[Recap: Part XI of this serial, over a year ago, underscored Pakistan’s “complicit-oppressor judiciary’s strengths, vulnerabilities and tiered approach to justice.” It ended with a stark note that the judiciary “needed a volcanic shake-up; it needed to be reminded of the fate, met by Sisamnes, a judge during the reign of Cambyses II, the Iranian […]
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Children among 11 killed in fire at Uganda blind school
Eleven people, mostly children, have perished in a blaze that tore through a dormitory at a school for the blind in Uganda in the early hours of Tuesday as pupils were sleeping. “The cause of the fire is currently unknown but so far 11 deaths as a result of the fire have been confirmed while […]
Blind murder case solved, brother arrested : DPO
TANK: The district police have solved a blind murder case in which an elder brother turned out to be the killer of his own younger brother at Pirwana area in the jurisdiction of Shaheed Mureed Akbar Police Station. District Police Officer (DPO) Waqar Ahmad addressing a press conference here at Jirga Hall on Saturday, flanked […]
Australia supports cricket training for blind women
The Australian High Commission sponsored a six-day cricket training and tournament for visually impaired women and girls from across Pakistan, organised in collaboration with the Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) on 8-13 March. The training builds on Australia’s support to PBCC in the formation of Pakistan’s first blind women cricket team in 2018, which played […]