New York City is to build a homeless shelter in an expensive Manhattan area known as “Billionaire’s Row” following a lengthy legal battle. Mayor Bill de Blasio’s government announced in 2018 that it planned to turn the former Park Savoy Hotel on West 58th Street into a shelter for 150 people. A coalition of residents […]
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Seven years on: Abeda Azad lives in the hearts of the civil society
Fans and admirers would mark the seventh death anniversary of the celebrated author, activist, poet and journalist, Abeda Iqbal Azad, who breathed her last on April 20, 2012. Her untimely death cut short her career, which was at its high point. To commemorate her anniversary, several literary organisations have planned memorial sessions and reference meetings. […]
All mega corruption cases to be taken to logical end: NAB
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal Thursday reiterated the resolve to take all mega corruption cases to their logical end on a priority basis. “NAB is implementing accountability-for-all policy without any discrimination to eradicate the menace of corruption,” he said while reviewing the performance of NAB-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during his visit here. Appreciating […]