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Monthly Archives: April 2013

Media Commission’s report: Supreme Court seeks report on government advertisements

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KHUDAYAR MOHLA Resuming hearing on Media Commission’s report on transparent distribution of government advertisements in the media on Tuesday, the Supreme Court sought a report from the federation on the issue. A two-member bench of Justices Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain was hearing identical petitions filed against the federation on the release […]


HRCP launching report tomorrow

Islamabad: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) launching its annual report “state of Human Rights in 2012” here at local hotel on 4th April (Thursday). In the launching ceremony Zohra Yusuf, I.A. Rehman and Kamran Arif will address on the report. Source: Business Recorder


Handmade wreaths displayed at exhibition

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ISLAMABAD: A colourful art exhibition, Gran Monarca, was held here at a local hotel, joined by a good number of art lovers from the twin cities. Mahjabeen Akhtar, an environmentalist by profession, and Shozab Shafiq, an engineer, organised the exhibition where around 200 handmade wreaths were displayed. An artistic blending of artificial flowers, jute ropes […]


Reserved seats for women challenged in LHC

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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday admitted a petition for regular hearing, challenging election procedure for women in parliament and Punjab Assembly. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah sought replies from the Election Commission of Pakistan, law secretary and others within two weeks. Petitioner, lawyer Tariq Aziz Malik submitted that there were 188 reserved […]


Aurat Foundation to monitor polls from a ‘gender perspective’

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LAHORE: Aurat Foundation Lahore has launched provincial General Election Monitoring (GEM) Cell to monitor the upcoming elections in Pakistan from a gender perspective. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, Aurat Foundation stated that the aim of GEM Cell is to enhance women’s political participation during election and in post-election period. Under this initiative a […]


‘Seven Stories’ of life, love, dreams and light

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Zaib Azkaar Hussain Karachi: The themes of life, love, dreams and light were highlighted in the art exhibit titled ‘Saat Kahaniyan’, or Seven Stories, at the Chawkandi Art Gallery. The display that ran for seven days was highly appreciated by art enthusiasts and critics. They observed that after a long time, bullets and weapons and […]


Key accused in LRH woman killing case held

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PESHAWAR: The local police arrested a key accused in the killing of a young woman at the Lady Reading Hospital last week, a source said on Tuesday.The source said Jamshed of Pajaggi was arrested for involvement in the killing of a young woman Noor Bibi, whose body was later dumped in the bathroom of the […]


TI urges CJ to order govt to release dues of APNS members

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KARACHI: Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) Adviser Syed Adil Gilani has urged Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry that the federal and provincial governments owed billions of rupees to newspapers and television channels in the head of advertisements, praying to take suo moto notice of the matter and order immediate release of these dues. In a letter […]


PML-F women wing angry at allotment of tickets

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Karachi: Disagreement over the distribution of party tickets on reserved seats for women is fuelling internal dissent among the PML-F’s women members who have been affiliated with the party since 2000. Sources said on Tuesday that the party’s media cell chief awarded the tickets to his favourites, including his wife, “as these ticket winners were […]


Khoso greets APNS president, SG on re-election

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso on Tuesday extended his felicitations to Sarmad Ali and Masood Hamid on being re-elected as president and secretary general of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS). He also congratulated the other office-bearers on their election.The premier said that re-election of Sarmad as president APNS is an appreciation of his […]


‘Women’s contribution missing from books’

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Shazia Hasan KARACHI: “Feminists have started calling history ‘her story’ because of the missing contributions of women from history books,” said minister for Human Rights and Women Development in Sindh Anis Haroon at a seminar, ‘Pakistani women in a changing society’, held at Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (Szabist) on Tuesday. […]


Women: the key to progress

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Acid-throwing is a form of violent assault, a horrific act of burning a person with acid, with the intention of injuring or disfiguring a woman out of jealousy or revenge. According to the Acid Survivor’s Foundation in Pakistan, there is a high survival rate amongst victims of acid attacks. Consequently the victim is faced with […]


‘Ritualistic imprisonment of women’

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By: Ahtesham Azhar The theme of the 74 paintings on display is derived from the stories of countless women, who are deprived of their rights and dreams by our society. The artist prefers using oil on canvas to portray the nuances and complexities of women’s life in our patriarchal society. One of her paintings titled […]


Punjabi writers urged to develop new visions

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Lahore—World Punjabi Congress (WPC) Chairman Fakhar Zaman has urged the Punjabi writers to develop new visions and horizons to make their writings to reflect modern sensibility. He exhorted the writer to eschew cliches and stereotypes and creating Punjabi literature which brings it at par with the world literature. He said that not only Punjabi writers, […]