MIRPURKHAS – Satellite Town police on Sunday conducted a raid in taluka Tando Allah Yar and arrested two persons in connection with the abduction of a Hindu girl. Around 15 days back, Bhurki Bheel, 16, d/o Jamal Bheel, had been abducted from Rano Bheel Colony in the limits of Satellite Town police station. On the […]
ISLAMABAD: The government is under attack and from within. A group of treasury lawmakers has gone haywire. It is fuming with resentment. Awkward questions and unnecessary explanations are source of its frustration. One of them has suffered a heart attack. Others are suffering from acute anxiety. Leakage of a fake letter is at the heart […]
KARACHI: A one-day exhibition of paintings made by children with disabilities titled Meri Dunia Ke Rung at the Sanat Art Gallery on Saturday pleasantly surprised art lovers. The artworks put on display tackled a variety of subjects in a style that could be defined as delightfully innocent. The event was organised by NOWPDP in collaboration […]
After five weeks and collecting more than Rs100 million at the box office, the Fahad Mustafa-starrer Na Maloom Afraad 2 has been banned in Punjab. The reason has been cited as the film’s inappropriate and ‘obscene’ content. None of the stakeholders were available to comment on the situation, except the film’s producer Fizza Ali Meerza. I don’t understand why […]
KARACHI: ‘German Unity Day’ is celebrated on October 3 every year to commemorate the reunification of Germany. This year, owing to the date falling on a weekday, German Consul-General Rainer Schmiedchen held the celebrations three days late, on Friday in Karachi. The stifling October heat did not dampen the mood of the attendees and the evening […]
PESHAWAR – The death toll from dengue epidemic in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa rose to 48 as three more patients breathed their last in Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar on Saturday. Hospital sources said that the deceased were identified as Sangeena, wife of Shams-ur-Rahman, resident of Garhi Taj, Peshawar, who was admitted to the hospital on October 06. The second […]
LAHORE: Ajoka theatre is presenting a three-day theatre festival to mark the 70th anniversary of the Partition of the subcontinent. Entitled “Revisiting Partition” the event will feature three plays on the theme at Alhamra on the Mall on 10-12 October. The festival will open with “Kaun hai yeh Gustakh” on Tuesday 10th October. Written by […]
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has directed the private TV channel “Bol News” to air apology to viewers for casting aspersion against a serving officer of the armed forces in its programme “Aisay Nahi Chalay Ga” on June 27, 2017. According to a statement issued by the Pemra, in the said […]
The total number of people to have died of dengue fever in Karachi rose to 11 as two more people, a young woman and an elderly man, fell prey to the dreaded mosquito-borne disease, the Sindh Health Department reported on Friday. With only six days into October, the two fatalities took the toll for the […]
PESHAWAR: Local journalists Friday severely criticised Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak, Information Minister Shah Farman and other provincial government authorities over their unbearable behaviour and non-fulfilment of their promises made with the journalist community, in the presence of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan. Imran Khan was about to start his press conference at the Chief […]
LAHORE: Twenty-eight-year-old Aqaash Arsalan was so excited about his wedding that he even decided to quit smoking. “When he expressed his desire to the family, we were astonished as he was a chain smoker and had been trying to get him to quit for years,” says his brother Sibghat Khokhar. He was taken to the Promise […]
Disinformation and propaganda for achieving one’s ends by foul means is not a new phenomenon. Around 320 BC Kautilya’s Arthashastra enunciated this as a state policy, in recent times, the Pakistan Army and the ISI have borne the brunt of those lies. Perpetrators of fake news have financial, ideological or political motives. Posing a greater […]
KARACHI: Despite the blazing sun, the Seaview beach on Thursday afternoon had many people wearing goggles and caps, and looking skywards. Some of them had also brought umbrellas. And all were waiting for the Red Arrows’ air show. Said to be the public face of the British Royal Air Force (RAF), the Red Arrows are […]
LAHORE: Renowned Pakistani singer Naseebo Lal believes that, while the laudable work of established folk singers is indeed an asset, it is remixing old Punjabi songs that will give Pakistan’s fledgling music industry a run for its money. These Punjabi songs represent our culture and tradition and so, need to be revived within our local music. With this concept, Naseebo has confirmed […]
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