KARACHI: Renowned Pakistani writer, broadcaster and columnist Qamar Ali Abbasi – considered a trend setter in writing Urdu travelogues – has passed away in New York. Abbasi was conferred the Tamagha-e-Imtiaz in 2000 and had also received the prestigious All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) Award in 1991 for writing the best column. He also served […]
Oath-taking ceremonies are usually boring affairs. A bunch of men and women stand up for the national anthem, take the oath and then go home. This is not exactly amazing material for the media – especially television — which is why most outlets focus on more colourful stories. Some of these stories make sense, such […]
LAHORE: Renowned poet Riaz ur Rehman Sagar, the writer of more than 2,000 lyrics of Indo-Pak film songs, was laid to rest on Saturday at the age of 72 after he lost his fight against cancer at the Jinnah Hospital here. Sagar was known for the melodious songs that he penned down for the subcontinent’s […]
SUKKUR: Karo-Kari claimed three lives in separate incidents on Sunday.A newly-wed woman was killed by her father and cousins in Khairpur. Police said Fahmida Khuhro had eloped and married her lover Rasheed Dasti one month ago. Police said the girl’s father Muhammad Bakhsh managed to convince her to return home and when returned her father […]
IF we in Pakistan have reason to regret the passing of the glory days of radio, we’re hardly the only ones. Back in the late ’70s, Woolley and the Camera Club recorded the song ‘Video killed the radio star’, lamenting the end of the golden days of the radio and celebrating singers whose stardom was […]
THE story (May 28) was indeed bone-chilling as this was the most heinous criminal act performed by criminals with the help of social networking media Facebook. Needless to say that the social media through the blessings of the Internet has invaded every household the world over and ironically access to the Internet is open to […]
ISLAMABAD: The Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) is all set to give a rousing welcome to Samina Baig, who became the first Pakistani woman to summit the Mount Everest on May 19, when she lands at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Monday evening. “Samina Baig, 21, returns to Islamabad on Monday from Kathmandu, Nepal. […]
KARACHI: The office of the Sindh Ombudsman for Protection of Women against Harassment at Workplace will make at least four complaint centres functional by the end of this month, sources told Dawn on Sunday. A source in the provincial ombudsman office said that high-ups had been working on a plan to establish a number of […]
MIANWALI: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry visited the Central Jail on Sunday and spent more than six hours hearing grievances of prisoners. Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, IGP Khan Baig, IG Prisons Farooq Nazir, Sargodha Division Commissioner Iqbal Mohammad Chauhan, Mianwali D&SJ Malik Muhammad Akram Awan, Mianwali DCO Dr Ahmad […]
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