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Daily Archives: February 10, 2015

Freedom of speech

Not only is freedom of religion guaranteed in the west but also freedom from religion. Nobody is obliged to believe in a religion and therefore sceptics, agnostics and atheists are free to follow their own moral codes Freedom of speech is a core liberal human right, one that western democracies put on the highest pedestal. […]


International children’s films festival opens in Jamshoro

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HYDERABAD: The 1st Jam­shoro International Chil­d­ren’s Films Festival 2015 was opened at a ceremony held in the Pir Has­samuddin Rashdi Audito­rium of the Institute of Sindhology at the University of Sindh, Jamshoro campus, on Monday. The six-day festival has been organised by the institute in collaboration with The Little Art, a Lahore-based group. The ceremony […]


Rape, acid attacks, kidnap: Girls face rising violence in fight for education, says UN

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By Reuters Attacks on schoolgirls and girls’ education are on the rise, according to a new report from the United Nations office of human rights. The report cited a handful of high-profile attacks in recent years. In Pakistan, in the deadliest attack of this kind in years, the Pakistani Taliban slaughtered over 140 people, including […]