In Pakistan, Shahid Soomro, a reporter for the Hyderabad-based daily “Kawish,” was shot dead on 20 October in front of his home in the town of Kandhkot, reports the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF). Local news reports say he was shot when five men, including two brothers of an elected member of parliament, tried to kidnap […]
Islamabad: Designed collaboratively by LG and Google, Nexus 4, the newest smart-phone in the Nexus line-up from Google, was announced today for availability starting next month in select markets. With a sophisticated hardware design from LG, your favourite Google Apps, and the latest version of Android™, Nexus 4 puts the best of Google in the […]
HAFIZABAD: District and Sessions Judge Syed Pervaiz Ali Shah sentenced M Bukhsh Tarar of Kot Qadir Bukhsh to death under Section 302 PPC and fined of Rs100,000 for murdering his wife Fakhra Bibi. According to prosecution, Bukhsh had suspected fidelity of his wife and he planned to get rid of her. On the night of […]
PESHAWAR: Offices of several media organizations including those of Jang and The News have moved out of Badshah Towers over security fears. JournalismPakistan.com correspondent in Peshawar says that Geo TV are currently in the process of packing up from the building. The News, Jang and Nai Baat newspapers have shifted to Deans Trade Centre a […]
By: NADEEM ZUBERI While going through paintings at an art gallery I came across Dr Syed Ali Wasif. During the course of conversation it was recalled that we have had brief encounters at Frere Hall where I used to go there to meet Sadequain in 1986. Dr Wasif was a student of Sadequain. Therefore, he […]
KARACHI: Eight people, including an activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), were killed in separate acts of violence here on Friday. An activist of MQM was gunned down in Jafar Tayyar Society, Malir within the precincts of Malir City police station. An official said that two armed pillion riders shot dead Saeed, 50, alias Mada, […]
By: Mazhar Abbas The writer is director current affairs Express News and has previously worked with ARY News. He is a former secretary-general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists On the evening of November 3, 2007, I was about to go live on the promulgation of the emergency imposed by General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, […]
FAISALABAD: Sumera Bibi, a resident of Chak no 338-GB, was killed by her husband in the Rajana on Thursday. Police said Sumera had an argument with her husband Muhammad Shakeel Khokar and he went to her parent’s house. Khokar asked her to return but she did not.On Friday, Khokar decapitated her with an axe at […]
ISLAMABAD: Saarc countries have agreed to devise a mechanism to jointly fight future disasters in their respective vulnerable areas, said National Disaster Management Authority Chairman Dr Zafar Iqbal Qadir on Friday. Briefing the media after the conclusion of a regional consultation titled ‘Engaging Saarc in disaster resilience’, he said a joint network would soon be […]
By: Muhammad Ejaz Khan QUETTA: Eighteen people, including eight women and three children, were killed and four others were injured when unknown armed men attacked a mini petrol pump in Khuzdar on Friday, some 300 kilometres from the provincial capital. Officials of the Khuzdar police said that some unidentified gunmen driving a car opened fire […]
KARACHI: A solo exhibition of paintings by Dr Syed Ali Wasif opens at the CitiArt Gallery on Saturday at 5.30pm. The show will be open till Nov 10. Dawn
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: The good thing about group art exhibitions is that the viewer gets to see a variety of techniques and contextual strands on one (or different) subjects under one roof. This can only happen when the quality of artworks is worth marvelling at. A group show titled ‘Seven’, curated by Adeela Suleman, […]
KARACHI: “More and more girls are being educated in Afghanistan despite the challenges,” said Karam Ali of the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) in Afghanistan, on the second day of an international conference ‘In search of relevance and sustainability of educational change’ organised by Aga Khan University’s Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) in collaboration with United […]
By: Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s hearing on Friday provided the government an opportunity to hit back after two weeks of silence on the apex court’s Oct 12 interim order on the situation in Balochistan. Referring to the court’s severe criticism of the Balochistan government’s lack of governance, the federal government made it clear […]
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