* Clinches top position in O’ Levels Business Studies in Cambridge University International Examination 2011 By Asad Farooq KARACHI: Despite all the gloomy and unstable domestic situations of the country, Pakistani youth are exploring new distinctions. There is a series of successful stories, highlighting the country’s name among global community that revolve around youngsters, including […]
KARACHI: The speakers at a discussion on ‘The psychological effects of wars, insurgencies and terrorism’ stated that there would be no peace until justice was ensured and there would be no justice until basic human rights, including health and education, particularly respect were ensured for people. These views were expressed by the intellectuals, Mowadat Rana, […]
KARACHI: The Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) concluded on Sunday after holding of a large number of literary and brilliant activities. Besides other parts of the KLF, book fair remained the focus of a large number of visitors, where wide-ranging literary books were available on discount rates. A stall of National Language Authority was also set […]
KARACHI: US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter has said human rights violations in Balochistan are a major issue that need to be addressed urgently. Speaking in an exclusive interview with the BBC Urdu Service in Karachi, Munter said American intentions were clear and above board on the Balochistan issue, but pressed that this was an […]
Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON: Human rights violations in Balochistan cannot be swept under the carpet as an internal issue, says Ali Dayan Hassan, the Pakistan director for a US-based rights groups who appeared before a congressional panel in Washington last week to highlight the rapidly deteriorating situation in the country’s largest but remote province. “Human rights […]
ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a gathering here on Sunday demanded that the government should repeal all discriminatory laws against women without any further delay. They said the existence of Hudood Ordinance, Qisas and Diyat and the law of evidence on the statute book was against the interest of women. The event was organised by Coalition for […]
LONDON: A delegation of the Baloch Students Organisation-Azad has met president of the Liberal Democrat London at the party headquarters of LibDem. The delegation, headed by BSO-Azad London organiser, met Jonathan Flyer, who is president of LibDem London and vice president of Liberal International British Group. The delegation informed Flyer about human rights violations by […]
Opposition to the Right to Food will never be expressed or formulated in a clear manner in the same way that states can categorically say yes or no to a national health insurance law. The need for food is too basic for anyone to deny its importance As a follow-up to my article last Sunday […]
* Gilani says Benazir Bhutto was powerful voice for women’s rights, emancipation ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Saturday that as an inheritor of legacy of Benazir Bhutto, the present democratic government has undertaken a number of reforms in legislative, political, administrative and social areas that seek to strengthen the role of women […]
One to serve life term, three co-accused get benefit of doubt. By Shamsul Islam FAISALABAD: Six men have been sentenced to death by a sessions court in Chiniot in a seven-year-old gang rape case. The verdict announced by Judge Ziaul Qamar on Saturday declared seven of the 10 men arrested in the case by Saddar […]
KARACHI: The role of journalists and newspapers is important in elaborating the problems of the people besides developing the public opinion, while the newspaper reporters make publicity of the government’s efforts towards welfare of the people. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah said this while speaking at a reception for a 36-member delegation of […]
Karachi: It’s not just women’s issues and the yearning to highlight them that influence women’s writings; it’s the overall socio-political environment in a country that often shapes what they write. When asked, during a discussion on women writers who write about women, whether her writings are affected by the ongoing political conflict, Maniza Naqvi, novelist […]
THIS is apropos of the letter ‘Arfa: not known to have epilepsy’ (Jan 31) by Prof Hasan Aziz. It was about Arfa Karim’s fatal illness and projection on the media. I agree with Prof Aziz that during her lifetime, quite a few of us knew about Arfa and her brilliant achievements. She was the youngest […]
Sir: The Pakistan media has the ability to project the national image at an international level and develop national consensus on sensitive issues ranging from national identity to state security. The post-9/11 era revolutionised the print and electronic media in Pakistan. State-dominated media was replaced by a large number of private channels, which owe much […]
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