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Daily Archives: June 16, 2013

Family tragedy: Woman, two children shot dead over property dispute

By: Z Ali HYDERABAD: A woman and her two sons, who had reportedly taken refuge in a house in Thatta, and another child were killed reportedly over a land dispute on Saturday. Four victims – 45-year-old Khadija Brohi and her sons, 12-year-old Ghulam Muhammad Brohi and 10-year-old Ghulam Sarwar Brohi, and eight-year-old Azhar Kori – […]


She still has a lot to offer

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By: Sarwat Ali Naheed Akhtar decides to resume singing yet the question remains, is there room for her in the changed music world After about twenty years Naheed Akhtar made a public appearance and sang to a full house at the Alhamra last week. The upshot of the evening was a promise from her that […]


Imprisonment of thoughts and aesthetics

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By: Ahtesham Azhar KARACHI: Full Circle Gallery has organised a group exhibition titled ‘Trapped’, by Amir Raza and Hidayatullah Mirani featuring two different themes. The theme opted by Raza is about the prevalent situation of our society, which is restricted to development or progress, while Mirani painted about birds and other wildlife, being tortured and […]


Family tragedy: Woman, two children shot dead over property dispute

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By: Z Ali HYDERABAD: A woman and her two sons, who had reportedly taken refuge in a house in Thatta, and another child were killed reportedly over a land dispute on Saturday. Four victims – 45-year-old Khadija Brohi and her sons, 12-year-old Ghulam Muhammad Brohi and 10-year-old Ghulam Sarwar Brohi, and eight-year-old Azhar Kori – […]


Man kills five family members, himself

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VEHARI: A trader allegedly committed suicide after slaying his wife and four children at Warraich Town, 40 kilometres from here, in Burewala’s Model Town police remit on Friday night. Muhammad Hanif, 45, allegedly served intoxicated meal to members of his family who fell unconscious. He then slew his wife Sajida, 35, daughters Tayyaba, 16, and […]


Brushstrokes of watercolours bring Karachi, its saints to life

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By: Hifza Shah Jillani KARACHI: With the use of watercolours, artists Abdul Hayee and Sarfraz Musawwir have explored rural and urban life, landscape and cityscape, and nature and mortar in their recent works. The painters have drawn inspiration from Karachi and all that the city has to offer – cityscape of old buildings in Saddar, […]


Poetic fantasies in watercolours

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By: Ahtesham Azhar KARACHI: Fine Arts Pakistan (FAP) has organised a group exhibition titled ‘Nature and Mortar’ by Abdul Hayee and Sarfraz Musawir featured on Sufism and natural beauty on the earth. Around 48 paintings are on display on the gallery walls. Musawir’s paintings revolve around two themes, Sufism and cityscapes. In one of Musawir’s […]