Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Sheikh Hasina Wazid, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, expressed concerned over the killing of Abdul Hakin Shimul associated with the Bangla-language daily Samakal. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali urged the government of Bangladesh the culprits with weapons used in the incident and we urge your government to […]
LAHORE: The much-awaited Mahira and Shah Rukh Khan starrer Raees will not release in Pakistan, the country’s film classification body announced on Monday. The Rahul Dholakia directorial, which marks Mahira’s Bollywood debut, will not release in the country due to its ‘objectionable’ content, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) said. “Owing to subtle portrayal of […]
LAHORE: Bano Qudsia was laid to rest in Model Town on Sunday, with many from the showbiz industry as well as local literary circles coming in to pay their final respects to the renowned novelist and playwright. Bano passed away at the age of 88, at the Ittefaq Hospital in Lahore on Friday, due to a […]
THE general haplessness of the citizenry is often reflected in the tragedies that continue to occur every year as a result of climatic events. Currently, with the country in the grip of a severe cold wave, the weekend saw the deaths of over a dozen people, many injuries, and other crises emanating from record levels […]
ISLAMABAD: The management of Bol Television assured the Supreme Court on Monday that it would immediately take Aamir Liaquat Hussain’s show, ‘Aisay Nahi Chaley Ga’, off-air for allegedly expounding hate speech against several individuals. A three-judge Supreme Court bench, headed by Justice Amir Hani Muslim, cautioned Usman Shahid, executive officer of Labbaik (Pvt) Ltd — […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom President of the Republic of Maldives, expressed concerned over the court judgment on January 24 to fine two Raajje TV, journalists Leevaan Ali Nasir and Mohamed Wisam for ‘obstructing police officers’ during Reporting. And urges to lift charges against the TV’s cameraman Adam […]
Welcome to the world in 2017: for many, scientific facts and measurements and their consequences seem remote. Some consider them complicated and boring, best left to others to worry about. Or so large-scale and terrifying that we’re paralysed, seeking solace in distraction. Perhaps progress has rendered scientific processes and complexity invisible, hidden behind a shiny […]
LAHORE-The second day of Lahore’s biggest food festival CokeFoodFest attracted over 10,000 visitors to sample the city’s culinary delights. Attendees witnessed chefs working their magic through cooking demonstrations and enjoyed live music featuring performances by byQuadrum The Percussionists, Sonu Dangerous and Arsalan Hassan along with various other fun-filled activities for the entire family. During the […]
LAHORE – Acclaimed novelist, short story writer Bano Qudsia was laid to rest at Model Town graveyard yesterday. The funeral was attended by a large number of writers, artists, politicians and public figures included travelogue writer and novelist Mustansar Hussain Tarar, playwright Asgher Nadeem Syed, poet Majid Aslam Amjad, TV actor Noorul Hassan and others. […]
KARACHI – Surjani Town police claimed on Sunday to have arrested an alleged rapist and murderer of a teenage girl. Police investigators said they had solved the blind murder case and arrested the man allegedly involved in the murder of the young woman, who was found dead at an under-construction building in Surjani Town on […]
ISLAMABAD: The Tayyaba torture case has not only exposed loopholes in Pakistan’s judicial system, but also showed that there is no law to counter or keep a check on internal migration of minors that encourages child labour. On Jan 4, the Supreme Court took suo motu notice of the maltreatment of the 10-year-old housemaid by […]
LAHORE: Celebrated novelist and playwright Bano Qudsia died after a bout of illness on Saturday, plunging the literary world into a pall of gloom and depriving contemporary Urdu literature of one of its most striking and authentic voices. Qudsia Bano, popularly known as Bano Appa, was admitted to a local hospital in Lahore 10 days ago […]
Reproduced below are parts of two much longer articles published in May 2014. The articles were of a series written in the context of the shooting of Hamid Mir in the same year and what happened subsequently. The main thrust of the arguments retains its relevance even today. Both in misery and maturity Pakistan may […]
LAHORE-Lahore’s biggest Food Festival CokeFoodFest opened at Royal Palm Golf and Country Club in Lahore where attendees witnessed chefs working their magic through cooking demonstrations and enjoyed live music featuring performances by Quadrum The Percussionists, Sonu Dangerous, Arsalan Hassan, SYMT and Amanat Ali along with various other fun-filled activities for the entire family. During the […]
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