By: Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: A four-day meeting of the Developing-8 (D-8) countries beginning here today will formulate a strategy to enhance their share in global trade by 15 per cent by 2018. It will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf. “The D-8 countries’ share in global trade has already increased from $67 […]
By: Hasnaat Malik ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Registrar Office has refused to entertain the federal government’s review petition against the court’s October 12 order in the Balochistan target killing case, saying the language of the petition is too scandalous. Meanwhile, the federal government challenged the SC Registrar Office’s objections on its review petition. Advocate-on-Record Raja […]
KARACHI: Photo journalists from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka have joined their hands to form the South Asia Photojournalists Association (SAPA). President Pakistan Association of Photojournalists (PAPJ) Mujeeb-ur-Rehman on Sunday said the decision in this regard was made by photojournalists from different South Asian countries during the recently held PAPJ convention. […]
By: Ahtesham Azhar KARACHI: Fine Arts Pakistan Gallery (FAPG) recently organised a group exhibition entitled ‘Horizons’ featuring work of four famous and renowned artists that depicted women in various moods. Artists who participated in the exhibition were Muhammad Ali Bhatti, Maqbool Ahmed, Moazzam Ali and Chitra Pritam. Muhammad Ali Bhatti is well known for portraying […]
A mother in Azad Kashmir has joined her husband in killing their 15-year-old daughter by dousing her with acid after seeing her talking to a young man. Her elder sister, less moved by a false sense of honour and more concerned about the crime her parents had committed, has demanded police investigation into the murder […]
By: Shahid Javed Burki The writer is a former vice-president of the World Bank and a former caretaker finance minister of Pakistan Often, it is not realised by those who study Pakistan that the women in the country may be in a position to come to its rescue. Even without any assistance by the state, […]
By: Syed Mohammad Ali The Malala incident provided stark illustration of the distorted mindset, which seeks to supress half the population in our country, while the public outrage against the incident demonstrates the prevailing desire to offer women and girls in Pakistan a better future. The causes of gender disparities in our country are, however, […]
By: Salis bin Perwaiz KARACHI: Three people were killed and 15 others, including five Rangers personnel, were injured in a huge explosion that shook Abbas Town when a Majlis was being held at an Imambargah nearby. The blast took place near Jamia Masjid Imambargah Mustafa on Abul Hassan Isphahani Road, sparking tension and fear in […]
PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released a new voters list for the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata). Sources said that the number of registered voters in the 25 districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa is 12,064,597 while according to the newly-released list, there are 1,675,967 male and female voters in Fata. The News
SUKKUR: The ugly tradition of Karo- Kari claimed three more lives in Sukkur on Sunday. Police said an accused Waheed Sheikh in Shah Jo Bhello shot dead his wife Musarrat on the pretext of Karo-Kari. Another killing over Karo-Kari was reported from village Rasool Bakhsh Kosh in the limits of Obaro police station, where an […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Ex-Servicemen’s Society has asked the media to stop bashing the generals “as a class and the armed forces as an institution”. The society’s president, Lt-Gen (retd) Faiz Ali Chishti, said the generals, who were minister for railways and chairman and managing director of Pakistan Railways when PR land in Lahore was sold […]
By: Sadia Qasim Shah PESHAWAR: “Look straight into my eyes, attack my heart. Come on destroy everything,” sings famous Pashto singer Rahim Shah. “Look back and bombard my heart. Come on destroy everything,” Gul Panrha, a rising star, sings back with a fast music. In the rest of the song, taken from a latest Pashto […]
By: M.B. Kalhoro LARKANA: Around 500 families from villages spread across the Sindh-Balochistan border, who had gathered around the Saifullah Magsi branch — emerging from the Khirthar branch — in Hazarwah union council after escaping the onslaught of heavy rains in their areas, are marooned there because rainwater has not been drained from the area. […]
HYDERABAD: Khalish Muzaffar, a well-known literary figure, died on Saturday at his home in Pucca Qila on Saturday. He was 76. He left behind a wife, three sons and three daughters. Besides a large number of relatives and friends, MPA Syed Waseem Hussain and many political activists and professional fellows attended his funeral. His son, […]
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