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Daily Archives: May 26, 2013

Policy matters: HRCP addresses post-election strategies in Balochistan

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KARACHI: The solution to Balochistan’s problems lies in the provision of basic human rights to its native people, which can only be achieved by pulling out the armed forces and ending the role of secret agencies in the province. These views were expressed by the National Party vice president, Hameed Baloch and Awami Workers Party […]


Ignorant people in the media

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All political, economic, social or administrative measures that the incoming government implements or enacts will be as null and void as were those of the Raisani government Ghaus Bakhsh Barozai, the Balochistan caretaker chief minister (CM), speaking recently at the Punjab University (PU) said that the “Punjab was like Balochistan’s big brother and had made […]


Children’s Literature Festival concludes

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The first-ever Islamabad Children’s Literature Festival (CLF) that concluded here on Saturday proved a huge success with leading writers, artists, singers, general public and thousands of students from public and private schools and colleges thronged the festival. More than 23,000 participants attended different sessions during the two-day festival. To inculcate the habit of reading into […]


Everest under her feet

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Politics is not the only passion that should consume all of our energies. No less testing challenges exist beyond the gladiatorial politics, which if taken on reward no less handsomely. For one, our Northern Areas are home to some of the world’s highest peaks – there are 108 peaks above 7,000 metres, including the five […]


16,000 women die every year

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KARACHI: President National Committee for Maternal and Neonatal Health (NCMNH) Prof Sadiqua N Jafarey said on Saturday that around 16,000 young women die of pregnancy and childbirth-related complications every year in the country and most of those deaths occur due to excessive blood loss after childbirth. She was addressing a seminar organised by the NCMNH […]


Music conference begins with eclectic mix of performances

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KARACHI: Inspiring instrumentals, decent vocal performances and a bit of dance recital marked the first day of the two-day All Pakistan Music Conference on Friday evening on the National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa) premises. The first item of the 10th annual conference was a dance performance by Sheema Kermani’s students after which the music […]