By Our Correspondent Published: August 1, 2012 PHOTO: EXPRESS/IRFAN ALI KARACHI: Christian leaders have called for an impartial inquiry into the alleged poisoning of nine nurses at a government-run hospital. Nine Christian trainee nurses at the Civil Hospital Karachi fell ill… Continue Reading →
Ziya us Salam PTI The man and his music: Mehdi Hassan went from dhrupad, through thumri to ghazal and popular film music, retaining the purity of the medium until the end. Ghazal maestro Mehdi Hassan. Photo: Special Arrangement Mehdi Hassan,… Continue Reading →
By Zofeen Ebrahim Bano and her cleric husband campaigning against child marriage. Credit:Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS Buy this picture KARACHI, Pakistan, Apr ,2012 (IPS) – It was personal experience that turned Gul Bano and her cleric husband, Ahmed Khan, into ambassadors against… Continue Reading →
KARACHI: Murtaza Razvi, senior assistant editor (head of Dawn Magazines), was murdered in the DHA area of Karachi during the early hours on Thursday. Police said that the body was found from an office flat in DHA. There are reports… Continue Reading →
Imagine this: you are a young Pakistani woman walking in a Karachi park with a young man. He could be your brother, cousin, university friend, fiance, or husband. You are wearing a full burqa, and your companion is walking beside… Continue Reading →
Pakistan has one of the highest rates of domestic violence in Asia. Parliament recently passed laws aimed at improving the rights of women, but practical support for victims of domestic violence is rare but one group in Karachi is making… Continue Reading →
Veteran progressive intellectual and an active member of Pakistan’s communist movement, Dr. Manzoor Ahmed of Shah Faisal Colony Karachi, died in Islamabad in the afternoon of January 15. He hailed from Allahabad where he attended University before moving to Pakistan…. Continue Reading →
Anahita Mukherji, Times of India | Within half an hour of the retreat ceremony at the Wagah-Attari junction, the two gates on either side of a thin white line that forms the border between India and Pakistan were re-opened once… Continue Reading →
aankhon ko visa nahi lagta sapnon ki sarhad hoti nahi band aakhon se roz main sarhad paar chala jaata hoon milne ”Mehdi Hassan” se sunta hoon unki avaaz ko chot lagi hai ab kehte hain sookh gaye hain phool kitaabon… Continue Reading →
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