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Daily Archives: February 22, 2014

ARY founder Haji Abdul Razzaq passes away

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KARACHI: Founder of ARY Group Haji Abdul Razzaq Yaqoob passed away after a protracted illness on Friday, according to the group’s news website. The owner and chief executive officer of a prominent business group in Pakistan, which includes gold trading, communications and the television network, Haji Abdul Razzaq Yaqoob was born on May 7, 1944. […]


APNS body pays tributes to Fasih Iqbal

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ISLAMABAD: The members of the Federal Capital Committee (FCC) of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) have expressed their shock over the sad demise of Syed Fasih Iqbal, Editor-in-Chief, Balochistan Times, who has expired in Karachi after a brief illness. In a meeting held here under the chairmanship of Zahid Malik, Chairman, FCC, the members recalled […]


No sound of music: Silenced nightingales

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PESHAWAR: In a small cramped apartment in Kabadi bazaar Peshawar, 17 singers have been living a tough life for the last seven years. This bazaar is famous for recording and selling audio albums for avid music buffs of K-P. One of them is Wazir Khan Afridi, a renowned singer of the Khyber Agency, who has […]


Physical remand: Accused in Shama Cinema blast sent into three-day police custody

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PESHAWAR: The 15-year-old held responsible for the attack on Shama Cinema was handed over to police by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday till they complete the investigation. The boy identified as Hassan was produced before the ATC amid tight security. The investigation officer from Faqirabad police station told the court that on February 11, […]


Wali Babar’s brother transferred to Islamabad following death threats

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ISLAMABAD: Elder brother of slain Geo TV’s reporter Wali Khan Babar and main complainant in the murder case, Mohabbat Khan Babar, is being transferred to Islamabad following serious threats to him from target killers in case he continues pursuing the case. Earlier, the government ordered shifting the case from a trial court in Karachi to […]


Weaving back through culture

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When we talk about the cultures of India and Pakistan, we always talk about the similarities that we both have. It is a fact and it is the bond that connects us. We know about Indo-Pak bonding among the Indian and Pakistani diaspora in western countries. Culture is a strong bond and this can be […]