other aesthetic comes anywhere near its greatness. A musical […]
By: Zaib Azkar Husain Karachi: Judicial Magistrate (East) Haleem Ahmed on Monday extended the physical remand of three men facing charges of trying to smuggle priceless Gandhara civilization relics out of the country. The presiding officer allowed the investigation officer (IO) in the case to keep the three detainees —, Zafar, Asif Majeed and Tahir […]
By: Murtaza Ali Shah LONDON: The official launch of the National Database and Registration Authority’s new ID Card — the Smart National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (Nicop) — descended into a complete ruckus on Sunday night as Pakistani journalists and community leaders walked out of the launch ceremony. Tariq Malik, Nadra’s new Director General, […]
By: Myra Imran Islamabad: The annual report on violence against women (VAW) launched on Monday shows increasing trend of VAW in the country with married women becoming the victim in majority of the cases. The report titled ‘Situation of Violence against Women in Pakistan 2011’ is fourth such report issued by the by Aurat Foundation […]
ISLAMABAD: Property tycoon Malik Riaz of Bahria Town became the first beneficiary of the new contempt law on Monday when the Supreme Court on his invoking the new law postponed the framing of charge against him for hurling allegations at the chief justice. The court had taken notice of Mr Riaz’s press conference of June […]
By: A.B. Arisar UMERKOT: A 20-year-old woman who had been sold into marriage at the age of 10 was electrocuted allegedly to death by her in-laws in Ahmedpur Lama on Sunday. Yar Mohammad Mangrio of Mangrio mohalla in Umerko told this correspondent that he had married his daughter Hawa to Nizam Maher of Ahmedpur Lama […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau has asked real estate magnate Malik Riaz to appear before a Joint Investigation Team on July 19 in connection with the Arsalan Iftikhar graft case. The bureau turned down a request of Malik Riaz to appear before the JIT next week. According to a NAB spokesman, Malik Riaz requested the […]
By: Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has taken notice of the applications filed by former Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad and retired judge and PTI leader Justice Wajiuddin against growing vulgarity and obscenity in the society through electronic media, illegal Indian channels, cable network and internet. Following the complaints from the […]
KARACHI: Participants of a national consultative workshop on ‘Peace Building’ have said that media can play a pivotal role in promoting peace and harmony in the society. Journalists should report ongoing conflicts with consciousness, impartiality and factuality. This was observed by the participants, belonging to the 23 districts of Pakistan, Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), FATA and […]
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