LAHORE – PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif has said that the 52 per cent women population can play a vital role in the progress and development of the country. Inaugurating the Women Youth Website at the central secretariat of the party on Wednesday, Maryam said women possess even more potential than men in certain important […]
Legislation against domestic violence and violence perpetuated by state machinery must be passed to make these acts punishable crime, this was demanded by the speakers during the rally entitled ‘Protect Women against Violence’ staged by Peace and Human Development (PHD Foundation) and Association of Women for Awareness and Motivation (AWAM) in collaboration with Aitbar Foundation, […]
Cellular operators’ subscriptions rocketing KARACHI: The mobile phone subscription is on the rise as customers are rushing to franchises of different operators ahead of introduction new SIM’s sale mechanism across the country. The background interviews of the cellular operators, franchise owners and retailers said that panic selling is being witnessed throughout the country mainly in […]
KARACHI: The policeman, who was the first one to collect evidence from the murder site of Geo TV reporter Wali Babar, has been included in the high-profile trial. The court hearing the murder case accepted the police’s plea to include a key witness – an investigating officer who initially handled the case – in the […]
KARACHI: After a relatively calm Ashura, the city lost 10 men across different neighbourhoods on Wednesday. Two workers of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) and a caretaker of an imambargah were among the victims. The bodies of the two PPP workers were found from Ghazi Goth within the jurisdiction of Manghopir police. Barkat Farooq, 18, […]
The country’s contempt of court laws have long been a subject of discussion within the media, with the much feared laws dating back to colonial times. They have been long seen by working journalists as a restraint on free expression, holding back any criticism of the judiciary. Professionals have for long steered a course clear […]
By: Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: In order to keep the public away from huge corruption stories, the bad governance, deteriorating law and order situation in the country, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government, simply a few months ahead of the general election, is trying to bring the Supreme Court and parliament at loggerheads by conducting the […]
By: Farooq Sulehria On December 31, Newsweek will publish its last print edition and assume an all-digital format in early 2013. Explaining the shift, Newsweek says: “…our business has been increasingly affected by the challenging print-advertising environment, while Newsweek’s online and e-reader content has built a rapidly growing audience through Apple, Kindle, Zinio and Nook.” […]
By: Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: In the name of criticism, respected and revered personalities in the judiciary have been repeatedly abused and cursed without any action by the federal government or any of its regulatory authorities while some outlets of the international media have also joined the chorus against Pakistan’s independent judiciary. A part of the […]
UMERKOT: A woman who had been declared dead and buried by her family appeared in court on Wednesday, 21 days after she was said to have gone missing. Zulekha Khoso, a resident of Khosa Mohalla, had been declared dead 15 days after she went missing and her family had performed burial rituals on another woman’s […]
HYDERABAD: Sindh Minister for Women Development Tauqir Fatima Bhutto has said that women who are imprisoned in jails are being provided legal assistance under directives of the president and they will not be left in the lurch. Speaking to reporters after visiting the Hyderabad central jail on Wednesday, she said women inmates were also provided […]
THATTA: US Consul General Michael Dodman visited archaeological sites in the historical city on Wednesday and showed keen interest in Makli necropolis, Shahjehan Mosque and picturesque mausoleums of Mirza Essa Khan Tarkhan, Mirza Jani Beg and Jam Nizamuddin. Speaking to journalists after the visit, Mr Dodman said that for years he had been curious about […]
KARACHI: An exhibition of paintings by Ayessha Quraishi will open at the Koel art gallery at 5pm on Thursday. The exhibition show, titled ‘Letters from an underground vein read’, will continue till Dec 8, daily from 11am to 8pm. Dawn
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Contrary to what many art lovers think, drawing or interpreting city life is not an easy undertaking. Some suggest that while painting landscapes one has to have the sense of bucolic bliss as well as profound admiration for nature. True. But urban life is as integral a part of nature as […]
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