KARACHI: Despite the passage of 150 years since Italy became a unified geopolitical entity, cultural integration in the country is still not complete. Pietro Lauretta, cultural attaché at the Italian consulate in Karachi, said this on Friday while delivering a lecture on the ‘150th anniversary of the unification of Italy: celebrating and revisiting patriotic themes’. […]
Sir: The culture of this land, unfortunately, does not allow women to come forward and pave their lives according to their own will. But then again, neither democracy nor economic growth has been a part of our culture. However, the changing dynamics of the world suggest that we incorporate these fundamental trends in our society […]
In practical terms, the justice system needs to be speedy, affordable and within the reach of the ordinary citizen. Jirgas or panchayats are speedy, accessible and cheap and, hence, widely depended on. In spite of the fact that the Sindh High Court, Sukkur Bench, termed jirgas and panchayats illegal in 2004, they continued to take […]
Hajrah Mumtaz THE manner in which Pakistan and its citizens have suffered during this past decade is well-documented. But the climb back to normality would actually involve more than being able to step out without undue fear. It would involve restoring to Pakistan a vibrancy that was, not too long ago, almost within our grasp […]
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