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Daily Archives: December 6, 2017

Little headway in recovery of missing activist

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LAHORE: Another social activist has gone missing in the city and although the police have registered an FIR, they are yet to make substantial progress for his recovery. The victim, identified as Raza Mehmood, worked for Aghaz-e-Dosti and Low Key Lokai, both organisations working for peace in their surroundings. On December 4, his brother Hamid […]


Broadcaster Zangejo dies

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BADIN: Known broadcaster and scholar Prof Haji Inyatullah Zangejo passed away here on Monday after long illness. He was 81. Prof Zangejo hosted hundreds of programmes on PTV and Radio Pakistan for over two decades. Most popular among them was Kachehri (a talk show) with the late Syed Saleh Mohammad Shah better known as Fateh […]


Lack of drinking water

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OUR government would do well to remember that social deprivation stokes disillusionment and conflict in communities without basic rights. Poor sanitation services and unsafe and unsustainable water supplies condemn millions to live with disease and poverty. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court intervened in this regard, reminding the Sindh government to provide access to clean drinking […]


Media’s questionable role

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The Supreme Court bench hearing suo moto notice proceedings of the abusive language used at the Faizabad sit-in has expressed grave concern over the role of some media outlets in inflaming religious passions – a worry shared by a large body of public opinion. In a stinging indictment of the irresponsible manner in which certain […]