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Daily Archives: September 5, 2017

High court moved against non-implementation of consumer law

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The provincial chief secretary, law secretary and other respondents have been given till September 18 by the Sindh High Court (SHC) to file comments on a plea against non-implementation of the Sindh Consumer Protection Act, 2015. The petitioner, Tariq Mansoor, submitted in the plea that the provincial assembly had passed the law in 2015 to […]


Families of ‘missing persons’ protest on three Eid days

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HYDERABAD: Relatives of some alleged victims of enforced disappearance observed a token hunger strike on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, all three days of Eidul Azha, outside the local press club to demand immediate measures for their safe return home. Wearing black armbands, they staged the strike for the recovery of Khadim Arejo, Hidayat Lohar, Raza […]


‘Na Maloom Afraad 2’ review: Entertaining but soulless

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KARACHI  : The reason Na Maloom Afraad was a success was because of its novelty. At a time when not many films were being made came Nabeel Qureshi with a product that rang with the citizens’ immediate surroundings and reflected their own lives. Karachi is a mess and we all know it. Na Maloom Afraad made us realise it was a […]


Apprehensions, sweating in country’s hottest cities

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SIBI: After hours toiling at construction sites in 50 degrees Celsius-plus heat, Lakhmir Brahmani finds little relief from the sun other than a donkey-powered fan during the dog days of summer in one of Pakistan’s hottest cities. Scientists have warned that swathes of South Asia may be uninhabitable by 2100 due to rising temperatures — […]


CPNE’s women editors body formed

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KARACHI: Zia Shahid President CPNE has announced Women Editors Committee for the tenure of 2017-18. Zahida Abbasi (Daily Nau Sijj) has been appointed as Chairperson and Dr Nosheen (Daily Khabrain) as Deputy Chairperson of the committee. A statement issued by Secretary General Aijaz ul Haq states that Women Editors Committee has been approved in the […]


CPNE’s women editors body formed

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KARACHI: Zia Shahid President CPNE has announced Women Editors Committee for the tenure of 2017-18. Zahida Abbasi (Daily Nau Sijj) has been appointed as Chairperson and Dr Nosheen (Daily Khabrain) as Deputy Chairperson of the committee. A statement issued by Secretary General Aijaz ul Haq states that Women Editors Committee has been approved in the […]