Mohmand tribal elders urged to form committee to present demands for next ADP on March 31, 2018MOHMAND AGENCY: Peace has been restored in the area due to sacrifices rendered by Mohmand tribesmen. Various new institutions are opening day by day as development works proceed further, Additional Political Agent Mohmand Agency Hamid-Ur-Rahman said, while addressing an open court at Pandiali tehsil building, Lower Mohmand Sub-Division, on Friday. The participants came from the […]
‘Space for arts shrinking in Pakistan due to extremist tendencies in society’ on March 30, 2018Work of Karachi-based acclaimed artist Shakil Saigol was displayed at an exhibition organised by the Tanzara Gallery in Islamabad on Thursday. People from various walks of life attended the exhibition to see the artistic aesthetics of the renowned artist of Karachi. The artist shared with the attendees that in his adolescent years, he started sketching […]
Kashmala fines private airlines for non-compliance of workplace harassment law on March 29, 2018ISLAMABAD: Ever since her appointment as Federal Ombudsperson, Kashmala Tariq has been actively involved in the Protection Against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2010. Since Mehergarh has been working on the countrywide implementation of this law, representatives of the organisation went to welcome the Federal Ombudsperson and assured her of their support. Kashmala Tariq […]
Australian HC hosts reception for Pakistan’s Commonwealth Games unit on March 29, 2018ISLAMABAD: Australian High Commissioner Margaret Adamson, hosted a reception on Wednesday for Pakistan’s contingent heading to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games 2018. “The games contingent 2018 will be the biggest sporting event our gold coast has ever staged and the biggest sporting event seen in Australia this decade,” Margaret Adamson said. Adamson added that […]
Dreams silenced by bullets on March 28, 2018ISLAMABAD: Back in 2007, Wajid Khan was one of my juniors in school. He was studious boy, who always topped in his class. His father was Arsalan Khan – a daily wager in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas’ Mohmand Agency. He was a brilliant student who studied night and day, perhaps hoping to one day […]
Activist Veerji Kohli talks about the challenges he has faced for raising voice againt tyranny on March 23, 2018ISLAMABAD: Being born in a bounded labour family, life was not less than a challenge as my whole tribe was politically, socially and economically deprived. On one side, we were Hindus while on the other we were under the black shadow of feudalism. This was told by Veerji Kohli, a rights activist and a lawyer […]
‘People-to-people contact can melt ice between India, Pakistan’ on March 20, 2018Islamabad: People-to-people contact is the need of the hour for a breakthrough in Indo-Pak ties, said renowned Indian activist, writer and journalist OP Shah. Shah, who is currently on a visit to Pakistan, made these remarks while addressing a session at Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Monday where journalist, academia and civil society […]
Traditional taxi drivers feeling the heat of online cab services on March 16, 2018ISLAMABAD: With beard covering his deep facial wrinkles, 60-year-old taxi driver Khalid Awan waits for passengers in the Aabpara market daily, hoping to earn a square meal for his family. He asks almost all pedestrians if they want to hire a taxi but his request is turned and he starts cleaning the windscreen of his […]
Though militants have left for now, Sikhs of Tirah Valley live without govt support on March 15, 2018Khyber Agency: Outside his small shop of herbal products, 55-year-old Gujreet Singh sits idle as there is no sign of a customer in the famous Bara Bazar of Khyber Agency. The once bustling market famous for smuggled goods including arms and ammunitions remains deserted for the most part of the day ever since the area […]
Yousaf Lala’s friends upbeat he will soon resume his philanthropic mission on March 8, 2018Islamabad: Yousaf Lala, better known as Edhi of Parachinar, underwent a cardiac surgery at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) last weekend. As he recovers at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital, his well-wishers accompanying him at the hospital remain upbeat that he would soon return to his hometown to resume his philanthropic […]