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Pakistan blocks ‘un-Islamic’ gay website

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Internet watchdog has blocked the country’s first website aimed at gay people, saying it was “against Islam”. The queerpk.com site, set up to help members of Pakistan’s homosexual and transgender community socialise and share experiences, was shut down on Wednesday. A spokesman for the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority said they had halted access to […]


Komail Aijazuddin: Connecting art with faith

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LAHORE: Several artists use the canvas to express their inner most desires or as a means of letting go of their deep-rooted inhibitions. From political issues to social ones, they tend to convert the external stimuli and channel their emotions onto the blank canvas. However, in Komail Aijazuddin’s case, instead of taking stimuli from his […]


Telecom regulator: Possible headway towards 3G auction

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By: Farooq Baloch KARACHI: After disappointing the Supreme Court (SC) in a previous hearing, the federal government has finally come up with two names to fill the positions of members and chairman of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on the last day of the deadline given by the apex court, The Express Tribune has learned. The […]


Patriotic concerns: Pak sarzameen shaad baad

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KARACHI: Heads would reflexively bow down as the words “Saaya-e-Khuda-e-Zul Jalaal”, boom over loudspeakers, with most people up on their feet in respect and the ones still sitting feeling a bit guilty, as a dulled out video of Pakistan’s national anthem was played in cinemas, preceding feature films. Much has changed for the country and […]


SIMs: security concerns

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AS a law-abiding citizen, I checked up using the 668 SMS facility, about the number of SIMs on my name. I was shocked to discover that there were two extra SIMs than the ones I actually have. These extra SIMs had been discontinued and disconnected some five to six years ago by me. I contacted […]