ISLAMABAD: A man allegedly slaughtered his wife and fled the crime scene, police said on Thursday. According to detail, Shazia Begum, resident of House No 451, G-7/3, was found killed on Thursday afternoon. The police quoting deceased’s son from her first husband, Jabran Ali, said that Rab Nawaz, deceased’s husband, came home at around 01:00pm. […]
ISLAMABAD: The two-day 6th Children’s Literature Festival (CLF) in Pakistan will be held on May 24-25, 2013 at Pak- China Friendship Centre. Ameena Saiyid of Oxford University Press (OUP), Bela Raza Jamil of Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) and Nargis Sultana of Foundation Open Society Institute (FOSI) informed this at a press conference here Thursday. The first CLF […]
Karachi: Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad on Thursday inaugurated a website (Sindh Code), on which all laws framed since 1823 till now are available. The laws have been made available on the website for easy accessability for any reference, according to an official. The website launch ceremony was attended among others by Caretaker Chief Minister Justice […]
By Peerzada Salman KARACHI: It does not happen very often that classical music sounds both contemporary and vintage at the same time without losing out on its classical richness. French pianist Martine Mirabel-Pitte played some lilting classical compositions at a concert on Thursday evening at the Alliance Francaise, creating an ambience where a variety of […]
KARACHI: In the history of art, painters and sculptors, not to mention writers, have always had a fascination with equestrian themes. Some have tried to use them as multiple metaphors while others have simply endeavoured to interpret the different galloping movements which are difficult to capture in a moment of time. Artist Shan Amrohvi’s latest […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Thursday demanded action against all those who played any part in the assault on Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who died in a hospital on Wednesday. The HRCP called upon both Islamabad and New Delhi to take urgent measures to prevent the incident from undermining bilateral ties and […]
FAISALABAD: A man was arrested on Wednesday for beating up his wife and shaving her head apparently for not having a child, Gulberg police said. Police also arrested his mother and two sisters. The woman was recovered from the house and taken to a hospital. Later, was reported to be out of danger. Doctors treating […]
By Mazhar Abbas KARACHI: “It’s been said that a country gets the kind of government which it deserves. With equal truth it can be said that the country gets the kind of press it deserves. If the politics of country is dirty, its press cannot be immune from it.” These were the observations made in […]
Islamabad: A fierce competition has forced the contesting candidates to mobilize women voters in their respective constituencies in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) thus breaking all the social taboos hoped to surface in May 11 general elections. Background discussions and interviews suggest that people of FATA are all set to capitalize on the opportunity […]
By Parvez Jabri ISLAMABAD: World Press Freedom Day will be observed on Friday to inform the international community that freedom of the press and freedom of expression are fundamental human rights. This day reminds people that many journalists brave death or face jail to bring daily news to the public. The global theme for 2013 […]
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